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The Nigeria Police Force has warned of intelligence indicating that terrorists and informants are conducting surveillance on schools, NYSC orientation camps, places of worship and other vulnerable locations for possible coordinated attacks. A special report has detailed how kidnappers across Northern Nigeria have built a ransom economy, with families forced to sell property, pay millions Read…
The Nigeria Police Force has issued a nationwide security alert warning of increased mobilisation of terrorist elements for possible coordinated attacks on schools, places of worship, and NYSC camps as the 2026/2027 academic session resumes. Intelligence points to the movement of armed elements from Katsina through Kaduna towards Plateau.
In Osun State, police have recovered a second body from the Mayfair Motor Park in Ile-Ife following the shooting that killed Accord Party chieftain Olalekan Oyeyemi, who has been buried. Five South Africa-based Nigerians extradited to the United States over alleged romance scams and money laundering face a combined maximum of up to 100 years in prison if convicted.
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