After spending three weeks in captivity, 48 children aged between seven and 12, kidnapped in Niger State, have been released after payment of ransom, according to a traditional ruler, the UN. The bandits specialized in kidnapping and cattle rustling, targeting rural communities in northwest and central Nigeria, looting homes, and imposing levies on mining sites and farmland. Abdullahi Sahonrami, the traditional chief in Mashegu district, who confirmed the release of the abducted children, said on...

Two civilians were killed and two police officers seriously injured after suspected political thugs attacked a police patrol team along the Ibadan-Ife Expressway in Ikire, Osun State. The attack occurred at about 11 a.m. on Monday, August 24, when officers attached to the Ikire Divisional Police Headquarters, accompanied by the Divisional Police Officer, responded to a distress call over the alleged abduction of a man identified as Sunkanmi. According to the Osun State Police Command,...

…Warns those providing information to insurgents Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has vowed that anyone found providing information to insurgents will face the full wrath of the law. Governor Fintiri, who gave the warning on Tuesday in Hong while handing over 40 motorcycles to support security operations in the Hong Local Government Area, said that intelligence gathered by security agencies indicated that some individuals were leaking security information to insurgents. Fintiri, therefore, called...