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Four kidnapped Defence Ministry directors regain freedom

Nigeria, Nov. 29 -- Four of the six directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence who were abducted on 10 November along the Kabba Lokoja highway have been released. The Association of Senior Civil Se... Read More


Nigeria Army arrests two herders over farmland destruction in Benue

Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have taken two herders into custody after they were found grazing cattle on a community farmland in Makurdi, Benue state, during a routine harvest-... Read More


Nigerian Army foils terrorists' ambush, rescues victim in Kogi

Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- Troops of the 12 Brigade of the Nigerian Army have stopped an ambush by terrorists and rescued a kidnap victim during an operation around Oshokoshoko and Obajana in Lokoja Local Go... Read More


Niger Catholic Diocese publishes names of 265 abducted schoolchildren, staff

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has released the names of 265 pupils, students and staff members of St Mary's Private Catholic Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of ... Read More


Kwara governor sets up committee to address rising insecurity

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has set up a cabinet-level committee to develop short and long-term responses to the state's growing security challenges. The committee ... Read More


Kwara suffers new bandit attack as pregnant woman, 10 others abducted in Isapa

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- Barely 48 hours after the rescue of 38 abducted worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State has recorded another bandit attack, this time in the neighbouring community of Isapa, in Ekiti Loc... Read More


Bandits control Kwara forest, say freed worshippers

Nigeria, Nov. 24 -- Freed worshippers from the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Igan, in Eruku, Kwara State, have described the forest where they were held as a territory firmly controlled by armed groups... Read More


UPDATED: Tinubu confirms release of 38 abducted Kwara worshippers as governor details joint rescue operation

Nigeria, Nov. 23 -- President Bola Tinubu on Sunday announced that all 38 worshippers abducted during Tuesday's attack on the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Igan, in Eruku, Kwara State, have been rescue... Read More


Number of children abducted in Niger school attack rises to 300 as security fears deepen nationwide

Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- The number of children abducted on Friday from St Mary's School in the Papiri area of Agwara Local Government in Niger State has risen to 303, according to the Christian Associatio... Read More


Police reassure parents after state-wide shutdown of basic schools in Plateau

Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- The Plateau State Police Command has moved to calm anxiety among parents and guardians following the state government's decision to shut all basic schools as a precaution against p... Read More