By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent AGAIN, GUNMEN struck in Niger State barely one week after the Maga kidnapping of 25 girls, with armed attackers invading St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area and abducting students and members of staff in the early hours of Friday, where they made away...
By Fatima Idera, JKNewsMedia AUTHORITIES REPORTED on Tuesday that one of the 25 abducted students from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State has escaped and is safe, as joint security teams and local hunters continue a coordinated search for the remaining missing schoolgirls, according to AP News. Their confirmation came afte...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trips to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, following the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State and an armed attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, Kwara State. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter FALSE DATA and manipulated statistics have continued to dominate campaigns by local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) seeking to influence the United States to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said. T...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FIRM ASSURANCE came from President Bola Tinubu on Thursday that Nigeria will defeat terrorism and other threats to national security as the government sustains its reform agenda to deliver steady economic growth, stability, and prosperity. Speaking at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting...
By Olufemi Soneye THE RECENT decision by the United States to classify Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” has stirred global attention, but it also risks overlooking significant reforms and security gains currently underway in Africa’s largest democracy. While Nigeria faces undeniable security and religious-tolerance challenges, the...
By Jemimah Welligton, JKNewsMedia Correspondent HEIGHTENED SECURITY threats against Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS) have triggered fresh calls for a formal security architecture within the legislature, following confirmation that terrorists recently issued threats to bomb the parliamentary complex in Abuja. The revelation came from the Hou...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FALSE AND divisive allegations suggesting that terrorists in Nigeria are engaged in a systematic genocide against Christians have been firmly rejected by the Federal Government, which described such claims as baseless, misleading, and harmful to the country’s unity. The government stressed that...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MAJOR INTERNAL security alert has been raised as the Nigeria Police Force confirmed the disappearance of one of its official operational vehicles from the Force Headquarters in Abuja. The incident has triggered a nationwide manhunt, with all police commands and tactical units placed on high ale...
By JKNewsMedia GUNFIRE SHATTERED the early hours of Friday in Damaturu when unidentified attackers struck the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) council secretariat in Yobe State, wounding a police officer on duty. The incident occurred at about 2.00am on 19 September 2025 when armed assailants opened fire on the secretariat building. The att...
