The northeastern and northwestern regions of Nigeria recorded the highest figures as nearly 700,000 people were killed in the country between May 2023 and April 2024, a recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed. The report tagged ‘The Crime Experienced and Security Perception Survey (CESPS) 2024’, revealed that 614,937 people were killed … Read more
Majority of Nigeria’s 36 states have agreed that states should have their own police, an official has said. Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna disclosed this after the 146th National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday. Central to the agenda of the meeting was the issue of state police … Read more
The Borno State High Court in Maiduguri has again convicted and sentenced Aisha Wakil also known as Mama Boko Haram to five years imprisonment for fraud. Ms Wakil, who has been serially convicted of fraud, was jailed in the latest case alongside two other officials of her non-governmental organisation (NGO), Complete Care and Aid Foundation. … Read more
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Friday, November 29, 2024 Father Stephen Ojapah shares the story of his kidnapping during a Religious Freedom Roundtable briefing on Nov. 25, 2024, at The Public Affairs Office Building of The Church of Scientology in Washington, D.C. | The Christian Post/Samantha Kamman WASHINGTON — A Nigerian priest abducted by … Read more
The Nigerian Army says its troops have dealt a significant blow to terrorists, killing several high-profile fighters and recovering a cache of lethal weapons, including rocket bombs and ammunition The Nigerian Army, in a post on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday, stated that its sustained onslaught has continued to cripple the adversary’s freedom of … Read more
The Yobe State Government has announced that a total of 34 people were killed in Sunday’s Boko Haram attack in Mafa, Tarmuwa Local Government Area. The 34 victims were buried on Tuesday in Babangida, the headquarters of Tarmuwa local government. PREMIUM TIMES reported the attack during which the terrorists also burnt several houses and shops. … Read more
Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel, The Country Girls, before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and iconoclast that found her welcomed everywhere from Dublin to the White House, has died. She was 93. O’Brien died Saturday after a long illness, according to a statement by … Read more
The Inspector General of Police (IGP,), Kayode Egbetokun, has said the crime rate in Nigeria has declined but that the Force will do more to reduce it. Mr Egbetokun spoke Friday in Abuja while addressing journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. The IGP said he presented a report on … Read more
Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force, North-East Operation Hadin Kai, have foiled an attempt by Boko Haram insurgents to vandalise power towers in Kasesa near Damaturu. The troops achieved the feat in collaboration with hunter groups in the state. The acting Assistant Director of the Army Public Relations Headquarters of the sector, Naziru Shehu, … Read more
French multidisciplinary artist Prune Nourry, in collaboration with Obafemi Awolowo University, has produced a movie in memory of Chibok girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in Borno State in 2014. The movie, which is titled ‘Statues Also Breathe’, was screened at the Nordic Hotel, Victoria Island on Thursday. Amina Ali, one of the Chibok … Read more
