Fifty of the schoolchildren abducted from St Mary’s co-educational school in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, have escaped and have reunited with their families, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday. “We have received some good news as fifty pupils escaped and have reunited with their parents,” CAN stated, adding that the students regained freedom between Friday and Saturday. The mass abduction, carried out by gunmen on Friday, involved 303...

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has been found guilty of terrorism offenses by the Federal High Court in Abuja after 10 years of legal battle between Nnamdi Kanu and the Nigerian government. Justice James Omotosho, while announcing Kanu’s conviction in a lengthy judgment delivered on Thursday, said: “It is clear from the evidence that the defendant committed a terrorism act. “The defendant is convicted in respect of court one.”...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed the start of the trial for two alleged leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group, Mahmud Usman and Abubakar Abba, until 15 January 2026. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the adjournment after defence counsel B. I. Bakum asked for more time to be formally served with the charges and to study the proof of evidence, which remains with the Department of State Services (DSS), where the suspects are currently...