Sources say the incident occurred while the victims were working on their rice Suspected bandits have launched another attack in Kwara State, abducting four rice farmers in Bokungi Village, Edu Local Government Area. This came barely 24 hours after gunmen attacked a church in Eruku, Ekiti LGA, killed two people and abducted some others. Sources…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Thursday said its operatives stopped an attempted kidnapping in Guto Village, a border community in Bwari Area Council. The armed men, numbering about 30, reportedly invaded the community and attempted to force their way into a residence. A statement by the command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said police operatives…
The disappearance of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer, SRC Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, and her young daughter, Sewa, has ended in tragedy after their bodies were reportedly discovered inside the residence of a suspected herbalist in Osun State. Lasisi, a 38-year-old officer serving with the FRSC Abeokuta Unit, went missing alongside her daughter on Sunday,…
Former presidential candidate, Gbenga -Hashim, has raised fresh alarm over what he described as the Federal Government’s “loss of operational control” of security in Northern Nigeria, following renewed terrorist attacks in Kwara and Kebbi States. Hashim, in a strongly worded statement on Tuesday, said the latest assaults, including the killing of two security operatives in…
UNICEF on Tuesday urged the Nigerian government to ensure the immediate release of the 25 schoolgirls abducted in Kebbi State and to fully implement the 2015 Safe Schools Declaration following the latest school attack that left a vice-principal dead. The call followed Monday’s assault on a Government Girls School in the Maga community of Danko-Wasagu…
THE chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has declared that the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has effectively solved the protracted challenge of identity theft in Nigeria’s elections. He made the declaration while speaking at the 2025 Digital Nigeria International Conference and Exhibitions in Abuja, held on…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Police Force has clarified social media reports on an alleged physical confrontation at the national secretariat of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of Nigeria Police Force, has come out to clarify social media reports on alleged physical…
A forty-four members of the House of Representatives under the aegis of Parliamentary Action Group in Defense of Justice and Democracy on Tuesday urged President Bola Tinubu to invoke his constitutional powers to effect the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention. The members who comprise federal lawmakers from the North and South made…
Representative Bamidele Salam, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts and Founder of the Children of Africa Leadership Development Initiative (CALDEV), has reaffirmed his commitment to nurturing the next generation of African leaders, declaring that leaders are “more made than born.” He made the remarks during an interview at the 2025 National Children Leadership…
Abioye Tosin Lawrence | November 7th, 2025 Africa’s push for greater global representation, including a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council, is gaining momentum. Nigerian officials, along with regional leaders, have repeatedly called for reforms that would give Africa a stronger voice on the global stage. But amid these demands, a fundamental question…
