Investigative news platform HumAngle says its website was targeted in a suspected cyberattack shortly after publishing an exposé on the late Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. The newsroom described the timing as “highly suspicious,” suggesting a deliberate attempt to silence independent reporting. HumAngle, renowned for investigations into terrorism, military operations, and human rights abuses, said

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the National Assembly to review laws to allow states that require state police to establish them, amid rising kidnappings and bandit attacks. The President made the call while declaring a nationwide security emergency, directing the Army and Police to recruit additional personnel. The police will recruit 20,000 new officers,

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Troops of the 12 Brigade in collaboration with the Kogi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) serviceman for illegally transporting firearms, SaharaReporters has learned. The operation took place late Tuesday, November 25, 2025, along Kabba Junction in Lokoja, Kogi State. The suspect, identified as

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The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has cautioned the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) against implementing the new curriculum in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), arguing that it would unfairly disadvantage current SS3 students. In a statement on Wednesday, ERC’s National Mobilisation Officer, Adaramoye Michael Lenin, said WAEC’s directive—communicated in a November

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The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has accused foreign interests, local collaborators, and political actors of orchestrating a coordinated agenda aimed at deepening insecurity in Northern Nigeria. The group claims the recent surge in attacks across the region goes far beyond ordinary banditry and is part of a politically and financially motivated campaign. In a

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency and directed fresh large-scale recruitments into the Nigerian Army and Police following a sharp rise in kidnappings, bandit attacks, and violent clashes across northern and central states. The President’s declaration comes amid growing public outrage over the escalating wave of insecurity. 50,000 Police Recruits

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Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, on Wednesday made a startling disclosure, revealing that Boko Haram members, armed robbers, and other criminals had previously been discovered among shortlisted candidates for recruitment into the Nigerian Army and Police. Speaking during a special plenary session on the worsening security crisis, Wase said the

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The Senate descended into heated debate on Wednesday as Senators Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) and Garba Musa Maidoki (Kebbi South) sharply criticised the Federal Government over the unexplained withdrawal of soldiers from a Kebbi school shortly before dozens of students were abducted. Speaking during plenary, Abaribe lambasted the Tinubu administration for avoiding accountability and shielding

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Senator Garba Musa of Kebbi South on Wednesday sharply criticised Nigeria’s security agencies and the Federal Government’s approach to combating banditry, declaring on the Senate floor that authorities “know who the bandits are, where they are, and what they want” yet continue to conceal critical details and deploy ineffective measures. His remarks followed the Senate’s

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Amnesty International has issued a stark warning that Nigeria is in danger of “losing a generation” as the government continues to fail in preventing the escalating wave of school abductions across the northern region. The alarm follows recent mass kidnappings in Kebbi and Niger states and the subsequent indefinite closure of 20,468 schools across seven

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