Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commented on the state of insecurity in the country, saying that the challenges have overwhelmed the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said this while reacting to the recent attacks on the Kaduna-Abuja train with no fewer than seven persons were confirmed dead and 21 passengers missing. Obasanjo said the development has shown that Nigerians are not safe anywhere – in vehicles, on the train, or on aircraft. He said...

ABUJA — One hundred and forty-six of the 362 passengers on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train are unreachable six days after the train was attacked by terrorists. The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr. Fidet Okhiria, made this known in a statement obtained on Monday. He, however, said the number of safe passengers had risen to 186. Okhiria said 51 phone numbers on the manifest are either switched off or unreachable since Tuesday morning and...