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Nigerian embassies in Kuwait and Bahrain have issued safety advisories to nationals as Middle East tensions escalate, while police warned against exploiting the crisis to incite religious unrest in northern Nigeria.

Nigerian citizens and security officials are pushing for increased American airstrikes against terrorist groups, while authorities dismantle illegal arms factories and impose security restrictions across multiple states battling persistent insurgency.

As gunmen kill at least 25 in Adamawa state's twin attacks, President Tinubu accelerates constitutional amendments for state police while navigating political defections that reshape Nigeria's governance landscape.

A day of contrasts across Nigeria as civil society groups mobilise in Kaduna, the presidency denies poisoning allegations, and police forces go on high alert amid Middle Eastern tensions.

A security worker was shot at the Mugabe family residence in Johannesburg while gunmen killed a traditional ruler in Nigeria's Ondo State, highlighting a surge in targeted violence across the continent.

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal's provision of armored vehicles and surveillance drones to federal forces marks a significant shift in Nigeria's approach to combating insecurity, as states increasingly supplement national defense capabilities.

Suspected Lakurawa terrorists killed at least 34 fasting Muslims in coordinated attacks on rural communities in Kebbi State, marking the latest escalation in Nigeria's multi-front security crisis as courts proceed with prosecutions of earlier atrocities.

President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to address escalating insecurity in Bauchi State, as violent attacks in Ogun and Plateau states leave communities in fear and governors calling for urgent intervention.

Coordinated bandit attacks, terrorist raids, and communal violence have struck Zamfara, Kwara, and Plateau states within 48 hours, exposing persistent gaps in Nigeria's counter-insurgency strategy and prompting emergency security meetings.

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal convened emergency security talks with agency heads as federal authorities face mounting criticism over alleged ransom payments to terrorists, highlighting Nigeria's persistent security challenges.

Governor Bala Mohammed has raised alarm over bandit infiltration of ungoverned forest spaces around the Daji Dam axis in Bauchi State, calling on President Bola Tinubu for urgent federal intervention to address the escalating security threat in northern Nigeria.

A fuel tanker crash that killed four schoolchildren in Bayelsa, a mosque attack in Kebbi, and bandit arrests in Ekiti highlight the multiple security challenges confronting Nigerian communities in a single day.

From Nigeria's terror-stricken mosques to South Africa's deadly taxi wars, escalating violence is forcing communities to alter fundamental aspects of daily life, including worship practices.

Coordinated terrorist attacks across Kebbi and Adamawa states have claimed at least 35 lives in recent days, with jihadist groups and Lakurawa militants targeting mosques and communities in a surge of violence that underscores the persistent security crisis in Nigeria's northern region.

As Abuja police arrest robbery suspects including a dismissed security guard, and courts deploy video evidence in corruption trials, Nigeria confronts the dual challenge of violent crime and compromised justice systems.