A recent report by the Financial Times has painted a grim picture of Nigeria’s deepening insecurity, describing how kidnapping has grown into a multi-billion-naira industry as citizens struggle to protect themselves amid a breakdown in law enforcement.In the report published on October 23, 2025, British journalist Aanu Adeoye detailed how abductions have become one of the fastest-growing criminal enterprises in …

A recent report by the Financial Times has painted a grim picture of Nigeria’s deepening insecurity, describing how kidnapping has grown into a multi-billion-naira industry as citizens struggle to protect themselves amid a breakdown in law enforcement.In the report published on October 23, 2025, British journalist Aanu Adeoye detailed how abductions have become one of the fastest-growing criminal enterprises in …

Abia State Governor Alex Otti says he has begun rebuilding the long-abandoned 25-kilometre Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road after the federal government under Bola Tinubu failed to address years of hardship faced by commuters. Otti said the project had to be taken over by the state despite being a federal road, accusing the federal government of allowing critical infrastructure to collapse under …

The Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Raymond Ozoemena, has granted bail and ordered the discharge of 86 inmates from the Enugu Custodial Centre during the flag-off of the 2025 Jail Delivery Exercise held on Thursday in Enugu State. Among those released was an 86-year-old man from Okpanku in the Aninri Local Government Area, who was granted bail on health …

The Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Raymond Ozoemena, has granted bail and ordered the discharge of 86 inmates from the Enugu Custodial Centre during the flag-off of the 2025 Jail Delivery Exercise held on Thursday in Enugu State. Among those released was an 86-year-old man from Okpanku in the Aninri Local Government Area, who was granted bail on health …

Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on the allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria. They do this while being enveloped in how to rig the 2027 elections. As they do, Citizen Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is on a death row. On February 23, 2020, this then 22-year-old was arrested for posting blasphemous statements on WhatsApp …

Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on the allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria. They do this while being enveloped in how to rig the 2027 elections. As they do, Citizen Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is on a death row. On February 23, 2020, this then 22-year-old was arrested for posting blasphemous statements on WhatsApp …

The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution Review has approved the creation of six additional states. This was one of the key resolutions reached at the end of the two-day retreat, co-chaired by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt—Hon. Benjamin Kalu, …

The Global Defence Consortium of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has accused the Federal High Court in Abuja of continued bias and denial of fair hearing, following what it described as fresh irregularities during Friday’s court proceedings presided over by Justice James Omotosho. In a statement released on Friday by Barrister Onyedikachi Ifedi, …

The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution Review has unanimously approved the creation of an additional state in the South-East geo-political zone. When created, the South-East will be at par with the South-South, South-West, North-Central and North-East zones with six states. The South-East is the only geo-political zone with five states comprising Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, …

Reactions have continued to trail the sudden and abrupt change in the leadership of the Nigerian military by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime. General Olufemi Oluyede has replaced General Christopher Musa as Chief of Defence Staff, making Musa the first top military officer to be relieved under this reshuffle. Major-General W. Shaibu has been named the new Chief of Army …

Reactions have continued to trail the sudden and abrupt change in the leadership of the Nigerian military by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime. General Olufemi Oluyede has replaced General Christopher Musa as Chief of Defence Staff, making Musa the first top military officer to be relieved under this reshuffle. Major-General W. Shaibu has been named the new Chief of Army …

Reactions have continued to trail the sudden and abrupt change in the leadership of the Nigerian military by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime. General Olufemi Oluyede has replaced General Christopher Musa as Chief of Defence Staff, making Musa the first top military officer to be relieved under this reshuffle. Major-General W. Shaibu has been named the new Chief of Army …

Reactions have continued to trail the sudden and abrupt change in the leadership of the Nigerian military by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime. General Olufemi Oluyede has replaced General Christopher Musa as Chief of Defence Staff, making Musa the first top military officer to be relieved under this reshuffle. Major-General W. Shaibu has been named the new Chief of Army …

In a move that caught the nation by surprise, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu relieved General Christopher Gwabin Musa of his duties as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), replacing him with General Olufemi Oluyede, a Yoruba officer from the South-West.Though the Presidency framed the action as a routine reshuffle aimed at “realigning national security leadership,” beneath the official rhetoric lies a deeper political and ideological …