Terrorists suspected to be members of Boko Haram have invaded the garrison town of Bassa in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Local sources around the village told PREMIUM TIMES that they have been hearing sporadic gunshots from the axis since 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday. In one of the attacks on the town earlier this year, terrorists killed some ...

  The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has announced the release of school children abducted by bandits in Kuriga, Chukun Local Government Area of the state on March 7, 2024. The governor announced the development on Saturday night. “In the name of Allah the Beneficient, the Most Merciful, I wish to announce that our Kuriga school children have been ...

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has spared a thought for the nation’s security operatives amid the havoc in Plateau where over 70 people are reportedly killed by terrorists. Obi in a special Yuletide message to the uniformed operatives, noted that they are being overstretched by the increasing incidents of terrorism and ...

Suspected bandits on Sunday burnt a reverend father to death in Kafin Koro community in the Paikoro LGA of Niger State. The bandits were said to have invaded the community around 1am and shot sporadically while heading for the uphill residence of the priest, Isaac Achi, of SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kaffi Koro. A resident, who identified himself ...

Residents fleeing a village in Plateau State, north central Nigeria, after an attack by armed bandits. Photo by AFP via Getty Images Folahanmi Aina, King’s College London The Nigerian state has come under severe security stress in recent times. It has faced multiple national security threats: jihadist groups in the north-east; armed bandits in the north-west; militia secessionists in the ...

Members of security forces during an anti-terrorism simulation exercise in Abuja, Nigeria. Photo by Peter Oba/Xinhua via Getty Images Al Chukwuma Okoli, Federal University Lafia Terrorism is one of the world’s greatest security challenges. Trying to predict it is an important part of the effort to counter terrorism. Intelligence and security agencies around the world occasionally issue warnings about the ...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, has confirmed the arrest of five suspected terrorists, including their lodger that massacred worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state on June 5, this year. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor had said earlier in Abuja, that their arrest was made possible by joint operations of all the security ...

Nigeria’s current security challenges and emerging threats require the country’s military and other relevant stakeholders to be several steps ahead of perpetrators while also stepping up local production of armaments. This was one of the highlights of the response of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, after receiving a presentation on “Defence Transformation and National Security: Strategic Options for Nigeria of ...

By Casmir Igbokwe In Ola Rotimi’s play, ‘The gods are not to blame’, King Odewale is destined from birth to kill his father and marry his mother. To avert this tragedy, his parents, King Adetusa of Kutuje and his wife, Queen Ojuola, give Odewale (soon after his birth) to their special messenger named Gbonka, to dispose of in an evil ...

More than 30 armed officials were on ground during the Tuesday attack on the Kuje Custodial Centre in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, PREMIUM TIMES learnt from officials briefed on the matter. The security agents included officials of Nigeria’s correctional centre, police officers, immigration officers, civil defence officials and mobile police officers. Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, the Kuje facility came ...