NYSC Advisory to Corps Members on Ransom Payment Generates Controversy
A new handbook issued by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on security awareness to corps members and staff have ...
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Insecurity: Gunmen Kidnap Former GM of Katsina State TV, Daughter
The former General Manager of the Katsina State Television (KTTV), Ahmed Abdulkadir and his daughter have been abducted by gunmen. ...
Gunmen Kidnap Commissioner’s Wife in Benue
Unknown gunmen have abducted the wife of Commissioner for Land and Survey in Benue State, Bernard Unenge. According to Governor ...
Police Arrest 3 Suspects over Boy Killed after N5m Ransom Paid
The police in Kaduna have arrested 3 suspects, including a neighbour, connected with the kidnap and murder of a boy, ...
Gunmen Kidnap Cross River NLC Chairman
Cross River State Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ben Ukpekpi, was on Sunday night kidnapped for the second ...
Gunmen Kidnap Owerri Bishop
Ebun Olowu Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Catholic Ecclesiastical Province, the Most Reverend Moses Chikwe has been abducted by yet to ...
Bandits Kill Two, Nine Kidnapped Persons Rescued on Kaduna-Abuja Road
Ebun Olowu Two people have been killed including a driver and passenger by bandits suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday, ...
Former Super Eagles Midfielder, Christian Obodo, Kidnapped in Delta
Ebun Olowu Super Eagles midfielder, Christian Obodo, has been again kidnapped by unknown gunmen along the popular Refinery Road in ...
Gunmen Shoot One, Kidnap Three at Polytechnic Staff Quarters In Kaduna
Ebun Olowu Armed men invaded the staff quarters of Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State on Saturday, November 14, 2020 ...
Kidnapped Nigerian Army Colonel Killed by Abductors after Paying Ransome
Gbenro Adesina A Nigerian Army colonel, SB Onifade, a consultant gynaecologist, who was kidnapped after running into an ambush along ...
Nigerian Opposition Parties Condemn Senate’s Rejection of E-Transmission of Results
Major opposition political parties in Nigeria have jointly condemned the Senate’s decision to reject a proposal seeking to make real-time...
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Fifty Years On: Scholars and Leaders Revisit General Murtala Muhammed’s Africa Vision at NIIA
All roads led to the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Thursday, February 5, 2026, as scholars, policymakers, and...
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PDP Faults Tinubu on Kwara Killings, Demands Independent Probe and Security Summit
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the killing of about 170 people by suspected terrorists in Woro Community, Kaiama...
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Tinubu Orders Troops to Kwara after Villagers Killed for Rejecting Islamic Extremism
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate deployment of an army battalion to Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara...
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