The Federal Government has ordered the immediate shutdown of 41 Federal Government Colleges nationwide following renewed attacks and abductions of schoolchildren in parts of Kebbi and Niger states. The directive was contained in a circular referenced FME/DSSE/GM/S.160/CII, issued by the

  Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, on Friday arrived in Kebbi State following President Bola Tinubu’s directive to immediately oversee efforts to rescue schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga. Upon arrival, Matawalle held a

  The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, on Friday debunked reports alleging a bandit attack along the Iwo–Osogbo road, describing the claim as false and misleading. The monarch insisted no such incident occurred, challenging anyone with credible evidence

• Council cautions against reckless social media posts • Hails new school-safety measures • Food, fuel suppliers, weapons fixer to kidnappers arrested Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday chaired a high-level Security Council meeting where military commanders, police chiefs