The Nigerian Defence Headquarters, on Thursday, said troops killed over 715 terrorists in April, while 465 kidnapped hostages were freed in the same month. The...
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday 3rd May 2024. The PUNCH: As Nigerians...
Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated a total of 715 terrorists and rescued 465 kidnap victims in ground and air operations across the country in April....
Dinah Lawan, one of the freed Chibok schoolgirls, says she got discouraged from pursuing her education after she was released from captivity. In April 2014,...
The United States and Nigeria have deepened both countries’ collaboration to fight the scourge of terrorism in Nigeria and in neighbouring countries troubled by the menace....
The Borno State Government has refused to sack the 10,566 teachers said to be unqualified to remain in the classrooms, because the government did not want...
Nigeria and Japan on Tuesday agreed to deepen bilateral relations between both countries. The agreement was reached during the visit of Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs,...
The Federal Government and the government of Japan have agreed to work together in ending terrorism and other security crises in the Sahel region. The Sahel...
The federal government on Tuesday said it would repatriate no fewer than 6000 Nigerian refugees from Chad and Cameroon. The Federal Commissioner of the National Commission...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, said negative use of social media constituted both local and global threats and, as such, presented an...
An alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to order his transfer from the custody of the Department of State...
A federal high court in Abuja has reprimanded the federal government for lack of diligent prosecution in the charge filed against Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert...
No fewer than six (6) Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered to troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the Lake Chad region. A statement by...
Three days after the closure of the army camp and withdrawal of troops from Allawa Community in Shiroro local government area of Niger State, bandits have...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday pushed for the return of internally Displaced Persons IDPs in Malam-Fatori, the headquarters of Abadam LGA of Borno...
The outgoing Commissioner of Police (CP) in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, has said he is now going fully into business and he is ready to give...
Retiring Anambra State commissioner of police, CP Aderemi Adeoye has said he is prepared to go into a full time business. Adeoye made the revelation in...
At least five civilian JTF members have been killed and unspecified others sustained varying degrees of injury when they stepped on landmines along the Maiduguri/Gomboru Ngala...
One person has lost his life, six others injured and six vehicles burnt in a gas tanker explosion. Naija News gathered that the incident happened at...
The outgoing Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, on Saturday, claimed that his business is ready to give Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, a...
The outgoing Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, says he is now going fully into business and he is ready to give Africa’s richest...
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Aderemi Adeoye on Saturday had his ceremonial pull out parade from the Nigeria Police Force, to signify his...
The Nigerian Army has announced that its troops, in collaboration with a team from the Department of State Services (DSS), swiftly responded to a distress call...
The United States will withdraw some troops from Chad, the Pentagon has said, days after Washington agreed to move forces out of neighbouring Niger. The US...
The Qatari government has unveiled a plan to assist over 1,000 orphans from the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State. Already, the government has laid the...
At least 118 prison inmates escaped from a prison facility in Suleja, Niger state close to the Nigerian capital after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged...
The Nigerian military has closed its camp and withdrawn troops in Allawa community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State following the recent killing of...
The Nigerian Army has abruptly withdrawn its troops and dismantled its camp in a community in Niger State, amidst growing threats from bandits and terrorists. This...
The Nigerian military has closed its camp and withdrawn troops in Allawa community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Allawa community is one of...
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has urged the Nigerian Army to establish a military base in Sambisa Forest, to effectively stem terrorists’ activities. He stated this...
Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser (NSA), says government has been blocking access to small arms and light weapons, making it difficult for non-state actors to...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Tuesday, 23rd April 2024 President Bola Tinubu has said the...
National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has said terrorism in Africa is driven by foreign terrorist fighters, organised crime, prolonged conflicts, drug trafficking, illicit arms...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has said that terrorism in Africa was driven by foreign terrorists and fighters, organised crime, prolonged conflicts, drug...
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has called for more integrated security strategies that combine military, economic and regional cooperation efforts to combat the danger...
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has called for more integrated security strategies that combine military, economic and regional cooperation efforts to combat the danger...
Factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mazi Okechukwu lsiguzoro has raised concerns over the prevailing security challenges in the country especially, in the Northern region. Isiguzoro, while...
At least 2,583 people were killed and 2,164 kidnapped in the first quarter of this year, a data from Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited, a security...
Hundreds protested on Sunday against the US troops’ presence in military-ruled Niger where a delegation from Washington is expected within days to arrange an orderly withdrawal....
Twenty-nine persons, comprising of 21 men and six women are currently awaiting trial before an Ibadan Magistrate Court for their role in the invasion of the...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has commended the contributions of academics to national unity, saying a more secure and prosperous country is possible through their works. Shettima...
Some 33 years ago, I found myself in the midst of some two hundred young professionals drawn from across Europe for an event organized by the...
In a scathing rebuke, the presidency has lambasted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for its relentless attacks against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the ruling All...
Embattled Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Illya Umar Damagum, has said the struggle to continue to stay in office was not a...
The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has said mass illiteracy was responsible for making youths in the north susceptible to being easily recruited to propagate...
National security adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has traced the foundation of banditry in Northern Nigeria to the British conquest of the Northern Protectorate in 1903...
I spent the week in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria making two presentations and engaging the academic community in broad debates of the crises facing Nigeria and...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has lamented the deteriorating security situation in the country. In a statement via his official...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said troops on internal operations across the country neutralised 192 terrorists, arrested 341 persons and rescued 62 kidnapped hostages. This is...
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the rescue of another Chibok girl, Lydia Simon and her three children from terrorists after ten years in captivity ...
Troops of the Nigerian Army in the North-East have announced the rescue of Lydia Simon, a Chibok girl who had been held captive by Boko Haram...
