At least 101 people arrested for alleged links with Boko Haram have been kept incommunicado at the Kirikiri medium and maximum correctional centres, Lagos for 13 years now, Daily Trust Saturday reports. Activists following the case said some of the victims had…
Not much is being heard on the plight of thousands of Fulani herders who have been displaced by bandits, their cattle rustled, and their wives, husbands, and children abducted until they pay the ransom. The general impression created by the…
217 LGs in 35 states affected ‘Banditry thrives in ungovernable areas’ 68.8% increase from Feb Niger State (North Central) and Kaduna (North West) have topped the chart as a total of 1,497 people were reported killed in March 2022 across…
Chibok community in the Southern part of Borno State on Thursday joined the rest of the country to mark the eighth year anniversary of the abduction of schoolgirls in their domain, with parents and community leaders describing the day as…
Foreign missions in Nigeria and other international bodies have tightened up security alerts for travels in the seven states making up the North West geopolitical zone following last month’s attack on a passenger train arriving Kaduna from Abuja, the Nigerian…
The continued onslaught by bandits against farming communities in Niger State has displaced thousands of people who have relocated to other parts of the state particularly Minna, the state capital, as observed by Daily Trust Saturday. The Internally Displaced Person…
Fresh facts in the aftermath of last Monday’s fatal attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train service have shed more light on the failure of officials at different levels to forestall the planned onslaught, which was seen coming months ahead. Official correspondences…
The electricity blackout in Maiduguri has been going on for over one year with many residents living their lives without a power supply. Some privileged individuals, organizations and groups have embraced solar power as an alternative source of electricity in…
Multiple conflicts in the six regions of Nigeria have claimed more than 60,000 lives in the last decade, findings from research on the various security challenges afflicting the country. The conflicts ranging from insurgency, criminal banditry, farmer-herder conflicts, and violent…
Road, rail and air transport are being threatened due to the activities of non-state actors that have continued to hold Kaduna State, the administrative and political capital of northern Nigeria hostage. Kaduna has been under siege for the last 10…
