RUKIYAT OGUNWADE, who was at Oriire Local Government, Oyo State, reports on how the abduction of pupils and teachers in Ahoro-Esiele and Yawota had paralysed the economy of the area ONE classroom is littered with abandoned shoes, school bags and Read more…
Since Friday, May 15, when armed bandits attacked three schools in Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, there have been a series of threats, rumours and false alarm raised across Lagos and Ogun communities. The Read more…
The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the Tinubu administration’s “shocking insensitivity” towards abducted pupils, teachers, their families, and the nation. In a statement issued on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Read more…
The arrest of Ifechukwu Dennis, the man identified by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as the originator of an AI-generated voice note falsely circulated as a leaked recording of President Bola Tinubu purportedly linking insecurity in the South-East region to Read more…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday raised concerns over Nigeria’s counterterrorism strategy, questioning why terrorist groups appear to adapt faster than the government’s response to evolving security threats. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Read more…
There was a heavy security presence around the Three Arms Zone in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Thursday following plans by the Take-It-Back Movement, a civil society organisation led by activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, to protest Read more…
Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has threatened to expose politicians he alleged are connected to the recent abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State, warning that he would reveal their identities if the attacks Read more…
Seven students of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, were abducted by suspected bandits who invaded their off-campus residence on the outskirts of the Low-Cost area of Kaura Namoda town on Tuesday night. The Chairman of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area, Read more…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced to death four of the five terrorists that attacked the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. Justice Emeka Nwite handed down the maximum sentence shortly after convicting them in the Read more…
Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday kidnapped a middle-aged woman, identified as the younger sister of the immediate past Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, and her twin children in the Elewura area of Challenge, Ibadan, in another wave Read more…
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over the worsening insecurity in the country, warning that no one is safe under the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Reacting to the kidnap of the sister and twin nephews of former Read more…
Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed shock and sadness over the condition of abducted schoolchildren, urging their captors to release them immediately. Obi on his verified ‘X’ handle yesterday said he was “deeply shocked Read more…