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Kwara intensifies security push with training of 2,600 new forest guards

Nigeria, Dec. 3 -- Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday visited the training ground of 2,600 newly recruited forest guards in Ilorin, marking another phase in the state's efforts to c... Read More


Nigerian Army frees six kidnap victims after joint operation in Kogi

Nigeria, Dec. 3 -- Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued six people kidnapped by armed groups operating in Kogi West, following a coordinated operation in the Ejiba and Saminaka forest areas. The ... Read More


Police rescue three children, arrest suspects in Niger trafficking case

Nigeria, Dec. 3 -- The Niger State Police Command has rescued three more children and arrested three additional suspects linked to an ongoing child abduction and trafficking ring. The Police Public R... Read More


Fresh tension in Kwara as terrorists abduct farmer in Eruku

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Fresh anxiety has gripped Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State after gunmen abducted a farmer, Annas Aasanru, on Sunday, only days after 38 kidnapped worshippers of t... Read More


Pastor, wife abducted as terrorists attack church in Kogi

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Terrorists on Sunday attacked a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting the pastor, his wife and several worshippers. The a... Read More


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