Fifteen persons have been reportedly killed in a clash between Nyuwar and Jessu communities communities in Balanga Local Government Areas of Gombe state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that attacks started on Monday and continued till Tuesday. According to NAN, the state governor, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, was said to have visited the affected…
This edition of Security Update, hosted by Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum, examines Nigeria’s deepening security crisis through three interconnected developments: the release of kidnapped schoolchildren in Niger State, renewed presidential rhetoric on branding bandits as terrorists, and mounting controversy over the arming of auxiliary forces linked to vigilante groups. Nigeria: School Kidnappings and Conditional Releases Nigerian…
The Annual Tarok Cultural Carnival organised by the Nim O’Tarok Cultural Association, held December 27, 2021 at the Langtang mini Stadium, headquarters of Langtang North LGA, Plateau state. The event with the theme: “Culture as a tool for peace national unity”, was led by former sports minister, Solomon Dalung. It featured Tarok cultural dances, attires…
Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says the activities of bandits and terrorists are threatening the economy of rural communities in the North-west. Addressing a quarterly security meeting of State Directors of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the North West, on Wednesday in Kaduna, the governor said bandits have openly tried to crush…
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed the death of 98 persons in Saturday’s tanker explosion in Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of the state. The Director General of NSEMA, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, who confirmed the casualty figures in a statement on Monday, said 69 people sustained injuries in the unfortunate incident. He added…
The governor of Zamfara, Dauda Lawal, has signed an executive order restructuring and reducing the number of ministries in the state from 28 to 16. The governor disclosed this in a post on his official Twitter handle on Thursday. According to him, the decision to reduce the number of ministries, was taken to transform the…
