Bandits Kill Abducted Islamic Cleric in Captivity

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Kill Abducted Islamic Cleric in Captivity

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 12, 2026

An Islamic cleric of the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah wa Ikamatis-Sunnah (JIBWIS), Alhaji Muhammad Maibarga, has died while in the custody of bandits. Maibarga was abducted alongside a friend, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi State. A video reportedly released by the abductors showed the cleric in a deteriorating health condition before his death was later confirmed. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command,...

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Bandits Flaunting Ransom Money on TikTok Must be Tracked and Arrested — Senate

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Flaunting Ransom Money on TikTok Must be Tracked and Arrested — Senate

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 12, 2026

The Senate has directed security and intelligence agencies to intensify efforts to identify, track and arrest bandits and terrorists who openly display their activities and proceeds of crime on social media platforms, particularly TikTok. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, on the rising wave of banditry and terrorist attacks in parts of Kogi State and other areas of the country. During debate on the motion, Senator...

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Court Jails 5 Over Papiri School Abduction

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCourt Jails 5 Over Papiri School Abduction

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 12, 2026

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced five men to 25 years in prison each for their involvement in a mass abduction in Niger State and for supplying arms to terrorists. The convicts were linked to the 21vNovember 2025 attack on St Joseph Catholic Church in Papiri, where gunmen abducted more than 300 students and staff. While about 50 of the victims escaped, more than 250 were forced by the attackers to trek for...

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Gunmen Kill Vice Principal, Abduct WASSCE Candidates in Kogi

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Kill Vice Principal, Abduct WASSCE Candidates in Kogi

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 12, 2026

Gunmen on Wednesday invaded a secondary school in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing a vice principal, two others and disrupting the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The attack occurred around 9:45 a.m. at Government Secondary School, Iluke Bunu, while students were writing the examination. Daily Trust reported that the assailants shot dead the Vice Principal of Government Secondary School, Aharha-Bunu, Mr Gani Anifowose, alongside two other victims identified as...

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Edo Closes Schools to Avert Mass Abduction After DSS Alert

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEdo Closes Schools to Avert Mass Abduction After DSS Alert

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 12, 2026

The government of Edo State has ordered the temporary closure of three secondary schools in Akoko Edo Local Government Area following intelligence indicating a credible threat to students and staff. A circular issued by the Edo State Ministry of Education, dated 9 June 2026, said the decision followed advisories from security agencies. “The Ministry of Education has received intelligence reports and advisories from relevant security agencies regarding credible threats to the safety of students, staff,...

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Gunmen raid school in Kogi, kill Vice Principal, others 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen raid school in Kogi, kill Vice Principal, others 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 11, 2026

Three persons including Vice Principal Government Secondary School in Iluke, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Mr Gani Anifowose have been killed by gunmen that invaded the school on Wednesday morning. The attackers was said to have invaded the community and attacked the school at about 9 am when students were writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). thereby disrupted the examination in an attempt to abduct students in the process....

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Kogi Applauds Foiling of Mass Abduction Of WAEC Candidates

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKogi Applauds Foiling of Mass Abduction Of WAEC Candidates

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 11, 2026

…Mourns Iluke Victims The Kogi State Government has expressed sadness over a terrorist attack on Iluke Community in Bunu District of Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of the state by criminal elements who disguised themselves in military uniforms in a desperate attempt to deceive residents and perpetrate their evil act. A statement by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Commissioner for Information and Communications, revealed that the unfortunate attack led to the death of three members of the community....

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Declare National Security Emergency, Northern Elders To Tinubu

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDeclare National Security Emergency, Northern Elders To Tinubu

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 11, 2026

The northern elders under the auspices of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), on Wednesday asked President Bola Tinubu to declare a national security emergency. The group in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Prof Abubakar Jiddere, noted that the security challenge in the country is already at its precipice, and drastic steps must be taken to salvage the country from falling into anarchy. According to NEF, Nigerians are deeply in fear and when citizens live...

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Enugu Police Debunks Social Media Report of Ezeagu School Attack

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEnugu Police Debunks Social Media Report of Ezeagu School Attack

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 10, 2026

The Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, has directed the Tactical and Intelligence Units of the Enugu State Police Command to investigate the original source of the social media reports of herdsmen attack on a school in Ezeagu Community in Enugu State. CP Giwa charged his men to intensify efforts in tracing, identification, apprehending and prosecution of the any person responsible for originating and disseminating the false report. A press statement signed by the...

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Gunmen abduct 39 Zamfara elders on reconciliation mission

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen abduct 39 Zamfara elders on reconciliation mission

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 9, 2026

A reconciliation mission has turned soar as gunmen have abducted 39 elderly residents of Magamin Diddi village in Magami/Faru ward of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State while on a mission to negotiate with leader of the bandits. A notorious bandit kingpin Jammo said to be in control of the Muntsira Forest in Maradun LGA reportedly kidnapped the victims on Sunday but was officially made known in Monday. Bello Dosara, Chairman of Maradun Local...

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