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US President Donald Trump escalated his criticism of Nigeria on Friday, calling the country “a disgrace” as he renewed accusations that the government is failing to protect Christians from extremist violence. Speaking on a conservative radio programme, Trump repeated his threat to take military action against Islamist militants in Nigeria if the government does not “do more” to stop attacks …

The Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (PSUBEB) has directed the immediate closure of schools across the state as follows: The board, in a statement, said all government Junior Model Secondary Schools (GJMSSs) will close effective Saturday, 22 November 2025.Primary and Day Schools will close effective Monday, 24 November 2025. This decision is underscoring the urgent need for preventive action, …

The Federal Government has shut down 47 Unity Colleges across the country. The development comes after the attacks on schools in Kebbi and Niger States. Students and staff were abducted in both incidents while at least one official was shot dead. In a circular issued to principals, on Friday, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, Director of Senior Secondary Education in the Ministry …

The chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Niger State chapter, Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, has confirmed that 227 people, including teachers and students, were abducted from St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State. Yohanna, who is also the Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, made this known in a statement issued by his media …

MAZI NNAMDI KANU who was convicted by the court of Justice James Omotosho for terrorim has just been moved from DSS facility in Abuja to the correctional facility (prison) in Sokoto. This was disclosed by Nnamdi Nkanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, who lamented that Kanu had been.moved away from ,his lawyers, family, loved ones and well wishers

He knew the verdict was predetermined. He knew no one in that courtroom would deliver justice. So he ‘fired’ his lawyers. Not out of anger. Not out of defiance. But out of strategy and care. Kanu refused to let the blame for an inevitable outcome fall on those who were loyal to him. He protected his team. He centred himself …

Brigadier General Uba and three of his men abducted and publicly executed by Islamist terrorists in Borno state on Friday. 64 civilians, including women and children, abducted in Tsafe LGA Zamfara state by Islamist terrorists on Saturday. 25 female students and their Principal abducted from a school in Maga, Kebbi state on Sunday by Islamist terrorists whilst their Vice Principal …

The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has warned against any move to merge the Middle Belters with the Fulani, Hausa and Kanuri ethnic nationalities. This is as Nigeria faces the unresolved national question with calls for regionalism gaining momentum. The MBF President, Dr Bitrus Pogu, stated this, adding that presently, the Middle Belt states are not opposed to regionalism but there …

No fewer than 20 out of the 34 local government areas in Katsina State, have reportedly entered into a peace accord with bandits, even as residents continue to express doubts over the sincerity and effectiveness of the deal, following fresh attacks in some of the affected communities. The agreement, reached during a meeting attended by council chairmen and traditional rulers …

The Niger State Government has blamed the management of St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area for the mass abduction of pupils, accusing the school of violating a security directive issued weeks earlier based on intelligence warnings. In a press release signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Abubakar Usman, the government said it received news …