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Glo acknowledged the disruption, apologising for the inconvenience and assuring subscribers that its technical team is working to restore services as quickly as possible.

Millions of Glo subscribers across Nigeria faced a widespread disruption on Tuesday as the telecom giant experiences a nationwide data service outage.

The outage, which began at approximately 8:30 a.m., has affected data connectivity in multiple states, leaving users unable to access the internet or perform online transactions.

In a statement to customers, Glo acknowledged the disruption, apologising for the inconvenience and assuring subscribers that its technical team is working to restore services as quickly as possible.

"We understand how important reliable access is to you and sincerely apologise for the disruption.

"Our technical team is working to resolve the issue and ensure services are being restored as quickly as possible.

"Thank you for your patience and for choosing Glo. We truly appreciate you," the company said.

Nigerian Govt Overwhelmed, Must Act To Stop Spread Of Militias, Violence, Says Kwankwaso

Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has congratulated General Christopher Gwabin Musa on his appointment as Minister of Defence, while warning that the Federal Government is struggling to contain Nigeria’s escalating insecurity.

In a statement on Monday, Kwankwaso praised the new minister, expressing confidence in his capacity to restore stability.

"Finally, I wish to sincerely congratulate General Christopher Gwabin Musa on his well-deserved appointment as Minister of Defence. I am confident that, with the necessary political will and support, he possesses the competence and experience to make a significant difference in restoring security and stability to our nation," he said.

He, however, said recent developments point to severe national challenges.

"The recent developments in our country have filled me with deep personal concern about the state of our national affairs," he said.

Kwankwaso noted that his long experience in public service makes him aware of the obligations of government in addressing insecurity.

He said the Federal Government appears to be “overwhelmed” and unable to adequately respond to the security crisis.

“This is evident in its tacit endorsement to allow state governments to establish and deploy vigilante security outfits with little or no professional training. Such a policy, however well-intentioned, has inadvertently facilitated the uncontrolled proliferation of small arms and light weapons across the country," he said.

Kwankwaso warned that the situation has encouraged dangerous opportunism.

"Worst of all, individuals have begun taking advantage of this by setting up their militia, like we are seeing in the actions of some political elements. Such action further threatens the fragile peace in our country,” he said.

He also condemned rising ethnic profiling and harassment of citizens.

"Of equal concern is the rising wave of ethnic and regional profiling of Nigerian citizens within their own country. In recent times, we have witnessed disturbing reports of individuals, particularly from a part of the country, being arbitrarily targeted, harassed, arrested, and in some cases tortured in other parts of the country," he said.

He said online hate speech has worsened national tensions.

"This is compounded by the growing harassment, intimidation, and hate speech on social media, often fueled by ethnic and religious jingoism. These trends pose a grave threat to national unity and cohesion,” he said.

Kwankwaso urged urgent intervention from the authorities, saying, "The Federal Government must act decisively and without delay to reverse these dangerous developments before they spiral further out of control."

As a former Minister of Defence and former Chairman of the Committee on the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, he said the spread of weapons is especially troubling.

His comments come as Southern governors and their Northern counterparts in separate meetings announced plans to strengthen regional security.

The state governments in Southwestern Nigeria for instance have a local security outfit named Amotekun.

Several states have formally recognised vigilante groups as part of efforts to combat the rising tide of kidnappings, banditry, and killings across the country.

A farmer has been reported killed and several others, including a police officer, injured on Saturday in a fight between farmers and herders in Yelwan Musari village in the Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa State.

Residents identified the deceased farmer as Magaji Mai’aya.

A farmer, Ado Musa, said the armed herders attacked the village between Saturday and Sunday morning, setting houses and local rice milling factories ablaze.

“The herders blocked the Guri-Hadejia highway, frustrating the efforts of residents attempting to convey the injured victims to Hadejia hospital for treatment.

“Police and soldiers arrived at the scene late but could not prevent the escalation, as both groups had been violent since Saturday afternoon”, Mr Musa said.

It is not yet clear whether the herders recorded any injuries or fatalities in the fight.

The fight broke out after months of tension that followed the killing of another farmer, Ya’u Namara, by herders last year.

Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that local authorities had attempted to reconcile the warring communities but had failed.

Mr Musa said there had been tension for months since herders boycotted local markets.

Adamu Ori, a leader in the herders’ community, did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ phone calls seeking comment on the incident.

