Guinea-Bissau soldiers overthrow government, arrest president
A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested. Shortly after gunshots were heard in capital…
Bandits free kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls
The 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, have been rescued. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information…
I will plead for Nnamdi Kanu’s release if … Gumi
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has said he would lead the calls for the release of the convicted leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, if the…
Bandits strike again , kidnap several in Kwara
Barely one week after 38 worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Isegun, Eruku, were abducted and later released, another wave of terror has hit Kwara State, as at least…
DSS orders release of IPOB suspect , offers compensation
The Director General of the State Security Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the release of Kenneth Okechukwu Nwafor, who was arrested in July 2022 for alleged involvement with…
Police begin enforcement of Tinubu’s order
All units and departments that are seeing to the protection of the VIPs in the country are gradually withdrawing policemen to attend to their core duties of policing. Recall that…
UK rejects Nigeria’s request to repatriate Ekweremadu
The United Kingdom has rejected a request by the Federal Government of Nigeria to repatriate former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a prison sentence in Britain for…
Tinubu orders withdrawal of policemen guarding VIPs
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of police officers currently providing security for Very Important Persons in the country. Henceforth, police authorities will deploy them to concentrate on…
35 abducted Christians in Kwara freed
The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced the release of 38 persons who were recently abducted in an attack on the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Eruku, Ekiti Local…
Some Abducted Niger Pupils Have Escaped, Says CAN
Fifty pupils abducted from St. Mary’s Secondary and Primary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, have escaped from captivity. Armed men attacked the school in the…
