Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have abducted students and staff from St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The exact number of those kidnapped is yet to be confirmed.
Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, the Chief of Army Staff, has requested that soldiers participating in Operation HADIN KAI stay vigilant and adopt an assertive stance during continuing operations against terrorists in the Northeast. This was revealed in a statement released on Thursday by Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, the Media Information Officer for JTF Operation HADIN KAI.
One of the 25 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, Kebbi state, has escaped captivity and returned home, the school principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The girls were abducted when gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, whisking away 25 girls from the dormitory, and killing a staff member at the school.
The Nigerian Air Force conducted precision airstrikes that destroyed a key terrorist base in the Sauri camp, Tsafe Local Government Area, Zamfara State. The NAF's Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, stated on Saturday that the air interdiction was carried out on November 14, 2025, by the Air Component of Operation FANSAN YAMMA.
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has stated that it is seeking the support of military veterans to tackle insecurity in the country in order to reclaim ungoverned spaces from terrorists and bandits.
The absence of Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on Wednesday stalled the hearing in a N5.5 billion defamation suit filed against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, by two dissatisfied DSS operatives. The previously scheduled hearing on November 12 was moved to November 24 due to the Judge's inability to appear in court.
