Suspected terrorists, on Sunday morning, stormed an ECWA Church in Omugo community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducting nine worshippers. It was gathered that joint security operatives rescued three of the abducted victims during a swift response to the attack. The incident occurred during the weekly church service, causing panic among worshippers and residents of the area. It was further gathered that the assailants invaded the church premises while service was ongoing and whisked away several worshippers into the forest. Sources said it was after an alarm was raised by some congregants who escaped that a combined team of police, forest guards and soldiers pursued the attackers into the bush, leading to the rescue of three victims. A credible source from the Kwara South Joint Security Watch, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the development. He expressed concern that the church is located less than two kilometres from a military base, questioning how ...
After breaking their fast, four brothers stepped out to buy eyeglasses for Sallah. They never returned. From one family’s loss to a nation’s reckoning, the Maiduguri attacks, and the rising tide of terror deaths, are turning grief into a defining political question ahead of 2027. In Gwange Sabon Layi, a quiet neighbourhood in Maiduguri, Ba Musa sits in a house that no longer sounds like itself. Against the wall, four pairs of new shoes are still lined up. Black. Brown. Two slightly oversized, bought so the boys could grow into them. No one has touched them since Monday night. They belonged to his sons. Days earlier, Ba Musa had been preparing for Eid. New clothes. New shoes. A small, certain joy. On March 16, after breaking their Ramadan fast, the boys stepped out together. A quick errand. Eyeglasses for Sallah. They never came back. Three explosions; at Monday Market, the Post Office area, and the gate of the University o...