The Nigerian Police said it was only 162 people, as opposed to what some media outlets gave as 170. They claimed the figures were bloated just to denigrate the present administration. Now, the first thing to note is the replacement of names with figures. Numbers replacing lives and prospects. When reports came bearing that over 162 people were killed in Woro and Nuku, and 25 more in Faskari, it became overwhelming for the outside community and Nigerians in the diaspora, but it didn’t make so much noise in Nigeria because people in the embattled regions have grown familiar with violence. Behind every projection and body count is a life that was supposed to lead the country, become a governor, a farmer and whatnot. 

International Organisation for Peacebuilding and Social Justice (PSJ UK) strongly condemns the brutal attacks on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State and Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State on 3rd February 2026. Reports indicate that over 162 civilians were killed in Kwara and at least 25 in Katsina, marking one of the deadliest attacks recorded in Nigeria this year.

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Terrorism Financing: The Cost of an AK-47 vs the Cost of Living in Nigeria

At an average market price of ₦20,000 per bag, 3,000 bags of maize amount to roughly ₦60 million. Yet the community head, Rabo Sambo, accepted ₦40 million, forfeiting ₦20 million to meet an urgent ransom demand and save lives. Not because the harvest was worth less, but because human lives were worth more. He let go of ₦20 million, money that could have fed families for months, simply to bring their people home alive.

He went from farm to farm, begging farmers to part with the very produce meant to sustain their households. He appealed to donors, to traders, to anyone who would listen. Every bag sold carried a story of hunger postponed, school fees delayed, and futures placed on hold. The entire community paid through its nose, not to build schools or clinics, but to enrich bandits who offered no guarantee, no mercy, and no justice.

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Three years have passed since the United Kingdom began publicly assisting Nigeria in its efforts to confront the country’s domestic kidnapping crisis. Over the same period, figures from  Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics show the number of kidnapped citizens rising at an alarming rate. 

UK ministers have repeatedly highlighted the same flagship measure in Parliament: the UK-backed creation of Nigeria’s Multi-Agency Kidnap Fusion Cell, known as the MAKFC. 

On Tuesday, 13 January 2026, the UK House of Commons held an important adjournment debate on Nigeria’s Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), a critical human rights issue that has deep implications for peace, justice, and stability in Nigeria and for the global human rights agenda. The debate, led by David Smith MP, the UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, provided a platform for highlighting ongoing persecution, legal violations, and communal insecurities that affect millions of Nigerians.

As an advocacy organisation dedicated to promoting human rights and social justice in Nigeria, PSJ UK welcomes the attention this debate brought to a human rights crisis that has been too often ignored or misunderstood.

“We used to live peacefully. But before we left our home, fear consumed us. Bandits were killing and kidnapping people. My parents allowed us to go to school until one of our neighbours was kidnapped. That was when we fled. We’ve been here for over twenty-four months, and I’ve stopped schooling.” 

These are the words of 13-year-old Sani Umar from Gwaigwaye community in Katsina State, who once dreamed of becoming a doctor. Sani is one of many children living away from their homes with no certainty that their ambitions will one day come to life. This raises a pressing question that our so-called working government has yet to answer: Until when will insecurity continue to threaten the future of children, who are the potential leaders of tomorrow? Sadly, insecurity is not the only barrier to education; poverty continues to compound the problem.

It was meant to be the sound of school bells, but it was gunshots that rang louder at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri on that fateful day. Children as young as six were whisked away without brushing their teeth or taking their baths. The gunmen reportedly led them into the bush on foot, forcing young, innocent Nigerians into a long, exhausting trek with no chance to rest or resist.

Or has it now become a crime to be a Nigerian student?

Communities in Southern Kaduna continue to face sustained violence, displacement, abductions and loss of life. Most recently, 166 church members were abducted in Kajuru, deepening fear and trauma across affected communities. This petition calls on the Nigerian authorities, through the UK–Nigeria diplomatic channel, to authorise and launch a full, transparent public inquiry to establish the facts, clear up the ambiguities, ensure accountability, and prevent further such atrocities.

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Evidence has proven that the Nigerian government can move swiftly and decisively against any threat if it wants to. For one, the president did not stay quiet but declared a full state of emergency in the oil-rich state of Rivers when a political crisis of interest surfaced. Now, one may ask if Rivers State is more Nigerian than some parts of Nigeria? I thought every area of particular concern should get adequate and appropriate concern, or how else can you describe the swift action in Rivers versus the intentional misinformation in Kaduna?

PSJ UK is deeply concerned by the conflicting accounts surrounding the reported abduction of worshippers in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. While the Kaduna State Police Command, through the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Rabiu, dismissed reports of a mass kidnapping as false, independent findings from PSJ UK point to a disturbing reality: an abduction did occur.

Barely ten days after the last violent incident, Oyo State has again been shaken by an attack that underscores Nigeria’s deepening security crisis. What was once considered unlikely in the South-West is fast becoming a grim reality.

On January 16, fear spread through the Ogunmakin community near Ibadan, after armed bandits attacked Aqua Triton Company, an agricultural facility. The assailants abducted an Indian expatriate and killed a police officer assigned to protect the farm, leaving residents and workers in shock.

For nearly two decades, Nigeria has lived with terror like an unwanted houseguest, eating from the kitchen, sleeping in the living room, rearranging the furniture of normal life. We adjusted our schedules around kidnappings, our prayers around mass burials, our expectations around failure. Insurgency became background noise; atrocity became routine. Soldiers died quietly. Villages vanished loudly. And the nation perfected the dangerous art of pretending this was normal.

It has now been almost two weeks since “terrorists” said to be fleeing joint Nigerian–American airstrikes on positions in Sokoto State reportedly struck Borgu LGA communities in Niger State, slaughtering more than 40 innocent Nigerians.

The attack reportedly occurred close to the community of Papiri in Agwara Local Government Area, where more than 300 students had been abducted only weeks earlier. According to local accounts, the assailants emerged from the dense forest reserves around Kainji and are believed to have retreated back into the forest with an undisclosed number of newly kidnapped hostages.

In the past 48 hours, the United States military carried out large-scale airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) targets across Syria, the most recent wave in an ongoing campaign that has persisted for more than a decade after ISIS once held large territories in Iraq and Syria. These strikes, conducted under what U.S. officials call Operation Hawkeye Strike, were launched in response to a deadly ambush last December that claimed the lives of two American service members and a civilian interpreter. The U.S. military says the latest 35 hits in Syria were aimed at degrading ISIS’s ability to operate and launch future attacks.

The recent ECOWAS Court judgment striking down provisions of the Kano State Penal Code and Sharia Penal Code has reopened critical conversations about Nigeria’s constitutional commitments and its regional human rights obligations.

The ruling underscores the persistent challenge of state-level resistance to international norms and highlights the essential role of civil society in advancing compliance, safeguarding rights, and applying constructive pressure. This analysis explores the legal implications, the political responses, and the opportunities for organisations like PSJ UK and allied groups to strengthen accountability and promote the protection of fundamental freedoms.