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The big picture issues on the security crisis in Nigeria.

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‘Colos’, ‘Loud’, and ‘Arizona’: One Lagos Woman Arrested with 120 Wraps of Synthetic Hard Drugs

Silas Ebeh | Crime Reporter -
LAGOS, Nigeria - The Lagos State Police Command on Monday, September 11, 2023, paraded 13 suspects accused of a myriad of crimes ranging from...
News

Saya-Saya Tragedy: Bandits Kill 7 During Mosque Prayers in Kaduna

Silas Ebeh | Crime Reporter -
KADUNA, Nigeria — A peaceful evening of prayers turned into a night of horror as suspected bandits attacked worshippers in a mosque at Saya-Saya...
Metro

Security Concerns as Bandits Kidnap Resident from Abuja’s El-Rufai Estate

Kenneth Ebelemi | Sub Editor -
ABUJA, Nigeria — A resident of the El-Rufai Estate in the Kuchiko Resettlement Development Area, KRDA, Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,...
News

Tragic Toll: How One Cadet’s ‘Malnutrition’ Death Reveals Deep Issues at Nigeria Police Academy

Noel Ekerette | Contributing Editor -
KANO, Nigeria — The death of a 100-level course 9 police cadet, A.S. Jika, at the Nigeria Police Academy in Wudil, Kano State, has...
Metro

In Zamfara State, Villagers Turn Tables by Abducting Bandits’ Families

Ekemini Ekwere | News Reporter -
BIRNIN MAGAJI, Nigeria — In a surreal role reversal, villagers in Birnin Magaji, a community in Nigeria’s volatile Zamfara State, have abducted family members...
Crime

Fraudulent N9.3 Million Kidnapping Scheme Lands Lawyer and 3 Others in Ibadan Jail

Silas Ebeh | Crime Reporter -
IBADAN, Nigeria — Taiwo Segun, a 37-year-old lawyer, and three accomplices find themselves behind bars, accused of orchestrating a faux kidnapping scheme to extort...
News

Nigerian Troops Uncover Massive Illegal Oil Refinery Operation in Delta

Kenneth Ebelemi | Sub Editor -
ASABA, Nigeria - The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army successfully "busted and destroyed an illegal oil refinery" in Delta State on Wednesday, August...
Metro

Vigilante Member Shot as Cult Group Disrupts Burial Ceremony in Ogun

Bayo Adegbite | Politics Reporter -
IGODE, Nigeria - Tensions run high in the Baga Eriyo area of Ogun State after an armed group suspected of cult members invaded a...
News

Shock and Outrage in Benin City as Gunmen Attack Army Patrol, Kill Soldier

Benjamin Inyang | City Editor -
BENIN CITY, Nigeria — Gunmen targeted an army patrol vehicle in Benin City, killing a soldier and making away with a bag believed to...
News

Paid for Freedom: Inside the Ransom Deal That Saw Boko Haram Release Captive Women

Salisu Sulaimon | Sub-Editor -
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Boko Haram, the extremist group that has terrorized northern Nigeria for more than a decade, released 48 women who had been...
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