Friday, 21 August, 2026

Category: Crime


Fresh waves of xenophobic attacks have again left Nigerians in South Africa counting losses, with businesses looted and residents fleeing for safety in parts of Johannesburg and Durban this week. The latest outbreak, which began on Monday, has seen mobs target Read more…


Troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled a terrorist attack and rescued abducted civilians during a patrol in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Details of the operation were made known in a post shared on X on Thursday Read more…


John Arum, the University of Jos, UniJos, graduate, who was recently kidnapped by terrorists have regained his freedom. In a video clip currently making the rounds on social media, John could be seen with family members thanking God for his Read more…


The trial of former Nigerian petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, resumed on Day 23 at the Southwark Crown Court in London, with the ex-minister telling the court she was unfairly blamed and effectively made a scapegoat for decisions taken at the Read more…


Several persons, including soldiers, are feared dead following a fresh bandit attack on Kemanji community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State yesterday. The attack adds to a growing wave of violence in Kaiama Local Government Area. On April 10, Read more…


Six persons have been killed, while eight others sustained injuries following two separate attacks on two communities in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas, Plateau State. In the first incident, four persons were killed and five others injured during Read more…


Malam Nasir El-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna, has alerted the public to what he called “certain malicious orchestrations” directed against him. El-Rufai, in a statement signed and released on Sunday by Muyiwa Adekeye, his Media Adviser, said the unwarranted Read more…


The Benue State Police Command has confirmed that two Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, candidates who were among passengers abducted in a commercial bus have escaped from their captors. The Police Command added that efforts are being made to rescue Read more…


When Olatunji Disu assumed office as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), terrorists and other criminal elements were and are still holding the nation by the jugular. Soon after he was decorated, the IGP got the mandate of President Bola Tinubu Read more…


The mouthpiece of the North, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has said that Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has escalated to what could be described as a “state of war”. To this end, it urged the federal government to adopt extraordinary measures Read more…


Gunmen have abducted passengers, including candidates sitting for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ((UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ((JAMB), along the Makurdi-Otukpo road in Benue State. The victims were travelling in a Benue Links bus Read more…


Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have kidnapped a student of the University of Jos alongside six others while they were traveling from Jos, Plateau State, to Kaduna. In disturbing video now circulating on social media, a young man identified as Read more…