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

Residents of Kafanchan in Kaduna State have accused a man identified as Talif Muhammad of impersonating a police officer, carrying arms, extorting money, and brutalising people in the community. They alleged that the suspect has been operating for a long time without restraint, while security operatives have looked the other way. SaharaReporters gathered that several

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

The Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, has accused President Bola Tinubu of interfering in the ongoing judicial proceedings through his remarks about IPOB during his October 1, 2025, Independence Day address. Tinubu, in his address on Wednesday morning, commended the armed forces