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Panic over possible terrorist and bandit attacks is sweeping through schools, churches and transport networks, with institutions across the country scrambling to fortify themselves. Some schools have created escape routes. Others are raising fences, installing CCTV cameras and hiring more guards. Transport unions are cutting night journeys, while churches are stepping up surveillance and profiling […]

A chilling child-trafficking operation has been uncovered, with security operatives rescuing 15 minors allegedly sold for ₦2 million each after their parents were lured by promises of free education. The children, from Kama Madaki and Gudindi Mada communities in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, were allegedly taken from their families by a man […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised a chilling alarm over Nigeria’s deepening economic hardship, saying desperate young Nigerians are allegedly being pushed to the extreme of selling their kidneys for money. In a statement issued on Friday, September 4, Atiku described the reports as one of the most disturbing signs of the pressure facing […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has dismissed a security officer after he allegedly helped one of the wives of detained former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, sneak into the commission’s premises for an unauthorised visit. The officer, identified as Daniel Stephen, was reportedly caught on CCTV allegedly escorting Aichatou Asabe […]

Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), has raised the alarm over a disturbing unintended consequence of government intervention programmes, warning that motorcycles handed out as palliatives are ending up in the hands of terrorists and bandits. Musa, who spoke on Thursday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, urged governors and lawmakers to […]

The Presidency has moved to douse fresh controversy over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s legal battle in the United States, insisting that he is not facing a criminal case but is instead caught up in a civil fight over the release of government records. The clarification came Thursday from the Special Adviser to the President on […]

What began as a midnight scramble for petroleum products ended in tragedy in Rivers State, with at least 37 people feared dead after suspected illegal oil operators were reportedly overwhelmed by toxic fumes at a jetty in Okrika. The incident occurred around midnight on Thursday at Okari Jetty, Okrika Mainland, where more than 100 people […]

…Lagos alone accounts for ₦1.2tn domestic debt as governors head for 2027 exits… As the political clock ticks towards the 2027 transition, 12 state governors are heading out of office with a combined mountain of debt estimated at about ₦5.3 trillion, raising fresh questions about the financial legacy they will leave behind. The governors—who came […]Read More

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has thrown fresh fuel into Nigeria’s 2027 political firestorm, accusing some APC governors of working against him while making one thing crystal clear: he is firmly backing President Bola Tinubu for a second term. Speaking during a media chat on Wednesday, Wike openly named Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Imo […]

The House of Representatives has cleared Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, of involvement in the controversial organisation known as the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), saying its investigation found no evidence that he created, approved or participated in the activities of the purported agency. Instead, the House panel investigating the […]

Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has promised to overhaul Nigeria’s student-loan system and consider debt forgiveness for qualifying beneficiaries if elected. The pledge was disclosed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, in a statement issued Tuesday. According to Shaibu, Atiku believes Nigerian graduates should not be […]

The numbers are staggering. ₦1.23 trillion. $684.48 million. 10,872 convictions. 10,053 forfeited assets. In 34 months, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has unleashed one of its most aggressive crackdowns on financial crime, according to its chairman, Ola Olukoyede. Presenting his three-year stewardship report in Abuja on Monday, Olukoyede revealed that the EFCC received 49,673 […]Read More