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The Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá, has accused Bola Tinubu’s administration of losing control of Nigeria’s security apparatus, amid rising school closures prompted by terrorist attacks and mass abductions. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Union’s Convener, Olusola Badero, and released through its Home Director, Princess Balogun, the group described state government decisions to shut schools as …

The Nigeria Police Force has placed security agencies in Kogi State on a high alert following its intelligence indicating a mass movement of bandits into parts of Kogi East, Kogi State. This is according to an internal police wireless message obtained by SaharaReporters on Saturday. The intelligence, shared by the State Intelligence Department (SID) in Lokoja, revealed that a large …

Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that the government is aware of who is responsible for killings in Nigeria. Cardinal Onaiyekan made the statement on Saturday in an interview on Arise Television He was reacting to the recent wave of killings and abductions in parts of the country. The Archbishop Emeritus stated that nobody can …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, says the Federal Government has not prosecuted individuals suspected of financing terrorism because the process requires extensive and delicate investigations that cannot be rushed. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, Idris explained that contrary to public perception, the matter was not as simple as having a list and immediately …

The Niger State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has revised the number of abducted persons from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Agwarra LGA, raising the figure from 227 to 315. The updated tally, released in a fresh statement on Friday by CAN Chairman and Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, Bulus Yohanna, followed what he …

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has slammed the United States President, Donald Trump, for threatening to invade Nigeria with the American military over the rising insecurity and alleged Christian genocide in the country. The US President had threatened that he had asked the Defence Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the …

A member of the United States House of Representatives, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, has announced she will resign from Congress after a clash with President Donald Trump. The development is the climax of her disagreement with Trump and the Republicans, as she maintained a hardline stance during the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history. In a statement Friday …

The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to the conviction and life imprisonment sentencing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a post shared on his X handle on Saturday, Obi said the judgment comes at a time when Nigerians are battling severe economic hardship, worsening insecurity, and the consequences of poor governance. …

More details have emerged on how terrorists stormed St Mary Catholic Secondary and Primary School, Papiry, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, and abducted no fewer than 50 students. The bandits attacked the school, riding on over 100 motorcycles and shooting randomly. At the end of the attack, they abducted both students and staff of the school, located at …

The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria, under the leadership of the former Governor, Godwin Emefiele, of re-circulating dirty and unfit banknotes valued at N29.77bn in violation of the apex bank’s own Clean Note Policy. The allegation is contained in the newly released Auditor-General’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance and Internal Control Weaknesses …