The Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEHUR) has expressed worry over the worsening security and administrative situation in Benue State under Governor Hyacinth Alia. The group warned that without swift intervention, insecurity and governance challenges in Benue could escalate, threatening lives, livelihoods, and public confidence in the state government. The Coordinator of the group, Adebayo Ogory, while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja highlighted a series of violent incidents affecting communities across the state, particularly in Turan (Kwande LGA), Logo, Gwer West, and Agatu. The group noted that attacks by armed herdsmen have resulted in deaths,…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the announcement of President Bola Tinubu’s cancellation of his planned trip to South Africa and Angola as another media stunt aimed at currying public favour and sympathy, rather than confronting the urgent task of securing lives and property across Nigeria. Its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong in a statement issued Thursday said his announcement stood as the latest and boldest example of tokenism. According to him, While the decision may appear to be in sympathy with the kidnapping of the Maga schoolgirls and the escalating insecurity across the country, particularly in northern…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment. Justice James Omotosho sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment on counts one, four, five, and six, instead of a death sentence. The judge said Kanu ought to have been given the death penalty but for the global world that has frowned on the death penalty and because he decided to temper justice with mercy. The judge also sentenced the IPOB leader to 20 years imprisonment on Count Three, and five years imprisonment on Count Seven, with no option…
Two kidnappers and a policeman were killed during a failed kidnapping attempt in Guto village in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the early hours of Thursday. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh in a statement issued Thursday said that at approximately 01:10 a.m on Thursday morning, the Command received a distress call that armed attackers, numbering about 30, had invaded the community in an attempt to abduct a resident and his family. Responding swiftly, the Bwari Division’s Surveillance Team, in conjunction with the IGP Special Intervention Squad (SIS), mobilised to the scene. She…
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has described as reckless and dangerous the recent call by the Factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki (SAN) on President Donald Trump and other advanced democracies to “come and save Nigeria” from its internal crises. PRP National Chairman, Falalu Bello in a statement issued Wednesday said such call was not only unpatriotic but also exposed an alarming inferiority complex that continues to plague some so-called politicians and political leaders. He said it also reflected a troubling failure to have confidence in Nigeria’s inherent resilience, democratic institutions, no matter the…
Save the Children has condemned the horrific abduction of 25 female students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. TheHintsNews reports that the armed terrorists stormed the school in the early hours of Monday, 17 November, 2025, killing a school official and injuring another before abducting the girls to an unknown location. The humanitarian organisation in a statement issued Wednesday said the attack in Kebbi state Northwest Nigeria underscored the security crisis plaguing the northern region. It noted: “This is another painful reminder of the persistent threats to education in Nigeria,…
The National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has said that the recent surge in insecurity in Nigeria has reached a level that demands urgent attention from all authorities, especially the federal government. Kwankwaso in a statement issued Wednesday noted that the kidnap of 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi State was deeply worrying and echoes a disturbing pattern from the recent past. He added that the abduction and subsequent killing of Brigadier Gen. M. Uba by terrorists in Borno State was one of the darkest moments in the nation’s fight against terrorism. Kwankwaso added: “This shocking intelligence and…
The House of Representatives has decried the killings, kidnappings and imposition of N100 million tax by bandits on the people of Keta, Bilbis, Kwaren Ganuwa And Danjiga Wards of Tsafe Local Government Area Zamfara State. To this end, the House called on President Bola Tinubu to explore a new strategy to end these killings and activities in Zamfara State. It also called on the Ministers of Defence and Service Chiefs to relocate to Zamfara to conduct a massive and rigorous operation that would bring an end to this menace. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a…
A group of 44 Serving Federal lawmakers have written to President Bola Tinubu a letter urging him to invoke his constitutional powers and release Nnamdi Kanu from detention. They also called for an all inclusive political roundtable with all parties to the challenges to find a lasting solution through a political window. The concerned lawmakers in a letter addressed to the President urged him to, as soon as practicable, direct the Attorney-General of the Federation to exercise his constitutional powers and discontinue the prosecution of Kanu. The letter was jointly signed by Hon. Imo Ugochinyere, Hon. Obi Aguocha, Hon.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the call for foreign invasion of Nigeria by the new factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki as reckless and unpatriotic. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka in a statement issued Tuesday said for a man declared National Chairman barely 72 hours ago by a faction of his deeply fractured party, Turaki looked and sounded desperate, at his wit’s end, confused, incoherent, and grossly lacking in stamina and capacity to manage his party’s crisis. The ruling party stressed that under the PDP’s 16 years in power,…