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ebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has demanded explanations from military authorities over the withdrawal of troops from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, shortly before dozens of schoolgirls were abducted in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area. Idris spoke on Thursday while receiving the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, who led a solidarity visit to the state. The governor …

ormer counsel to the convicted leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, on Thursday, rejected a call by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja to seek allocutus for his former client. Allocutus is a formal statement made to a court by a convicted defendant, who has been found guilty, to ask …

rgent questions are being raised over a patchwork of armed groups that have emerged to fight Hamas in Gaza over recent months. They include groups based around family clans, criminal gangs and new militia – some of which are backed by Israel, as its prime minister recently admitted. Elements within the Palestinian Authority – which governs parts of the occupied …

S President Donald Trump has given Ukraine less than a week to accept his plan – widely seen as favoring Russia – to end the war, as President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country faced “one of the most difficult moments” in its history. “I’ve had a lot of deadlines, but if things are working well, you tend to extend the …

he 10-year-long terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), came to an end on Thursday after the Federal High Court in Abuja convicted and then sentenced him to life imprisonment.   The trial Judge, James Omotosho, delivered the judgement in Abuja after finding him guilty on all the seven counts filed against him …

he United Nations Security Council on Wednesday called for urgent, coordinated action to tackle escalating terrorism across West Africa and the Sahel, warning that the region is fast becoming a global epicentre of violent extremism.   Top officials at the council raised fresh concerns over deteriorating security in West Africa, citing the rapid expansion of terrorist networks and the growing …

he Niger State Government has condemned the kidnapping of pupils from St Mary’s School in the Papiri area of Agwara Local Government Area.   It said the incident occurred despite an earlier security directive issued to schools in parts of Niger North.   In a statement on Friday, the Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Usman, said the government had …

he Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has condemned the attack on St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, where armed men stormed the premises in the early hours of Friday and abducted students and teachers.   In a statement released on Friday by the diocesan secretary, Rev. Fr. Jatau Joseph, the diocese …

The Catholic boarding school abduction happened barely a week after terrorists kidnapped schoolgirls in Kebbi State. errorists have attacked St Mary’s School, a Catholic-owned institution in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, and abducted an unconfirmed number of students and staff. The attack took place in the early hours of Friday. Local officials told PREMIUM TIMES that …

The judge said he ought to sentence him to death but for his decision to show him mercy he Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced the Biafran agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment for terrorism. Trial judge James Omotosho said he ought to sentence him to death but for his decision to show him mercy. He therefore sentenced …