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News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: Nigeria deploys army to Kwara state after deadly mass shootings

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nigeria-deploys-army-kwara-state-142335926.html
Published on: Thursday 05 February 2026

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nigerian soldiers driving in Ngamdu, north-eastern Nigeria, on 3 November 2020. Tinubu condemned Tuesday's "beastly attack", which ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: Kwara killings: Security expert reveals who is behind it deadly attacks

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/kwara-killings-security-expert-reveals-who-is-behind-it-deadly-attacks/ar-AA1VY3LO
Published on: Sunday 08 February 2026

Security expert Kabir Adamu has linked the Kwara killings to a complex ecosystem of armed groups Recent jihadist attacks in Kwara highlight escalating violence along the Niger-Kwara axis President ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: NCS reaffirms support for industrial growth, youth development in Kwara

News channel or source: https://businessday.ng/news/article/ncs-reaffirms-support-for-industrial-growth-youth-development-in-kwara/
Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

Kwara Area Command, has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting youth development, community security and industrial ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: Nigeria announces rescue of 308 kidnapped citizens

News channel or source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/5/nigeria-announces-rescue-of-308-kidnapped-citizens
Published on: Wednesday 05 August 2026

More than 300 people who had been kidnapped across Nigeria have been freed in an intelligence and security operation, the government has announced. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu warmly welcomes the ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: Kwara targets food security, job creation with livestock production reforms

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Published on: Tuesday 08 September 2026

The Kwara State Government is targeting increased food production, job creation and higher incomes for farmers and pastoralists as it intensifies reforms aimed at transforming the livestock sector ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: Gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria’s Kwara and Katsina states

News channel or source: https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/658700/world/gunmen-kill-nearly-200-in-nigerias-kwara-and-katsina-states
Published on: Thursday 05 February 2026

ABUJA — Nearly 200 people have been killed by armed men in separate attacks in remote villages in central and northern Nigeria, residents and police said on Wednesday, as security forces searched for ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: Nigeria Shuts Some Schools in Kwara State After Church Attack

News channel or source: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-20/nigeria-shuts-some-schools-in-kwara-state-after-church-attack
Published on: Wednesday 19 November 2025

Nigeria Shuts Some Schools in Kwara State After Church Attack MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigerian authorities have shut schools in five districts in central Kwara state, fearing they could be ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: What to know after scores were killed in Nigeria while abducted Christians came home

News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/nigeria-attack-kwara-what-to-know-o89282
Published on: Wednesday 04 February 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria is battling militants and it’s causing a terrible security situation. Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists killed scores of people in a western Nigerian state that is ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: How the New Army Formations Will Rewrite Kwara’s Security Story

News channel or source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/08/how-the-new-army-formations-will-rewrite-kwaras-security-story/
Published on: Friday 31 July 2026

For years, the people of Kwara State have lived with a painful contradiction. Widely regarded as one of Nigeria’s most peaceful states, Kwara has increasingly found itself on the frontline of ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: Nigeria: Tinubu Applauds Rescue of 308 Kwara, Niger Kidnap Victims

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202608060056.html
Published on: Wednesday 05 August 2026

President Bola Tinubu has hailed the rescue of 308 Nigerians abducted in separate attacks in Kwara and Niger states, describing the operation as evidence of growing synergy among the country's ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: Nigeria’s bad roads become security traps, deepen food inflation

News channel or source: https://businessday.ng/news/article/nigerias-bad-roads-become-security-traps-deepen-food-inflation/
Published on: Tuesday 01 September 2026

Drain billions from local economies For residents of Biu in southern Borno State, travelling to Maiduguri was once a routine ...

News Nigeria » Kwara » Security: Nigeria: Kwara Youths Rally Support for Tinubu Over Security Interventions

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202608250218.html
Published on: Monday 24 August 2026

Ilorin — A coalition of Kwara youth organisations and the Arewa Youth Assembly on Monday held a solidarity rally in Ilorin in support of President Bola Tinubu's security interventions in the state.