In a brazen Independence Day attack, bandits invaded Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, and abducted two serving local government councillors, alongside at least one other resident. Local sources told SaharaReporters that the heavily armed attackers struck around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, forcing their victims into the forest. The abducted councillors, whose names were withheld for

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the Israeli government over the abduction of South African citizens and other nationals after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters en route to Gaza. The flotilla, comprising dozens of humanitarian vessels carrying life-saving aid for Palestinians, was stopped off the coast of Gaza on

Kwara residents have opposed the alleged decision by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, to implement a controversial security measure in the state involving the deployment of Fulani herders, known as Bororos, armed with AK-47 rifles to fight banditry. The plan, which was intended to curb escalating attacks in Kwara state,

Opeyemi Benjamin Ogunlami, a former African Action Congress (AAC) candidate for the Lagos State House of Assembly, has accused the Nigeria Police Force, Oworonshoki Division, of attempting to frame him with a trumped-up allegation of “threat to life” in order to silence his activism and stifle calls for justice in the community. Ogunlami, a journalist