Nigeria News Digest: August 22, 2025

In response to the killings of worshippers in Malumfashi, Katsina, President Tinubu pledged a nationwide hunt for the perpetrators, with federal agencies already tracking the culprits and assuring swift, decisive justice.

A female student reported that two robbers, after scaling the poly's back fence with bright torches, entered a dorm room in Bauchi Federal Polytechnic where they stabbed a male student to death, an incident occurring just weeks after a prior hostel robbery.

Nigerian Army troops in Kankara’s Baba area of Katsina State killed seven armed bandits and recovered four motorcycles, a victory praised by the state government as part of ongoing operations to dismantle criminal hideouts and restore security to farming communities.