NIGERIA MOVES TOWARD TOUGHER ANTI-TERROR MEASURES AS DEFENCE MINISTER REJECTS RANSOM DEALS, LAWMAKERS PUSH DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
Nigeria’s incoming Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, has taken a hard stance on insecurity, insisting that governments must completely abandon ransom payments and any form of negotiation with terrorist groups. During his Senate screening, he warned that these practices only fuel more violence by giving criminal networks the financial room to reorganize and strike […]
GUNMEN ATTACK KEBBI BOARDING SCHOOL, KILL VICE PRINCIPAL, ABDUCT FEMALE STUDENTS
A group of armed men early Monday attacked a government-run boarding school in Kebbi State, killing the vice principal and abducting an undisclosed number of female students, according to security sources and school officials. The attack occurred before dawn as the assailants invaded the school premises, shooting sporadically and forcing students out of their hostels. […]
BREAKING: OSUN AMOTEKUN COMMANDER SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN OSOGBO
In a shocking development, the Commander of Osun State’s Amotekun Corps, Adekunle Omoyele, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt late Monday night, October 6. According to a statement by the Corps’ spokesperson, Mr. Abass Yusuf, the incident occurred around 10:05 p.m. along Ikirun Road, near Charity Hotel in Osogbo. Commander Omoyele was reportedly driving home alone […]
