Notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Ummaru, has warned law enforcement against a kinetic approach to tackling insecurity. He sounded the warning on Saturday, during peace talks between bandit groups and community leaders, in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina state. Agency reports quoted Ummaru saying that killing bandits only makes matters worse. He said, “If today…
Angry residents of communities along the Makurdi–Lafia road, on Saturday, blocked the highway in protest over the killing of five on their way to the farm in the outskirts of Makurdi, bordering Guma Local Government Area of Benue state. The protesters were said to have blocked the road with the corpses of three of the…
One person has been confirmed dead following an explosion on Saturday at the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) in Kaduna. Several other staff members sustained injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment. Public Relations Officer of DICON, Maria Sambo, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Saturday. According to her, the explosion…
The chairman of the fact-finding committee on killings in Plateau, Maj. Gen. Nicholas Rogers (rtd) has said that 11,749 people in the state have been killed between 2001 and 2025 due to various violent attacks. Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’, on Friday, Rogers said the committee presented its report to the Plateau…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced that he has reconciled with his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, ending months of political turmoil that gripped the state. In a statewide broadcast on Friday, Fubara confirmed that he, Wike, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have…
President Bola Tinubu has lifted the six-month emergency rule imposed on Rivers state The President had, in March 2025, imposed six months of emergency rule in the state following high political tension that threatened peace and stability in Rivers. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Tinubu directed Governor Similayi Fubara, his deputy, and the legislative…