Another Chibok girl, Lydia Simon, has been rescued by troops of Operation Desert Sanity III, North East Operation Hadin Kai. It was gathered that Lydia was...
Another Chibok girl, Lydia Simon, has been rescued by troops of Operation Desert Sanity III, North East Operation Hadin Kai. It was gathered that Lydia was...
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Another abducted Chibok schoolgirl, Lydia Simon, has been rescued by troops of Operation Desert Sanity III under the North-East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) on Wednesday. She...
Troops of Operation Desert Sanity III, North East Operation Hadin Kai have rescued another Chibok girl, Lydia Simon, ten years after her abduction. April 14,...
Troops of the Nigerian Army invaded a Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) stronghold in Borno State and recovered gun trucks and other armaments....
Report has indicated that repentant female Boko Haram insurgents who have surrendered their arms and ammunition to the government and renounced acts of terrorism and banditry...
Download Here It’s exactly a decade since Boko Haram militants stormed Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State. NIGERIA DAILY: What Next For Released Boko...
A Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said the federal government needs to have a register of kidnapped, released and missing persons in the country....
Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark has urged President Bola Tinubu to promptly assemble a special task force of soldiers to rescue the remaining abducted Chibok girls,...
Ten years ago today, 276 girls were abducted in the night from their school in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria. The attack by Boko Haram pricked the conscience...
President Bola Tinubu has said his government will no longer pay ransom to bandits and Boko Haram terrorists. He stated this in an article he wrote...
An elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately set up a special taskforce consisting of trusted and competent soldiers to...
Ten years ago today, 276 girls were abducted in the night from their school in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria. The attack by Boko Haram pricked the conscience...
Soldiers of the 81 Division Task Force Battalion stationed at Dikwa Local Government Area have voiced serious accusations against their commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel SJ Ajiya....
Former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has described Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, as the best in Nigeria at the moment. El-Rufai spoke...
Pa Edwin Clark, leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has urged the Federal Government to appoint a special task force to ensure the rescue of...
Former Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, says leadership is Nigeria’s major problem. El-Rufai said this in his speech at Capacity-Enhancement Workshop for Senior Government Officials...
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Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Monday, 15th April 2024 The Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA)...
Recently, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, at a strategic meeting with Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police, AIGs and state Command Police Commissioners...
A soldier, Private Adamu Muhammad, has allegedly murdered his lover identified as Hauwakulu Tabra. Details of the tragic incident, which occurred at one of the barracks...
A soldier, Private Adamu Muhammad, has allegedly murdered his lover identified as Hauwakulu Tabra. Details of the tragic incident, which occurred at one of the barracks...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has expressed sadness over the kidnap of over 200 Chibok school girls in 2014....
Life Has Lost Meaning – Parents 89 Of 276 Abducted Girls Still In Captivity – Borno Govt #BringBackOurGirls Movement Still Alive – Aisha Yesufu FG’s Doubt...
Sandwiched between hills and a large expanse of lush vegetation, Chibok town looks serene, especially to those who love communing with nature. Though now busy with...
When the Abubakar Shekau-led Boko Haram perpetrated the infamous mass abduction of teenage girls in Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014, precisely a decade ago...
Ten years after their abduction by Boko Haram terrorists, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Saturday called on the Federal Government to mobilise resources and...
Today, April 14, 2024, marks the tenth anniversary of a national disaster. It coincides with the day Boko Haram terrorists dressed in military uniforms abducted 276...
Parents of the remaining Chibok School Girls still in the hands of the Boko Haram terrorists have been assured of the Borno State Government’s commitment to...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the federal government to intensify efforts and take decisive action to rescue the remaining Chibok girls still...
The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) has executed a police officer abducted on the Damboa – Biu Road in Borno State. Reliable sources conveyed...
A bomb explosion resulted in the deaths of six Nigerien soldiers, as confirmed by the Nigerien army this Thursday. Naija News reports that the explosion, which...
No fewer than six Nigerien soldiers were tragically killed in a bomb blast near the Mali border, as confirmed by Niger’s army on Thursday. An airstrike...
A bomb blast has killed six Nigerien soldiers near the border with Mali, Niger’s army said Thursday, adding around 10 “terrorists” were later killed in air...
Download Here As a developing country with a mixed economy and an expanding service sector, salaries in Nigeria can range from below the...
Download Here As a developing country with a mixed economy and an expanding service sector, salaries in Nigeria can range from below the...
Growing up in Jos all those years back, Eid celebrations were occasions heralded by the perversive aroma of sumptuous cooking. The cold, misty air of that...
Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Borno State have implored the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to exempt Borno State from the payment of the newly hiked...
Traditional rulers in Borno State are appealing to their subjects to accept repentant insurgents in their communities. The acceptance of the now over 160,000 repentant Boko...
The military high command, on Sunday, disclosed that it has neutralised six of the terrorists who killed its personnel along Biu-Buni Yadi road, Borno state. It...
A large crowd welcomed “kidnap kingpin”, Hamisu Bala, better known as Wadume, to his hometown in Ibbi Taraba State, on Sunday. Wadume, who was arrested by men...
Borno State was once known as a peaceful place, but the past decades of Boko Haram insurgency has changed everything. Now, as the region begins to...
A military convoy, including a Lieutenant and several soldiers, have fallen victim to a deadly ambush by the Boko Haram sect along the Biu-Buratai-Buni Yadi road,...
The revered General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has issued a stern warning to those who criticize and mock...
Security agencies operating in the theatre of the war against Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East have called for aggressive mine risk education to end the...
The 500-year-old dyeing industry in northern Nigeria’s commercial city of Kano is facing extinction due to a record drop in patronage by western tourists, regional traders,...
President of the South East Development Peace Initiative (SPDI) Hon Vitus Okechi has hailed recent breakthroughs made by the military in the fight against terrorism and...