Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Niger State have rescued two pastors and a church member who were abducted by armed bandits in Kaduna State. The victims, Idi Buhari, Emmanuel Jacob, and Suleiman Adamu, were said to have been kidnapped on January 9, 2026, at the Gwagwada area of Chikun Local Government…
Gbenga Hashim, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused the federal government and elements within the security apparatus of complicity in the nation’s worsening security challenges. In a statement on Sunday by his media office, Hashim warned that “terrorism and mass kidnappings cannot be defeated amid official denials, suppression of facts, and…
A group under the umbrella of Coalition for Truth and Justice in Africa on Monday, staged a peaceful protest at the Supreme Court, Abuja, against the judgments of the appeal court sacking Plateau National Assembly members. National president of the group, Daniel Okwa, in a protest letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola,…
The Kaduna State ministerial nominee, Abbas Balarabe, collapsed during his screening before the Senate on Wednesday. Balarabe collapsed shortly after his presentation which was followed by praises by Senator Sunday Katung, representing Kaduna South senatorial zone. The incident threw the senate into confusion as the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, started screaming, “Bring water and sugar….
About 37 miners have reportedly died while 25 others were injured after being exposed to carbon monoxide, while working in an underground mining site in Kompani Zurak, Wase LGA of Plateau state. The incident was said to have occurred in the early hours of Tuesday. The victims were said to be mostly young men aged…
The North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), has said that the mass exodus of bandits from the North-West region has made the relative peace in the region vulnerable. According to The PUNCH the governors stated this in a communique issued at the end of their seventh meeting on Friday in Gombe. The meeting was attended by governors…
