Abia State Governor Alex Otti has announced that steps are underway to secure the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Otti stated that the plan was first initiated during Kanu’s trial. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced Nnamdi KanuContinue Reading

By Frontline Reporters Security around the Sokoto Custodial Centre has been significantly tightened following the transfer of the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to the facility. Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday by the Federal High Court in Abuja after being found guiltyContinue Reading

By Frontline Reporters The Federal Government and several northern states have ordered the closure of selected schools following rising insecurity and fresh mass abductions of pupils. This comes after terrorists attacked St Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting 215 students andContinue Reading

The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter, Most. Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna has confirmed that a total of 227 persons, including teachers and students, were abducted, following an attack by suspected terrorists on the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri in the Agwarra local governmentContinue Reading

Tension has gripped Niger State after terrorists launched a midnight assault on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in the Papiri Community of Agwara Local Government Area, abducting an unconfirmed number of students and staff. Details remain unclear, but  according to SunRise TV multiple sources said that about 52 studentsContinue Reading

BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an undisclosed number of students during an attack on St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Niger State. It was learnt that the attackers stormed the school, said to be a private Catholic school located in the Agwara Local Government Area of theContinue Reading

L-R: Nigeria’s Alternative Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr William Bwala; Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola; Germany’s Permanent Representative to IMO, Mr Mark Gebauer and Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dayo Mobereola when Oyetola addressed delegates at aContinue Reading

By Frontline Reporters Survivors of Monday’s violent attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, have recounted the terrifying ordeal during which the Vice Principal, Hassan Makuku, was killed and 25 female students abducted by bandits. The 3 a.m. attack hasContinue Reading

BY GODWIN OBI The struggle for control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shifted yesterday from the convention ground in Ibadan to the party’s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, where two rival factions clashed over leadership authority. Tension erupted when both groups, led by National Chairman Kabiru Tanimu Turaki andContinue Reading