The Nigerian Army says its troops operating under Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY) have intensified search-and-rescue operations for abducted schoolchildren in Niger, Kebbi and Zamfara states. A credible source at Army Headquarters informed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that troops have in the last 24 hours, neutralised terrorists and destroyed
The Bauchi State Government has shut all primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, including Federal Government-owned schools and private schools with immediate effect. Jalaludeen Usman, Information and Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Ministry of Education, conveyed the closure in a press statement. This decision, the statement explained, was taken by the
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of police officers currently providing security for Very Important Persons, VIPs in the country. Henceforth, police authorities will deploy them to concentrate on their core police duties. The presidential directive was issued at the security meeting President Tinubu held on Sunday with the Police,
Rep, Abdulmalik Zubairu (APC -Zamfara) has donated foodstuffs and cash to families of six Policemen killed by bandits recently along the Gusau-Funtua Highway. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the lawmaker, Malam Aminu Lawal, issued in Gusau on Sunday. The News Agency of
The Kebbi Government has ordered the closure of all public and private Secondary Schools ad well as all tertiary institutions across the state, except the College of Nursing Sciences, Birnin Kebbi. This is contained in a statement jointly issued by the Commissioner for Higher Education, Alhaji Issa Abubakar-Tunga and Commissioner
Prominent traditional rulers, former government officials and political leaders on Saturday converged in Kaduna to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF). There was also the launch of its endowment fund, with renewed calls for unity, security and agricultural transformation in Northern Nigeria. In his goodwill message,
Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has announced the rescue of 38 church worshippers kidnapped by bandits from the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Isegun, Eruku on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Abdulrazak announced the rescue of the victims in a statement on Sunday. The statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary,
Fifty pupils who were abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri, Niger State, on Friday have reportedly escaped and reunited with their parents, the school authorities confirmed on Sunday. Their escape comes just days after terrorists attacked the school and abducted a total of 303 pupils
.Launches Heavy Crackdown On DTOs Nationwide: Arrests 9 Kingpins In a blistering crackdown on drug trafficking organisations across the country, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dismantled no fewer than six syndicates leading to the seizure of tons of assorted illicit drugs and the arrest of