…Backs Down on Dreadlocks Ban, Says Fight is Against Cultists, Not Fashion The Governor of Niger State, Umaru Bago, has declared an all-out war on thugs and those allegedly sheltering or supporting them across the state, particularly in the capital, Minna, which has in recent months witnessed an alarming rise in violence and killings linked to street gangs. The Governor made this known on Tuesday at a high-level security meeting held at the Government House...

The Kano Hisbah Board has pulled down the popular ‘healing water’ site located in Hotoron Arewa, within the Kano metropolis. The site, believed by many to possess spiritual healing powers, had drawn huge crowds over the past few weeks. People travelled from across Kano and even from neighbouring states, hoping to receive divine healing from the water. But the Hisbah Board says the whole thing was a scam. The Director General of the board, Abba...

Gunmen suspected to be cultists have invaded the Swali community in the heart of Yenagoa, the state capital, and killed four persons. Though two cult groups, the Greenlanders and Bobos, have been fighting for supremacy in the community, it was not certain if the attack resulted from the cult clash. The member representing Yenagoa Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Chief Ayibanegiyefa Egba, has condemned the brutal attack on the Swali Community....

Residents of Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Monday took to the streets in protest against the incessant killings and kidnappings by suspected gunmen in the state. The peaceful protest, which was led by Christian leaders under the umbrella of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was in response to recent violent attacks that have claimed over 100 lives in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas in the past two weeks. The protesters, including clergymen...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of cocaine concealed within religious books destined for Saudi Arabia and arrested a 22-year-old supplier of illicit drugs to bandits in a week-long series of operations across Nigeria. According to a press release issued on Sunday, 20th April 2025, by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the 500-gram cocaine parcel was discovered during a routine check of export cargoes...

An armed man on Tuesday invaded the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nwokedi, who are teachers in Unubi, Nnewi South local government area, and killed their son Somtochukwu Nwokedi, a 15-year-old SS1 student. The gunman also raped the late Somto’s sister, after he shut Somto at point-blank around his chest region, killing him immediately. The West African Pilot News gathered that the gunman, average in height, gained access to the compound by scaling the fence....