The United States Congress has officially set a date for a public inquiry into the killings of Christians in Nigeria, marking one of the most significant international interventions in Nigeria’s internal security crisis. The inquiry aims to review patterns of violence, investigate allegations of religious persecution, and examine the Nigerian government’s response to attacks on […]
New findings reveal that Nigerians paid a jaw-dropping N2.23 trillion in ransom payments over the past 12 months—an amount that experts say rivals the budgets of several states combined and demonstrates the severity of Nigeria’s kidnapping epidemic. This revelation has triggered national outrage and prompted prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, to advise victims
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has issued a strongly worded condemnation of the recent nationwide surge in kidnappings, describing the situation as “a fundamental collapse of Nigeria’s security framework” and demanding an urgent national inquest into the systemic failures that allowed more than 145 people to be abducted in just four days. NBA President Addresses
Nigeria is reeling from another devastating surge in kidnappings, as at least 145 people were abducted within a span of four days across Kaduna, Kebbi, Niger, and Zamfara States. The coordinated attacks targeting schools, road travellers, farmers, and rural communities have reignited widespread fear and reinforced public concern that bandits and terror groups are regaining
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Kwara State was thrown into deep mourning this week following a brutal attack on a local church that left several worshippers dead and many others critically injured. The assault, which occurred during an evening service in a rural part of Kaiama Local Government Area, has revived concerns about rising insecurity in communities previously considered relatively
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has plunged deeper into crisis as loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, reportedly took control of the party’s national secretariat—Wadata Plaza—in Abuja, intensifying an already volatile internal power struggle. According to eyewitnesses and party insiders, the Wike faction arrived at the secretariat in a coordinated
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