By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has pledged to strengthen intelligence sharing and collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to address rising security challenges, violent extremism, and inter-communal conflicts across the country. The commitment was contained in a communiqué issued...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri Borno State Police Command has successfully removed and detonated two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by insurgents along the Ngwaom–Mafa Road, averting what could have been a deadly attack. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state command, ASP Nahum Daso, disclosed this...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, failed for the second time to open his defence in his ongoing terrorism trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu, who had earlier opted to represent himself in court after disengaging his legal...
Former Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) and the Emir of Kano, His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, will headline a major national leadership conference scheduled to take place in Abuja on Tuesday. The event, organised by the Oxford Global Think Tank (OGTT), is themed “ _Better Leadership for a...
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces neutralised dozens of terrorists, arrested 86 suspects, and rescued 26 kidnapped victims in various operations conducted across the country within the past week. Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, made this known during a media...
The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that his witnesses will arrive from across the globe — including Ethiopia, Kenya, and the United States — to testify in his ongoing terrorism trial. Appearing before Justice James...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), has commissioned two landmark projects worth N4.089 billion at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, IBBU, Lapai, Niger State, executed under its 2023 Special High Impact Intervention and 2020/2021 merged interventions. The projects which are the Remodelled University Senate Building...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has called on the Federal Government to conduct an immediate and a comprehensive review of the nation’s air safety and defence mechanisms. Zulum made the call on Friday in Mafa town following a disturbing incident in which Boko Haram terrorists deployed a drone...
A prominent business mogul in the Diaspora, Mr. Ralph Okorie Ikechukwu, has praised Governor Alex Otti’s exceptional leadership, citing his transformative impact on Abia State’s growth and development. According to Ikechukwu, Otti’s achievements are unparalleled in recent times, positioning Abia as a thriving industrial hub in the Southeast region....
The detained self acclaimed leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday failed to open his defence in his ongoing terrorism trial before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu blamed his inability to open his defence on the failure of...
The Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka has been in administrative turmoil for over 15 months, beginning with the controversial tenure extension dispute involving suspended Provost, Dr. Wahab Azeez in 2024. The situation escalated to violent protests in July 2024, forcing the governing council to ask Azeez to “step...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has firmly rejected allegations of forgery and signature falsification made by the party’s National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, describing them as “false, baseless, and misleading.” In a statement released on Thursday in Abuja, BoT Chairman,...
The trial of Nicholas Mutu, a serving member of the House of Representatives before Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has been adjourned till December 8, 2025 for adoption of written addresses. Mutu, who served as Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development...
National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proposal for the overhaul and revamp of training institutions for security agencies nationwide. The President’s proposal followed a presentation made to Council by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, on the realisation of President...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has attributed the persistent wave of defections among Nigerian politicians to the absence of a clear ideological foundation in the nation’s political system. Makinde made this observation in Ibadan on Thursday during the public presentation of a book titled “Omituntun’s Political Ideology of Seyi...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that Africa’s dream of genuine development will remain elusive as long as leadership across the continent remains transactional and self-serving. Wike made this assertion while delivering a keynote address titled “Reimagining Africa’s Leadership and Investment” at the 2025...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have condemned the arrest of human rights activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore by the Nigeria Police, alongside several other citizens who were reportedly protesting peacefully across the country under the banner of the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow movement. The...
New Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), has pledged his commitment to free, fair, and credible elections that truly reflect the will of the Nigerian people. Prof. Amupitan made the pledge while meeting with staff members at the INEC headquarters in Abuja...
Reactions have continued to trail the recent appeal by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, to the United States not to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), over alleged violations of Christian religious freedom One of the reactions came from a...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, swore in the sixth substantive chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN). At the ceremony held at the State House Council Chamber, President Tinubu urged the new INEC Chairman to serve with integrity and beyond reproach. “Your nomination...