CRIME
Gunmen Suspected To Be Cultists Kill Soldier In Abia, Right In Front Of His Mother
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A Nigerian Army personnel identified as Lance Corporal David has been reportedly killed by armed men at Ngwa road in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State, in what sources describe as a targeted attack. ABN TV learnt that the incident happened on Friday 21st November 2025. The deceased, said to be in his late twenties or early thirties, hailed...
South West Governors Holds Emergency Security Meeting
Governors of the South-West states are expected to converge on Ibadan for an urgent, unscheduled meeting to deliberate on pressing regional matters, particularly security concerns across the zone. The closed-door session, which will commence at the Governor’s Office, Agodi, is being hosted by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde. All six governors from Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti are expected...
Student Escape, Rising Insecurity And Federal Crackdowns Dominate Today’s Nigerian Newspaper Headlines
In today’s edition of Today in the News, Nigerian newspapers spotlight a wave of security-related developments across the country. Vanguard leads with the announcement by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that 50 students abducted last Friday from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara LGA of Niger State, have escaped their captors. The paper also...
Israel Fires Three Generals, Punishes Senior Officers Over Failures That Allowed 2023 Hamas Attack
Israel’s military has dismissed three generals and imposed disciplinary measures on several other senior officers for their roles in failing to prevent the October 2023 Hamas assault—the deadliest attack in the nation’s history. The decision follows calls by military chief Eyal Zamir for a “systemic investigation” into the security lapses that enabled the attack, even as the government continues to...
Tinubu Withdraws Police Officer For VIPs
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, ordered the withdrawal of police officers currently providing security for Very Important Persons, (VIPs) in the country. A statement by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga said henceforth, police authorities will deploy them to concentrate on their core police duties. According to the statement, the presidential directive was issued at the security meeting President Tinubu held on Sunday with...
Katsina Police Chief Orders Activation Of School Protection Measures To Boost Campus Security
The Commissioner of Police in Katsina State, Bello Shehu, has directed the Coordinator of the School Protection Squad to activate all existing security mechanisms to enhance the safety of students and staff across schools in the state. This directive was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Aliyu. According to the statement,...
Iran Condemns Israel For Assassination Of Senior Hezbollah Commander In Beirut
Iran on Monday sharply condemned Israel for the killing of Hezbollah’s military chief, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, who died a day earlier in a targeted strike in Beirut. In a statement, the Iranian foreign ministry denounced what it called “the cowardly assassination of the great commander of the Lebanese Islamic Resistance, the martyr Haytham Ali Tabatabai.” Tabatabai is the highest-ranking Hezbollah...
Tinubu Meets Military, Police Chiefs In Abuja Over Security Concern
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, entered into an extended security meeting with the nation’s Service Chiefs at the State House, Abuja. The high-level session, which was still ongoing at press time, had in attendance the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Waidi Shaibu; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke; Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; and the Director-General of...
Niger Govt Orders Closure of Schools Over Abduction of School Children
Niger Governor Umaru Bago has ordered the immediate closure of all schools in the state following the abduction of children from a Catholic school in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of the state. Bago announced the directive during a press briefing after an expanded security meeting in Minna on Saturday. He described the incident as unfortunate and avoidable. ”This incident could have...
Taraba Govt Shut Down Boarding Houses Over Kidnappings
Following the insecurity challenges in the country, the Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas has directed all private and public schools to close all hostels and revert to day schooling. This also came as the Catholic Diocese of Wukari tasked the federal government to take proactive action over resurgence of killings and sacking of communities in Southern Taraba. In a statement,...
