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Benue State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of six law students who were kidnapped on July 28, 2025, along the Benue-Taraba border while en route to the Nigerian Law School in Adamawa State. According to a statement released on Friday by the Command’s spokesperson, Udeme Edet, the students were traveling from Anambra State to the Yola campus of the Law School when they fell into...

Senegal has revoked the Cayar Offshore Shallow exploration licence held by Nigerian energy company Atlas Oranto Petroleum due to repeated failures to meet financial and operational obligations. Covering 3,600 square kilometres north of Dakar, the block saw minimal exploration despite several extensions since the licence was awarded in 2008. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, under Minister...

An alleged terrorist commander has appeared in a video boasting about recent mass abductions of schoolchildren in Kebbi and Niger States and threatening to escalate attacks by targeting military officers, state governors, and even President Bola Tinubu. Wearing what seemed to be a Nigerian military jacket, the militant dismissed recent security arrests and claimed the government had failed to...

The Nigerian Civil Situation Room has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on pending electoral reforms and ensure their passage into law before the 2027 general elections.   Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Celestine Odo, Head of Programmes at ActionAid Nigeria, said Nigeria’s democracy is at a critical point, threatened by governance deficits and...

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