Fresh revelations emerged on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja as a Department of State Services (DSS) investigator detailed how alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, was offered a ₦50 million share from ransom money linked to the 2022 Abuja–Kaduna train attack. Testifying behind a protective screen for...
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Tinubu welcomes freed Kebbi schoolgirls, charges security forces to rescue others still in captivity
Tinubu welcomes freed Kebbi schoolgirls, charges security forces to rescue others still in captivity
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the release today of the 24 schoolgirls abducted by terrorists in Maga Kebbi last Monday. NATIONAL ACCORD recalled that terrorists struck at the school at dawn on November 17 and abducted the girls, moments after a military detachment left the premises. The Kebbi incident...
After days of anxiety and unanswered questions, relief finally swept through Kebbi State as the female students abducted from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, were safely released—thanks not to gunfire, but to carefully coordinated dialogue. According to credible security sources, the Federal...
A fresh twist has emerged in the trial of former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, as the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday stepped back from the case—placing the proceedings on hold indefinitely. The unexpected pause followed a request from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has pushed back strongly against reports circulating in some media outlets concerning Monday’s court session, 24 November 2025, in the Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) suit filed against the organisation by the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement issued on...
Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has confirmed that a total of 265 people are still being held by the armed group that invaded St. Mary’s Catholic Nursery, Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State last week. According to the Diocese, those still missing include...
Residents and business owners owing ground rent in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been handed a final warning: settle your debts or prepare to forfeit your property. FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, issued the stern notice on Monday in Abuja, declaring that enforcement will begin immediately after the expiration...
South-East caucus in the House of Representatives has made a fresh appeal to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to exercise his constitutional powers and grant a presidential pardon to detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu—an act they describe as vital for national healing and long-term stability. In a statement jointly...
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has raised the alarm that forces bent on destabilising Nigeria’s democracy may be behind the wave of violent abductions sweeping across the country. Idris made the remark on Monday when he received the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Abbas Tajuddeen, who led...
Nigeria’s state-owned energy giant, NNPC Limited, has posted its strongest financial performance yet, announcing a profit after tax of ₦5.4 trillion for the 2024 financial year — a figure that places the company firmly among the world’s most profitable national oil companies. The results, shared during its earnings call...
Nigerian Army troops operating under Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY) have intensified search-and-rescue operations for abducted schoolchildren in Niger, Kebbi and Zamfara states. A credible source at Army Headquarters informed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that troops have in the last 24 hours, neutralised terrorists and destroyed their hideouts...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has delivered a message of relief to Nigerians, confirming the rescue of all 38 worshippers of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) abducted in Eruku, Kwara State, following a violent attack by armed men suspected to be bandits. In a statement signed on Sunday by the President,...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a scathing attack on President Bola Tinubu led administration following a series of mass kidnappings in Northern Nigeria, accusing the Federal Government of “surrendering to terrorists” through what it describes as weak, uncoordinated, and reactionary security measures. In a statement signed by its...
A fresh wave of anxiety has gripped communities in Borno State after suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters stormed a farmland in Askira/Uba Local Government Area and abducted 14 girls—an attack that further deepens Nigeria’s unsettling rise in mass kidnappings. The incident, which occurred on November 22 around 3:30 p.m., adds...
UPDATED: 50 St. Mary’s pupils escape mass abduction, 253 remain in bandits’ captivity in Niger State
UPDATED: 50 St. Mary’s pupils escape mass abduction, 253 remain in bandits’ captivity in Niger State
A wave of relief swept through Papiri community in Niger State over the weekend as 50 children earlier seized during a violent raid on St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools found their way back home and into the arms of their anxious families. The Thursday night attack,...
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 their core police duties. The presidential directive was issued at the security meeting President Tinubu held on Sunday with the police,...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has again signalled that the long-running case of the convicted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is edging toward a political resolution — one he insists is rooted in diplomacy, dialogue and a carefully negotiated plan already in motion. In a statement released in Umuahia by...
Federal High Court (FHC) has dismissed as outright falsehood a viral claim that Justice James Omotosho narrowly escaped an assassination attempt days after sentencing Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment. The rumour, pushed out by a Facebook blogger on Saturday, alleged that the judge was attacked in the early hours...
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said security forces are closing in on the bandits who kidnapped students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State. Twenty-five students were taken during the attack on the school in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area on Monday, though...
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked a viral video circulating online that falsely portrays the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, making a shocking claim about plans to forcefully recruit Nigerians aged 18 and above into the military. Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Samaila Uba, in a statement...