Mali’s military junta is facing its gravest security crisis since seizing power, following reports that the country’s Defence Minister, Sadio Camara, was killed in a massive, coordinated offensive that has swept through the capital and several major cities. The assault, which began in the...
Abdulsamad Jamiu, a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was fatally wounded in the early hours of Saturday at Shagari Estate, in the Dei-Dei district. The Guards Brigade—an elite unit responsible for the security of the President and the Federal Capital...
Police in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have recovered two stolen vehicles, including a car snatched over 400 kilometres away in the nation’s capital, Abuja. The Kano State Police Command announced the breakthroughs on Sunday, attributing the recoveries to a “renewed...
A Nigerian woman has arrived home in Lagos after being rescued from a cycle of labor exploitation and human trafficking in Egypt. Forty-one-year-old Busola Victoria Alale returned to Nigeria on Wednesday after an anonymous philanthropist stepped in to pay for her repatriation. Her case...
Nigerian narcotics agents have intercepted a significant shipment of Captagon—a potent amphetamine often dubbed the “terrorist’s drug”—marking a rare and worrying appearance of the substance in West Africa. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) confirmed on Sunday...