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Data shows that under Tinubu, insecurity has not abated across Nigeria including in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT.

Data shows that under Tinubu, insecurity has not abated across Nigeria including in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT.

The warning notice, signed by five civil society groups and a former chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, came in an open letter Friday to Nigeria’s president and the National Assembly The coalition, without providing evidence, accused the United States and France of lobbying authorities in the Gulf of Guinea countries, especially Nigeria, to…

The South-West recorded 194 killings, the South-South, 161 people; and South-East, 158.The five states with the highest number of killings were Borno, 517; Benue, 313; Katsina, 252; Zamfara, 212 and Kaduna, 206. Abductions the data showed that of the 2,164 persons abducted within the period, 1,297 were kidnapped in the North-West, 421 in the North-East, 330 in the North-Central, 30 in the South-West, 66 in the South-South and 20 in the South-East.

A peculiar characteristic of Nigeria’s mass kidnappings is that it only takes place in the deep Muslim North that embraced full Sharia over 20 years ago! On Monday, April 22, 2024, the Daily Trust newspaper published a collector’s item of a front page story that perfectly pigeon-holed the matter to make it easy to understand and deal with.

In a move to push back the rampaging kidnappers and bandits operating freely across the country, 15 state governors have assembled

Amid killings, banditry, kidnappings, among other security challenges bedeviling most parts of the country, Nigerians, in a rather distressing trend, are

Amid the rising cases of kidnapping and robbery in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom WIke, has been busy with Rivers State politics, NATHANIEL SHAIBU reports

Nigerian authorities say national defense, internal security and economic stability are the top priorities in the 2024 budget that President Bola Tinubu delivered to lawmakers on Wednesday. Improving security is a major challenge for Tinubu's government as it desperately seeks to attract foreign investments to grow the country's struggling economy. Under the new $35 billion…

Security experts in Africa are raising concerns about the growing use of drones by terrorist groups and the readiness of government forces to match their sophistication. A report last week showed African terrorist groups are using global affiliations to acquire and modify drones for their own needs. Though the drones are not yet being used…