Doubts grow over mastermind of General Rabe’s abduction in Katsina
Conflicting claims have emerged over the identity of those responsible for the abduction of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar Batsari and his wife in...
Fear of strikes stalls ISWAP succession after Mainok’s death
Lukman Abdulmalik
A senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province, identified as Ba'a Shuwa, has declined to accept a leadership appointment reportedly proposed...
US targets Nigeria’s faith-based violence with $3.5m fund
The United States has unveiled a $3.5 million (about N5 billion) funding initiative aimed at improving how incidents of religious violence and freedom abuses...
DSS arrests five, foreign suspects, over Papiri school kidnap
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested five suspects, including two foreign nationals, over their alleged role in supplying arms to...
Tinubu approves 1,000 forest guards for Oyo after school abduction
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards in Oyo State as part of urgent measures to strengthen security following...
31-day project commissioning in FCT to mark Tinubu’s 3rd year —...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced plans for a 31-day series of project inaugurations across Abuja to mark...
Obi emerges NDC 2027 presidential candidate, unveils agenda on security, economy
Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has formally accepted his nomination as the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Coalition (NDC), outlining an ambitious...
Tinubu kept subsidy removal secret to avoid pushback — Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deliberately kept his decision to remove petrol subsidy confidential to prevent opposition before...
Dangote refinery cuts petrol gantry price to N1,250
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced its petrol gantry price by N25 per litre, bringing it down from N1,275 to N1,250.
A senior official of the...
Ransom bag found in Seriki Fulani’s home as police bust kidnapping...
A 67-year-old Seriki Fulani and leader of the Fulani community in Ijebu Ode, Abdullai Muhammadu, has been linked to a kidnapping investigation after police...
