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20 Abducted NYSC Members Freed in Imo After a Week in Captivity

Twenty prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted on the Owerri–Onitsha road in Imo State have regained their freedom after a week in captivity. Police say a joint security operation rescued...

Tinubu Declares Three Days of National Mourning After Ondo Air Force Crash

President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning and ordered flags flown at half-mast across Nigeria after the Ondo military plane crash, as the Defence Minister ordered a comprehensive investigation...

Air Force Plane Carrying 32 Crashes in Ondo as Tinubu Mourns Personnel

A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft carrying 32 people crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday, prompting a search and rescue operation, condolences from President Bola Tinubu and...

Obi Appeals for Peace as Deadly Aguleri–Umuoba Anam Clash Grips Anambra East

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to the people of Aguleri and Umuoba Anam in Anambra East to end the deadly communal clash between them. At...

Obi Demands Rescue of Abducted NYSC Members, Says Insecurity Must Not Become a Norm

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has demanded the immediate and safe rescue of the prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted in Imo State, saying insecurity...

Police Locate Camp Holding Abducted NYSC Members in Imo but Delay Raid Over IEDs

Imo State police say they have pinpointed the bush camp where remaining abducted prospective National Youth Service Corps members are being held, but a raid has been delayed over fears the site...

Rivers Assembly Unanimously Backs State Police Constitutional Amendment

The Rivers State House of Assembly has unanimously endorsed a constitutional amendment to create State Police Services, joining Osun and Edo as the National Assembly resumes with the state police bill high...

Bandits Abduct Over 80 in Niger and Zamfara as Abia Police Recover 28 Human Skulls

Bandits abduct over 80 people, mostly women, who were reported missing on Monday after armed gangs carried out separate weekend attacks in Niger and Zamfara states, according to security reports cited by...

Troops Rescue More Than 60 Kidnap Victims as Defence Headquarters Reports Nationwide Gains

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters says troops rescued scores of kidnapped civilians during a week of nationwide operations against terrorism, kidnapping, arms trafficking and oil theft, with the largest single breakthrough coming when a...

Civil Society Groups Demand Mining Overhaul After Deaths of 37 Miners in NSCDC Custody

Civil society organisations have renewed calls for a sweeping overhaul of Nigeria’s mining sector as families of some of the 37 suspected artisanal miners who died in Nigeria Security and Civil Defence...

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