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IGP deploys riot police in Oyo

By Ismail Auwal The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of four units of riot policemen to address the violence in...

Oyo killings: Arewa social media influencers evacuate northerners

By Ismail Auwal A group of Arewa social media influencers has started evacuating stranded northerners from Oyo State, following the latest round of ethnic killings. One...

Oyo ethnic killings not on agenda, as Northwest governors meet in Kaduna

By Ismail Auwal The governors of the northwestern region of Nigeria are meeting today (Monday), over insecurity, banditry, cattle rustling, and other security concerns in...

Buhari breaks silence, condemns ethnic violence in the country

By Abba Gwale President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his government will protect all religious and ethnic groups, whether majority or minority in line with...

Protesters arrested at Lekki Toll Gate

  Deji Adeyanju, one of the organizers of the #ENDSARS campaign, has claimed that 10 protesters, including Mr Macaroni, Juwon, Kehinde, Kiara, and others have...

Senate calls for reshuffling of security agencies

By Abba Gwale Nigerian Senate calls on Federal Government to reshuffle all the security agencies in order to curb the incessant security challenges in the...

Residents flee their homes as Boko Haram insurgents attack Askira town in Borno

By Ismail Auwal Residents of Askira town in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State have reportedly fled their homes on Wednesday as Boko Haram...

High profile bandit surrenders in Zamfara

By Abba Gwale A recent report from Zamfara says a highly sought bandit in the state, Awwalun Dauda, has turned himself in to the authorities...

We’ll deploy Chadian, Cameroonian soldiers to help end Boko Haram – COAS

By Salim Yunusa The chief of army staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, says Nigeria will bring in Chadian and Cameroonian troops to end the insurgency in the...

El-Rufai rejects Gumi’s peace deal with kidnappers

By Ismail Auwal The Governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has rejected Sheikh Abubakar Gumi’s peace deal, while stressing that what is needed now...

Armed Bandits kill 14 in Sabuwa Local Government of Katsina State amidst calls for dialogue

By Salim Yunusa Suspected bandits have killed no fewer than 14 people on Tuesday in Sabuwa LGA, Katsina state. The bandits also forcefully collected a number...

Ganduje recommends banning movement of cattle to South to solve herder-farmer crises

By Abba Gwale Governor Ganduje has proposed banning the nomadic Fulani from shuttling their cattle to the central and southern Nigeria for open grazing, as...

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