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Yakubu AbdulMumuni, another inmate from Kuje Correctional Center who escaped from the prison after it was attacked by alleged terrorists, was apprehended in Ogun State. The suspect was detained in Sango Ota on Monday, according to a…

Following the attack in Kuje Prison, the Ghana Immigration Service has directed its personnel to put in place strict measures that would prevent fleeing inmates from entering the country. Suspected terrorists had attacked the Kuje…

President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, summoned emergency National Security Council meeting to deliberate on nation’s security challenges occasioned by the recent attacks by terrorist groups. Suspected…

In the federal capital territory's Kuje council region, an attack on a correctional facility has reportedly been blamed on the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). Gunmen assaulted the prison on Tuesday night, and over 500…

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and the Federal Government continue to sing discordant tunes about who is culpable for the murder of worshipers in Owo. In response to the murders, Akeredolu said it is dubious to attribute…

An insightful report into the spiralling insecurity bedeviling the country has churned out alarming statistics. The report was published on Sunday, June 26, by Nextier, a leading think-tank in Nigeria, profiling the entire security…

Two former Chibok schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram extremists eight years ago have been found by Nigerian troops, the military announced on Tuesday, June 21, liberating some of the final captives from the 2014 kidnapping.…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has stated there is need for concerted efforts to effectively tackle the spread of terrorism, especially in the Sahel region. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, stated in Abuja on Friday, June 17, that…

Troops of Operation Desert Sanity and the Civilian Joint Task Forces have reportedly neutralised terrorists of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Borno State. It was gathered that ISWAP terrorists were neutralized in an…

Claims linking the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the church attack in Owo have been dismissed by Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi as mere speculation. He emphasised that no proof has been found that the terrorists…

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has said that the Federal Government pronouncement of the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) as the terrorist group behind the terror attack at the St. Francis…

Scores of suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) terrorist group have been neutralised by the Nigerian military during an aggressive clearance operation around Lassa & Kelle villages in Borno State.…

The National Security Council has implicated the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) for the June 5 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, which killed roughly 38 people. Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior,…

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has on Thursday, May 19, expressed concerns about the emergence of insurgents and their enclaves in Birnin Gwari and Chukun Local Government Areas of the state. El-Rufai listed the…

Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has on Thursday confirmed the death of Abu Musab al-Barnawi, leader of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) jihadist group. ISWAP has not given any confirmation of al-Barnawi’s death…