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As insecurity deepens across the Northwest, several rural communities in Zamfara and Katsina states have quietly entered into local peace arrangements with armed groups—deals that residents say come with heavy financial and emotional costs. In many of these villages, the relentless cycle of killings, kidnappings, and cattle rustling pushed locals into negotiating directly with the […]

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two travellers following an attack by suspected bandits along the Sanlu–Idofin axis in Yagba East Local Government Area. According to the police, the incident occurred when the armed assailants intercepted a vehicle conveying three passengers. While two victims were whisked away into the forest, one […]

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully rescued 12 teenage girls abducted by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the Mussa District of Askira/Uba Local Government Area, Borno State. According to military sources, the rescue operation was carried out on Saturday after troops launched a coordinated offensive in the area following credible intelligence on the victims’ location. […]

A retired High Court judge in Delta State, Justice Ifeoma Okogwu, has been found d£ad in her Asaba residence, triggering a full-scale police investigation into the suspected mu¥rder. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the late judge was discovered in her sitting room at No. 8 Tom Halen Street, behind IBTC Bank, with her hands […]

Ousted Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in Brazzaville following the recent military coup that plunged the country into fresh political uncertainty. His arrival in the Congolese capital comes amid escalating tensions and a rapidly shifting power landscape back home. Sources say Embaló left Guinea-Bissau shortly after the military takeover, which unfolded amid days […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded a fresh list of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, featuring several former governors, ex-ministers, and notable public figures. The list includes former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, former Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, and writer and political commentator Reno […]

Four of the six Federal Ministry of Defence directors abducted on November 10 along the Kabba–Lokoja highway have been released, the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) confirmed on Friday, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The officials were travelling from Lagos to Abuja for a promotion examination when armed men intercepted […]

A fresh political storm has erupted in Kano after the state government called for the arrest of former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Senate Deputy President Barau Jibrin over alleged incitement. The government accused the two APC leaders of making statements capable of fueling tension and undermining security in the state. Officials insisted that their […]

Six people lost their lives on Friday night in a tragic collision involving a truck and a commercial bus at the Nawfia axis, near the Enugu-Agidi Junction along the Awka–Onitsha expressway. According to officials of the Anambra State sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the accident occurred when the truck, said to be […]