POLICE DISMISSES REPORT OF ABDUCTED STUDENTS IN NASSARAWA
Authorities have refuted allegations that students were abducted from St. Peters’ Foundation Secondary School in Nasarawa State. During a voice call arranged by Nasarawa...
NIGER STATE GOVT HAS HELD ST. MARY’S SCHOOL ACCOUNTABLE FOR DISREGARDING SECURITY DIRECTIVE ISSUED PRIOR TO THE ATTACK AND ABDUCTION.
By: Muftau Fatimo The Niger State Government has confirmed the abduction of an unverified number of pupils and staff from St. Mary’s School in the...
NORTHERN GOVERNORS CALLS FOR SWIFT RESCUE OF KIDNAPPED NIGER STUDENTS
HOTJIST NEWS The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), has denounced the abduction of kids and staff from St. Mary’s School in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger. In order to guarantee the safe rescue of the kidnapped children and to stop such incidents, the conference also demanded that security authorities take prompt, decisive, and well-coordinated action. This was said in a statement released on Friday in Gombe by Inuwa Yahaya, the forum chairman and governor of Gombe State, through his media assistant, Ismaila Uba-Misilli. Yahaya described the incident as a disturbing and unacceptable. He said the attack was an affront on the safety of...
POLICE DEPLOY TEAM TO RESCUE ABDUCTED STUDENTS IN NIGER
The Police Command in Niger has deployed a tactical team to rescue the abducted students of St. Mary’s Private Secondary School, Papiri, Agwara Local Government...
‘PRINCIPLED REFORMER’ TINUBU HAILS RIBADU AS HE TURNS 65
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, on his 65th birthday, describing him as a “principled reformer and accomplished security...
PALMER TO MISS TWO EPL GAMES
Chelsea and England forward Cole Palmer will miss two Premier League games and the Champions League clash with Barcelona next week after fracturing a toe,...
NDLEA INTERCEPTS VESSELS FROM BRAZIL WITH 20KG OF COCAINE, ARREST 20 FILIPINOS
HOTJIST NEWS At the Apapa seaport in Lagos, agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency apprehended the MV Nord Bosporus (IMO 9760110), a ship headed for Brazil, carrying twenty kilograms of cocaine. On Sunday, November 16, 2025, the material was found hidden beneath the ship's cargo. NDLEA then detained the ship's master, Captain Quino Eugene Corpus, and 19 crew members, all of whom were Filipino, according to a statement issued on Friday by the agency's spokesman, Femi Babafemi. According to Babafemi, the NDLEA requested a court order to hold the ship and crew for additional investigation after the arrest. “The motion ex parte in suit number FHC/L/MISC/1306/25 was argued before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court,...
UPDATED: GUNMEN ABDUCTS 50 STUDENTS IN AGWARA, NIGER STATE
HOTJIST NEWS The police public relations officer in Niger State confirmed this to media. Terrorists have abducted students and staff from St. Mary’s School, a...
VIDEO: POPE SAYS CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS “HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED” IN NIGERIA, LINKS VIOLENCE TO EXTREMISM, ECONOMIC, LAND CONFLICTS
By Aishat Momoh. O. Pope Leo XIV has said that both Christians and Muslims are being killed in Nigeria, attributing the violence to extremist activities,...
FAULTY NOSE WHEEL FORCES PLANE TO HALT ON ENUGU RUNWAY, ALL PASSENGERS EVACUATED SAFELY – FAAN
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed that an aircraft operating a Lagos–Enugu flight experienced a nose-wheel malfunction while...