Police helicopter crashes in Bauchi

A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) which took off from Abuja, has crashed at the Bauchi airport. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). The statement signed by the spokesman of the AIB, Tunji Oketunbi, said the accident on Wednesday at about 7:30pm. Oketunbi said,…

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Nigeria: School Kidnappings and Conditional Releases

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…

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ACF condemns abduction of  Kaduna school children, calls for effective strategies to end terrorism

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on security forces to adopt more effective strategies to end  banditry and terrorism ravaging communities. In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, the forum  condemned Thursday’s abduction of 287 school children and their teachers in LEA Primary School and Government Secondary, Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna…

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Nigerian army denies killing 70 people in Benue

The Nigerian Army has denied allegations by residents of Mbator in Shangev-Tiev of Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State that at least 70 innocent persons were killed during an invasion by soldiers. In a statement on Friday the army said the allegations were not true. A group known as Shangev-Tiev Assembly (STA), had at…

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