Nigeria, Sept. 2 -- The former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has reiterated his claim that government officials are paying off bandits under the guise of a "non-kinetic" security strategy. T... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- Nigerians paid at least N2.57 billion to kidnappers between July 2024 and June 2025, while abductors demanded N48 billion in the same period, according to a new SBM Intelligence st... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Terrorists have increased their violent campaigns in Kaduna, Niger, Kwara, Kano and Sokoto states, rustling livestock, abducting locals and displacing them. The displacement is mo... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- Nineteen-year-old Ba Gado still remembers the chaotic night of 30 October 2022. Motivated by the successful Kuje prison break led by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a ... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has said that military operations and law enforcement measures alone cannot end violent extremism and terrorism in Nigeria's North-west. Speak... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 10 -- In the war-torn Sahel, armed groups including an al-Qaeda affiliate, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), its opponent, Islamic State Sahel Province (IS Sahel) and state-back... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 3 -- The suspension of Badeggi FM, a privately owned radio station in Minna, Niger State, continued to draw criticism from political parties and rights groups, even as the Minister of In... Read More
Nigeria, July 31 -- The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has written to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, requesting an expedited amendment to the pension law to exclude the Niger... Read More