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The past 10 days in Nigeria have witnessed unprecedented negative news, a level of chaos, insecurity, and institutional decay that should trouble the conscience of all the leaders. Our country is now going through troubling times, not by fate, but by our collective leadership failures that allow insecurity, lawlessness, and institutional decay to thrive. Each day confronts us with a …

A Yoruba socio-political group, the Yoruba Revolutionary Movement (YOREM), has condemned any form of U.S. military intervention in Nigeria and warned against what it describes as internal extremist colonisation of Yorubaland. The group also called on all Yoruba people, at home and abroad, to rise in defence of their ancestral lands. In the statement, Comrade Wale Balogun, National Coordinator of …

Former Kaduna Central senator, Comrade Shehu Sani, has described the planned withdrawal of police officers guarding Very Important Persons (VIPs) as a good decision given the country’s growing security challenges. Nigeria has recently witnessed renewed violence, including repeated Boko Haram attacks on military and civilians in Borno, and bandit raids in Kebbi, Niger, Kwara and Bauchi States. Amid the rising …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of police officers currently providing security for Very Important Persons (VIPs) in the country. This was disclosed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy in a statement on Sunday. Onanuga said henceforth, police authorities will deploy them to concentrate on their core police duties. He said the …

In a dramatic and historic vote late Friday night, the United States Congress overwhelmingly backed President Donald J. Trump’s push for possible military intervention in Nigeria, with 285 members voting in favour out of 383 total votes cast in a special joint session. The resolution gives the President authority to use targeted military force against armed groups accused of carrying …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the recent closure of schools by the Federal Government and some state governments in response to escalating kidnappings, warning that such actions could inadvertently advance the objectives of terrorists. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Ini Ememobong, said: “If the schools are …

At least 50 students kidnapped at the St Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, Agwara local government, Niger State have allegedly escaped and reunited with their parents, bringing hope to families of the abducted victims. Recall on November 21,2025 armed bandits stormed the school and abducted 303 students and 12 teachers bringing the total to 315. The state Chairman of the Christian …

The National Universities Commission has expressed concern over the growing misuse of honorary doctorate degrees by Nigerian universities and unaccredited institutions across the country. The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while presenting the findings of an investigation into the “awards and public misuse of honorary doctorate degrees.” Ribadu said the inquiry, which covered …

Thousands of Nigerians have been wrongly convicted and jailed across the country in a system defined by official indifference to innocence and error. There are many innocent people in Nigerian jails today than anywhere in the world. The numbers reveal an unreliable system of criminal justice. A system that is bedeviled by lack of accountability for police and prosecutors. A …

Nigerian music icon, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has reportedly welcomed a baby girl with Natasha, a lawmaker in the Edo State House of Assembly. In the brief announcement, Natasha expressed gratitude with the caption: “It’s a Girl” followed by prayer emojis. According to an informed source, the child was delivered in an Abuja hospital on Thursday night. …