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Security

Amnesty raises alarm over abduction of 82 pupils in Borno, Oyo

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Amnesty raises alarm

Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has expressed concern over the recent abduction of dozens of schoolchildren by armed groups in parts of northern and southern Nigeria, calling on authorities to urgently rescue the victims and strengthen security around schools. The organisation described the incidents as “alarming”, warning that repeated attacks on schools were deepening the country’s education crisis and exposing children to grave danger. In a statement issued yesterday, Amnesty International disclosed that at least 82 schoolchildren were abducted between May 13 and May 15, 2026, during separate attacks in…

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Oyo school attack: “Yorubaland is under siege” – Afenifere

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Afenifere on banditry

Following the coordinated attacks on three schools in Oriire local government area of Oyo State on Friday, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday expressed dismay and called on state governments to act, saying: “Yorubaland is now under siege”. The organisation, in a statement released by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, also sympathised with families of the victims of the attacks. Afenifere’s spokesperson said the organisation’s leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, “was saddened to hear this unfortunate incident which occurred the same week he marked…

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School Terror: Gunmen strike in Borno, Oyo, abduct pupils, Principal

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Gunmen strike in Borno, Oyo

Fresh waves of insecurity swept across parts of Nigeria yesterday as armed attackers invaded schools in both Borno State and Oyo State, abducting pupils, students, and a school principal in separate incidents that have heightened fears over the safety of educational institutions. In Borno, suspected Boko Haram insurgents reportedly stormed a primary and junior secondary school in Mussa village, Askira-Uba local government area, abducting an unspecified number of pupils during a dawn raid that threw the community into panic.  Residents said the attackers arrived on motorcycles shortly after troops on…

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UN calls for urgent probe as deadly airstrikes rock Northern Nigeria

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UN calls for urgent probe2

The United Nations (UN) has called for an urgent and independent investigation into recent military airstrikes in northern Nigeria that reportedly left scores of civilians dead. The appeal followed reports that air raids carried out in Zamfara State allegedly killed more than 100 people, many of them said to be local residents and traders at a community market. Speaking in New York on Wednesday, UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, said the global body was deeply disturbed by the incidents and warned that the protection of civilians must remain a priority…

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Bandits free pregnant woman, nursing mother, children in Kaduna

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Bandits free KD captives

A pregnant woman, a nursing mother, woman and four children have regained their freedom after being kidnapped and spend more than 50 days in captivity in Kaduna State. The victims regained their freedom on Thursday, and returned home amid jubilation from residents of Sabon-Gyero community in Millennium City, Chikun local government area. Investigations revealed that ransom payments and motorcycles were allegedly delivered to the kidnappers in exchange for the release of the victims. Sources disclosed that one of the pregnant women had regained her freedom about three weeks earlier, while…

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“Muslims have no agenda against Christians” – Sultan of Sokoto

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Sultan of Sokoto on banditry

…Rejects linking banditry to Islam Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has dismissed claims that Muslims in Nigeria have any agenda to wipe out Christians, urging Nigerians to stop attaching religious labels to criminal activities such as banditry and terrorism. The revered monarch spoke yesterday during the first tri-annual meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) held in Abuja, where religious leaders and government officials gathered to deliberate on insecurity and interfaith relations in the country. Addressing concerns over rising tensions and the increasing tendency to describe criminals using…

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B’Haram finally agree to release 50 women, children from 416 kidnapped

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…Says others scattered  A faction of Boko Haram, identified as Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (JAS), has agreed to release 50 women and children from a group of 416 abducted victims following intense negotiations and mediation efforts by the Borno-South Youth Alliance (BOSYA). However, the insurgents warned that the process may be severely hindered, claiming the captives have already been dispersed across distant locations. In a voice note, a representative of the terrorist group, speaking in Hausa, disclosed that gathering the women and children for release would be extremely difficult due…

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Plateau: Gov. Mutfwang reveals state’s sponsors of insecurity 

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Mutfwang reveals state's sponsors

Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has opined that desperate politicians are responsible for the recurring insecurity and attacks in the state. Mutfwang made allegations while addressing a group of journalists who paid him a courtesy call at the Government House in Jos on Tuesday. Mutfwang said the issues of terrorists and bandits unleashing violence in several communities and killing innocent people always happen during election periods, and desperate politicians sponsor it. While referencing the Dogo Nahawa crisis on March 7, 2010, where over 1,000 people were massacred by armed terrorists,…

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Insecurity: Kaduna unveils disarmament, reintegration committee

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Kaduna unveils committee

Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, on Monday inaugurated the State Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Peace and Security Committee, declaring that his administration would provide the necessary political will to ensure its success. The initiative, facilitated by the Office of the National Security Adviser and the National Counter Terrorism Centre, marks the first time such a committee is being established at the subnational level in the country. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, the governor recalled that Kaduna had only recently emerged from a period of intense insecurity, when bandits, kidnappers…

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Afenifere raises alarm over rising kidnapping cases 

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Afenifere demands

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed displeasure over the rising cases of kidnapping and terror attacks in Yorubaland and other parts of the country. The organisation’s feeling was contained in a statement issued yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. According to the organisation, the fact that incidents of terror attacks, including kidnappings, are occurring virtually every day in various parts of the country is giving Afenifere a lot of concern. “Before now, reports of incidents of this nature used to be…

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