The latest confrontation in Guri LGA followed a similar clash on Tuesday, where 12 farmers were injured in Zarga village, Taura Local Government Area of the state.

The police spokesperson in the state, Lawan Adam, could not be immediately reached for comment.

Guri and several council areas in Jigawa North-east senatorial district have fertile land suitable for farming and grazing.

However, the struggle for control of the lush land has led to deadly conflicts between farmers and herders over the years.

Although over the years, both areas have been the hotbeds of farmer-herder conflicts in Jigawa State, the migration of strange herders seasonally in the area has worsened the conflict, resulting in many deaths.

In other parts of the state, the dynamics of the farmers-herders conflict are complex, rooted in ecological, socio-economic, and historical factors.

Nigerian terrorists showing off ransom on TikTok, Facebook, using Elon Musk’s Starlink, FG unable to trace them: Presidency

President Bola Tinubu’s government has said that security agencies are unable to track down terrorists branding weapons and loads of ransom collected in cash on social media because they use Elon Musk’s Starlink and other internet services from neighbouring countries.

Daniel Bwala, one of the spokespersons for Mr Tinubu, disclosed this in an interview with a radio station, Nigeria Info, on Thursday, when asked why Nigerian security agencies were swift to track down, arrest and detain government critics but have failed to do the same with terrorists boasting and flaunting ransom on social media.

“Let me give you one scenario: There is a regulatory body in Nigeria that has a database of Nigerian people. There is also a body that deals with internet service provision, where if you are using an internet service that is covered within the sphere of Nigeria, we can trace wherever you are through your IP address.

“If you are using Starlink, we cannot trace it because Starlink is not registered in Nigeria. It’s in the space.”

Former Senator Kabiru Marafa has endorsed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of possible military action in Nigeria, saying the warning could pressure the government to take stronger steps against insecurity.

Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central in the Senate between 2011 and 2019, stated his position on Wednesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

“I strongly support the President of America, Donald Trump, for issuing that threat,” he said, noting that he disagreed with Nigerians who criticised the comments on the grounds of national sovereignty.

“I differ with a lot of Nigerians because most Nigerians look at it from the perspective of sovereignty, patriotism, which I subscribe to. But of what importance is sovereignty to a dead man?” he added.

He argued that Trump’s remarks brought renewed attention to Nigeria’s security crisis, especially attacks targeting Christians.

Last month, Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria, accusing the government of failing to curb what he described as persecution of Christians.

In a post on social media, Trump warned that the U.S. would “stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria” if the killings continued and declared that Washington “may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.”

He added that he had instructed the “Department of War to prepare for possible action,” saying any U.S. attack “will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!”

Marafa maintained that while sovereignty is important, the protection of citizens’ lives should take precedence. “Trump’s comments,” he said, “have put the Nigerian government under pressure to act decisively.”

Meanwhile, the US has officially designated Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” over its alleged violations of religious freedom and persecution of Christians.

Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara West Senator, has declared that the Nigerian Presidency is being operated from outside the Presidential Villa.

Yari also claimed that President Bola Tinubu is caged in the Presidential Villa.

The former governor of Zamfara State spoke during the One Nigeria Project Conference in Abuja on Wednesday.

He also declared that United States President, Donald Trump, can’t help Nigeria.

Yari said, “This country called Nigeria, America says their own country is God’s own country but this country called Nigeria is more of God’s own country than any other.

“This is because so many havoc initiated by we ourselves but we need to come together.

“Before 1999 some issues came up but the country remained. Look at June 12, everybody thought the country will go away but God that made the country in 1914 together, that God is in charge and would remain in charge.

“So anybody thinking otherwise shouldn’t waste his time because Nigeria has come to stay as a nation.

“Don’t call Trump, it’s the business of Nigerians, Trump has no business in Nigeria. He can’t solve the problem of Nigeria, the problem of Nigeria can be solved by Nigerians.

“I was with the President in the night and I told him that I would be here and if he has time, he should watch what we are doing and I think this organization should be given the support.

“The problem is the elite, you have people abusing Tinubu, you are abusing him because you know the problem more than the truth.

“Those close to the Presidency know that the Presidency is being run from outside the Villa than inside the Villa. We already have the President caged there, we locked him but we do the operations. So why not think of the trust you are given?”