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Southwest Governors Launch Regional Security Fund, Joint Intelligence System, Demand State Police

Governors from the six Southwest states, comprising Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, and Ondo, concluded a high-level meeting of the South West Governors’...

Nigeria’s Bid to Bring Ekweremadu Home Fails as UK Rejects Transfer Request

Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, 63, who is serving a nine-year and eight-month sentence for organ trafficking in the UK, will not...

Just In: Ex-VP Atiku Abubakar Now Card-carrying ADC Member

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), marking a significant shift in Nigeria’s opposition landscape ahead of...

Tinubu orders mass withdrawal of Police from VIPs, redeploys officers to frontline security duties

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers assigned to guard Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country, directing...

Just in: 38 abducted Kwara church members regain freedom

Thirty-eight people abducted during an attack on the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, have been released, according to an announcement by...

50 Abducted Niger Students Escape from Captivity, 253 Still Held

Fifty students who were abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara LGA, are now safe after successfully...

Insecurity: Five Northern States Order Total Shutdown of Schools, Hostels, Varsity

A pervasive fear of student abductions by terrorist groups has prompted several state governments in Northern Nigeria to pre-emptively close primary and secondary...

Trump Slams Nigeria, Threatens New Aid Cut Amid Escalating Violence

US President Donald Trump has sparked controversy with his latest remarks, labeling Nigeria “a disgrace” due to the country’s handling of escalating attacks...

VP Shettima Arrives in Johannesburg for G20 Summit

Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G20 Leaders’ Summit. Shettima touched down...

Insecurity: VP Shettima to represent Tinubu at G20 Summit in South Africa

Vice President Kashim Shettima departed Abuja on Friday to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. This...

Breaking: Scores of students, staff of Niger catholic school abducted

Just five days after the Kebbi schoolgirls kidnapping, terrorists launched another assault, this time at St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in the...

Awolowo’s Grandson Olusegun Dies at 62, Gov. Abiodun Mourns

Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, grandson of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and former Executive Director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, is dead....

Breaking: After 10-year trial, court sentences Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment

After a ten-year trial, Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra...

Terrorism: Prosecution seeks death penalty for Nnamdi Kanu

Following Nnamdi Kanu’s conviction, the prosecution urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to sentence the proscribed IPOB leader to the death penalty....

Nnamdi Kanu Guilty on All Counts – Abuja Court Hands Down Verdict

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on all...

Breaking: Drama in Court: Judge Orders Nnamdi Kanu’s Eviction from Courtroom

Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, November 20, ordered security agents to bundle out the detained leader...