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UK, Canada, France and Norway Unite to Sanction West Bank Settler Violence

Kingsley Oyong Akam10 June 2026

LONDON/JERUSALEM – Britain, Canada, France, and Norway announced new coordinated sanctions on Tuesday against Israeli networks involved in financing, enabling, and carrying out violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The move follows escalating violence by Israeli settlers, which diplomats say is intended to undermine prospects for a Palestinian state. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have...

Bandits Abduct Dozens After Inviting Villagers to Negotiations in Nigeria

Kingsley Oyong Akam10 June 2026

NIGERIA – Armed bandits in northwest Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday, highlighting the region’s worsening security. Police said 39 people were seized on Sunday when they went to a meeting in the forest near Magamin Diddi village in the...

Iran Halts Strikes on Israel as Trump Pushes for Immediate Ceasefire

Kingsley Oyong Akam8 June 2026

DUBAI/JERUSALEM – Iran’s military announced on Monday that its first wave of attacks on Israel since a ceasefire in April was now over, although it threatened to resume the strikes if Israel continued attacks on Lebanon. There was no immediate response from Israel, which had launched attacks on Iran after Tehran fired missiles towards Israel...

Concession, Consequence, and the Children of Oriire: Nigeria’s Banditry Crisis Enters a Dangerous New Phase

Sam Agogo8 June 2026

Oriire Local Government Area occupies the northern flank of Oyo State, where the guinea savannah gradually displaces the southern rainforest and the terrain settles into a broad, agricultural expanse that communities have worked for generations. Spanning more than two thousand square kilometres, it is a local government defined by rural industry — farming, grazing, and...

‘I Spent 17 Years in Boko Haram Captivity’ — 74-Year-Old Yobe Man Shares Ordeal

Habibu Idris Gimba8 June 2026

For nearly two decades, 74-year-old Audu Kadiri lived in uncertainty, cut off from his family and the outside world after becoming trapped in the Sambisa Forest, the notorious stronghold of Boko Haram insurgents. Today, after years of separation, suffering, and unanswered questions, Kadiri has finally been reunited with a surviving relative through the efforts of...

Kaduna Police Bust Kidnap Network, Rescue 3 Victims After 40 Days in Captivity

Amos Mathew8 June 2026

KADUNA, NIGERIA – The Kaduna State Police Command has rescued three kidnapped victims who spent more than 40 days in captivity and arrested five suspected informants linked to the abduction network. The Command said the victims were freed during a coordinated security operation carried out by operatives of the Fushin Kada Division in collaboration with...

Education Stronger Than Bullets in Fight Against Insecurity – Defence Minister

Amos Mathew8 June 2026

KADUNA, NIGERIA – Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd), and Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, have identified quality education, active citizenship, and stronger community collaboration with security agencies as critical tools for tackling banditry, terrorism, and other security challenges confronting Nigeria. The two leaders made the assertion during the commissioning of Kaduna Christian...

Russia Alleges Ukraine Drone Strike Left Azerbaijani Nationals Dead

Kingsley Oyong Akam7 June 2026

MOSCOW – Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of killing Azerbaijani crew members on board two cargo vessels headed for a Russian port, in a drone attack which Baku said had killed at least five of its citizens. Ukraine said earlier on Friday that its drones had struck five ships in the ports of Mariupol and...

Eight Soldiers Killed in Early Morning Boko Haram Offensive

Kingsley Oyong Akam5 June 2026

Biu, Borno State – Suspected Boko Haram fighters launched a deadly assault on a Nigerian Army position in Borno State early Friday morning, killing at least eight soldiers in what military sources describe as a brutal raid. The attack targeted the 162 Battalion base along the Mandara-Buratai Road in the Biu area around 4 a.m.,...

Kidnapping Horror Expands South as Nigerian Families Plead for Missing Children

Kingsley Oyong Akam5 June 2026

YAWOTA, Nigeria – It was mid-morning when Aduke Balogun noticed a masked man in military fatigues walking toward her children’s school. Minutes later, gunfire erupted, more gunmen appeared, and residents fled. In the chaos, her six-year-old daughter, Feranmi, managed to escape, but another daughter, eight-year-old Kausarat, was not so lucky. She was among more than...

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