262 Nigerians Arrive Lagos as South Africa Xenophobia Triggers Evacuation

NewsNigeria262 Nigerians Arrive Lagos as South Africa Xenophobia Triggers Evacuation

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 12, 2026

Nigeria has joined other African countries in evacuating its citizens from South Africa following renewed concerns over xenophobic violence and rising anti-migrant sentiment. A total of 262 Nigerians arrived in Lagos around 10:25 a.m. on Thursday after departing Johannesburg earlier in the day. The evacuees are part of about 1,000 Nigerians registered with the Nigerian consulate in South Africa for voluntary repatriation. Ghana, Zimbabwe and Malawi have also carried out similar evacuations ahead of a...

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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 Declares Hausa-born Residents Indigene of Jos North

NewsNigeriaCourt Declares Hausa-born Residents Indigene of Jos North

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 12, 2026

A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has ruled that a person of Hausa origin born and raised in Jos North Local Government Area is entitled to be recognised as an indigene of the area. The judgment was delivered on Tuesday by Justice C. Donglong in a suit filed by Fatima Baba Akawu and her father, Baba Alhaji Akawu, against the Jos North Local Government Council over the refusal to issue an indigene certificate...

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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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Governor Soludo Inaugurates 8th Governing Council of Ojukwu University

EducationNewsNigeriaGovernor Soludo Inaugurates 8th Governing Council of Ojukwu University

PilotnewsJune 12, 2026

By Christian ABURIME Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has officially inaugurated the eighth Governing Council of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), tasking the newly appointed members with the rigorous mandate of institutional reform and the pursuit of academic excellence. Addressing the council members at the Light House in Awka, Governor Soludo acknowledged the gravity of their appointment, emphasizing that their tenure arrives at a pivotal moment for the institution. “You have a lot of heavy...

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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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INEC restores constituencies in four states, fix date for party primaries

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC restores constituencies in four states, fix date for party primaries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 11, 2026

Following court judgments that ordered the reversal of previously suppressed constituencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has restored state constituencies in Benue, Delta, Jigawa and Kogi States. The commission, in a statement signed by Mohammed Kudu Haruna, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said the restoration is in line with the 1999 Constitution as amended and the Electoral Act, 2026. The Commission said the affected constituencies will now participate fully in...

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