Author: Vincent Osuwo

A faction of Boko Haram, identified as Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad, has released a video showing the condition of the 416 abducted victims in Ngoshe, a community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, assuring everyone that they are healthy and have not been subjected to torture or sexual harassment. In the video seen by our journalist on Thursday, the group showed and interviewed the victims, who were largely women and children, with a few men. A member of the gang, who spoke on their behalf in the six-minute, 43-second video, stated that the film was created in response…

The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has raised new concerns about growing violence by terrorists in Kebbi State, stating that 24 people were slain in a brutal Easter Sunday attack on Debe village in the Shanga Local Government Area. The attack was the latest in a string of violent episodes in the border regions of Kebbi and Niger states. Days previously, suspected bandits carried out a coordinated night raid on many villages in the same Shanga Local Government Area, including Gebe, Kawara, and Kalkami, destroying homes and forcing families to escape. According to security officials, the attackers emerged from hideouts in…

Tension gripped Kwara State residents following the release of another video showing abducted villagers from Woro and neighboring communities in Kaiama Local Government Area, with victims pleading for government action. The fresh clip comes weeks after an earlier video appeared on February 14, causing national anger and revealing the scale of the February 3 raid on Woro and surrounding Nuku towns, in which dozens of people were slain and many more were abducted. In the old video, women and children thought to have been abducted during the raid were seen seated in rows, surrounded by armed men who spoke Hausa…

Nigeria’s poverty rate increased to 63% in 2025, despite a drop in inflation, indicating that recent macroeconomic reforms had a limited impact on household well-being, according to the World Bank. The bank announced this in its Nigeria Development Update (April 2026), headlined “Nigeria’s Tomorrow Must Start Today: The Case for Early Childhood Development,” which was released in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the research, the proportion of Nigerians living below the poverty line climbed from 56% in 2023 to 61% in 2024, peaking at 63% in 2025. The growth in the poverty rate to nearly 140 million Nigerians happened when…

Lecturers at the University of Jos (UNIJOS) have suspended their strike and resumed academic activities following the payment of March 2026 salaries. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) confirmed the development on Friday in a statement signed by the UNIJOS Branch Chairman, Prof. Jurbe Molwus. Chronicle NG reports that lecturers at the university had withdrawn their services on April 8, 2026, over the delay in March salary payments and the non-inclusion of Earned Academic Allowances. In its update on Friday, the ASUU chairman stated, “We received information that the university administration received clearance from the Office of the Accountant…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as false a circulating photograph purporting to show a newly launched N5,000 currency. The image has gone viral on social media, with individuals claiming that the CBN had published a sample of an N5,000 note showing President Bola Tinubu. The report triggered a flurry of online responses, with many users questioning the veracity of the alleged new currency design. However, the apex bank denied the story in a message on its official X (previously Twitter) feed, saying, “This content is fake. Let the public be guided. In 2025, the CBN disputed rumors…

The Defense Headquarters confirmed that terrorists and military troops were killed when terrorists launched a concerted attack on the 29th Task Force Brigade Headquarters in Benisheikh, Borno State. The military did not confirm or deny claims that Brigadier General Oseni Braimah, Commander of the 29 Brigade, was among those murdered in the incident. Major General Michael Onoja, Director of Defense Media Operations, stated on Thursday that the incident occurred about 12:30 a.m. on April 9, 2026, when rebels attempted to breach the military installation’s defensive perimeter. He stated that troops of Operation HADIN KAI, led by the brigade commander, responded…

A faction of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, led by Senator David Mark, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking orders to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reverse its decision deleting the party’s top officials from its records. The lawsuit, FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, comes after the names of Mark, National Chairman, and Rauf Aregbesola, National Secretary, were removed from INEC’s official portal on April 1. In a motion on notice filed on April 7, the besieged chairman, through his attorney, Sulaiman Usman, SAN, asked the court to order a mandatory injunction instructing the electoral body to immediately…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed a viral wanted poster bearing the image of popular Nigerian comedian Emmanuel Ejekwu, popularly known as Sabinus, describing it as fake and misleading. The EFCC made this known on Thursday in a post on its official social media page, where it stamped the circulating poster “FAKE NEWS” and cautioned those behind it to desist from spreading false information. “Clout chaser, stop this now!” the EFCC wrote in the caption accompanying the post. The doctored billboard, which gained circulation across several social media platforms, featured the EFCC emblem and said Sabinus, 43,…

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Joint Campus Council, Lagos State, has called on President Bola Tinubu to form a presidential panel of inquiry into the death of Abel Gershon, a 300-level building student at the University of Jos who died after being injured in the Palm Sunday attack on the Angwan Rukuba community in Plateau State’s Jos North LGA. The association also praised Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for aiding the evacuation of Lagos students from the affected areas. The students’ body made the demand in a statement posted on Wednesday and signed by Ridwan Ajayi, the chairman.…