The Chief of Gurku in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, Alhaji Jibrin Waziri has been released after six days in captivity. However, his wife, Sa’adatu, is still being held by the bandits. The traditional ruler and his wife were abducted by gunmen at his palace in Gurku, on August 7, at about 10pm….
Nigeria entered the new year amid sustained insecurity across multiple regions, with coordinated attacks, mass killings, military ambushes, and kidnappings recorded between late December and the first week of January. The incidents underscore persistent weaknesses in rural security and the expanding geographical spread of armed violence. In Kaduna State, bandits attacked a community in Lere…
In this powerful episode, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum speaks with Mercy and Prof Solomon Tarfa about the long and painful struggle to secure the release of children taken from their orphanage in Kano, Nigeria. They reveal disturbing allegations of: • Children being forced into conversions and given new identities. • Orphans taken from Asaba and transported…
Another batch of 10 of the remaining 31 abducted students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna have been released by bandits after spending 75 days in captivity. The Chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab confirmed their release in a telephone chat on Saturday…
Two people were reportedly killed while 100 others were abducted in an attack by bandits on Gamdum Mallam and Ruwan Rana villages of Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara state. The criminals who rode on motorbikes were said to have stormed the communities on Saturday, August 23, shooting sporadically. Muhammadu MaiAnguwa, village head of Gamdum…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he will never return to partisan politics. Obasanjo stated this on Saturday the National Working Committee ,(NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by its chairman Dr. Iyorchia Ayu paid him a visit at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeakuta, Ogun state. Obasanjo had announced…
