Security

Suspected bandits attack National Park Office in Oyo, kill several personnel

IBADAN — Suspected bandits on Tuesday night attacked the old National Park Service (NPS)...

Terrorists massacre 35 in Niger state village raid

KASUWAN DAJI, Niger State – A brutal assault by terrorists has left at least...

Resign if you can’t secure Nigeria, top civil groups tell Tinubu after U.S. airstrikes

A coalition of 88 Nigerian civil society organizations has accused President Bola Tinubu of...

UN condemns Maiduguri mosque bombing

The United Nations has condemned a deadly bombing at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno...

U.S. carries out airstrikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria

The United States has carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria,...

Kidnappers get N2.57bn ransom as Nigeria’s abduction economy booms

Nigeria’s kidnap-for-ransom crisis has hardened into a profitable criminal enterprise, generating at least N2.57...

Burkina Faso frees Nigerian air force personnel after landing dispute

Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian military personnel who were briefly detained after a...

Nigerian Senators amend terrorism law to include mandatory death sentence

Nigeria lawmakers are pushing for a sweeping set of security reforms as the nation...

US to impose visa bans over attacks on Christians in Nigeria

The United States says it will begin imposing visa restrictions on individuals responsible for...

Nigeria’s Defence Minister Abubakar resigns amid rising insecurity

Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from office with immediate effect,...

Obasanjo: If Tinubu govt can’t protect Nigerians, the world should step in

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo delivered one of his most forceful public interventions in years...

What Tinubu’s nationwide security emergency means – what you need to know

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency, announcing sweeping measures...

UN issues stark warning to Nigeria over rising insecurity

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued its starkest warning yet on...

Trump doubles down: “I’m really angry about killings in Nigeria. It’s a genocide”

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday intensified his criticism of Nigeria’s handling of...

₦3.8bn ransom demanded in Kwara Church kidnapping as terrorists raid Niger school

Terrorists who abducted about 35 worshippers from the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke-Igan, Eruku,...

Biafra campaigner Nnamdi Kanu sentenced to life in jail

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday convicted Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of...

Tinubu faces fierce backlash over wave of deadly attacks

Public anger is boiling over in Nigeria after a string of deadly attacks across...

Insurgents last killed a Nigerian Army general in 2021. Here’s what happened

The killing of Brigadier-General M. Uba marks one of the deadliest setbacks for the...

ISWAP says it captured and killed Nigerian Army general after ambush

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has released a statement claiming it abducted and...

Religious Violence: African, Caribbean, Pacific states urge global action

The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) has condemned the surge in...