By ALIYU AMINU ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHI (A.A.A.A.) SHEHU THE Kano State Police Command has arrested nine suspected armed robbers linked to multiple attacks in Kano and Kaduna. Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Bakori said the arrests followed a robbery at Unguwar Wambai, Dorayi Babba, where assailants stole a Toyota Yaris, ₦3.7 million, and valuables. Recovered items include […]
By ABDUL AHMED (A.A.) RUFUS POLICE in the FCT have foiled a robbery attempt at Giri Village near the University of Abuja Staff Quarters, killing one suspect during a gunfight. The operation, carried out by Tungan Maje Division officers with support from vigilantes and the Civilian JTF around 3:20 a.m., forced the robbers to flee. […]
By MAHMOOD MALIK MUSA (M.M.M.) IBRAHIM NIGERIA has signed a new $230 million arms supply deal with Pakistan for aircraft, drones, and armored vehicles, following the suspension of an earlier agreement. The revised contract covers 30 K-8 trainer/attack aircraft, 40 Shahpar-2 drones, 200 MR-10 drones, and 230 ASV Mohafiz-IV armored vehicles. Director of the Defense […]
By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE WHEN U.S. Senator Ted Cruz stood before Congress last week to introduce the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025, his message was clear — and damning. He accused the Nigerian government of enabling what he described as the “systematic extermination of Christians.” The Texas senator’s speech, later echoed on his podcast […]
By TOSI ORE THE National Council of State has approved an increase in the Nigeria Police Trust Fund’s (NPTF) allocation from 0.5% to 1% of the Federation Account to ensure sustainable funding for police operations. It also endorsed the repeal and re-enactment of the NPTF Act 2019, removing the six-year sunset clause to make the […]
By SANI BATURE THE North-Central region of Nigeria — once the country’s breadbasket and cultural heartland — is now a landscape of fear, flight, and forgotten promises. From Benue’s emptied farmlands to Kwara’s lithium-fueled bloodshed, the region’s agony captures the tragedy of a nation struggling to contain violence that has hollowed out its rural communities […]
By HALIMA TAKWAS WHEN Abubakar Shekau, the ruthless leader of Boko Haram’s Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), died in 2021, few imagined the ripple effect it would unleash. Yet, his death set off an unprecedented wave of defections in the Lake Chad Basin: thousands of men, women, and children linked to Boko Haram began […]
By ABDUL AHMED (A.A.) RUFUS NIGERIA’S streets are drowning in blood and silence. Behind every headline of robbery, kidnapping, or assassination lies a chilling reality: too many murders remain unsolved, and too many families are left waiting for justice that never comes. The brutal killing of 29-year-old TV anchor and lawyer, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, is only […]
By TOSI ORE Medical expert and Founder of Ibadan Central Hospital, Dr. Abib Olamitoye, has called on Nigerian hospitals to prioritise saving the lives of gunshot and robbery victims before demanding police reports. He warned that unnecessary treatment delays have cost many lives that doctors could have saved. Speaking in Ibadan on Tuesday, Olamitoye advised […]
By HAUWA MAGANA A City Divided, A People Scarred IN 2003, as violence spread across Jos, Blessing Emmanuel lost her home, her belongings, and the stability she once knew. Hers was not an isolated experience. Plateau State had already become synonymous with ethno-religious conflict, with clashes in 2001 and 2004 claiming thousands of lives. Old […]