I read with an interchange of intense pleasure and intense pain, the insightful lecture which the much-decorated Lt Gen (Rtd) Abdulrahman B. Dambazau delivered on November 4, 2025. That 7th Annual Public Lecture of the “Just Friends Club of Nigeria” (JFCN), with the theme, “Nigeria’s Security Challenges and the Quest for National Cohesion: A New Paradigm for Internal Security Architecture”, …

Former President Muhammadu Buhari governed Nigeria from 2015 to 2023, a period that global human rights body, the Amnesty International says was marked by several grave human rights violations involving state security forces and other armed actors. In a compilation released by the rights group on Monday, Amnesty International cited multiple incidents across the country, alleging unlawful killings, suppression of …

The United States government has revealed that Nigeria was added to its expanded travel restrictions list over concerns bordering on terrorism-related security risks and high visa overstay rates. According to U.S. authorities, the presence and activities of extremist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State in parts of Nigeria have created challenges for effective screening and vetting of …

Eleven Nigerian Air Force personnel detained in Burkina Faso following an emergency landing could face life imprisonment if found guilty of espionage or sovereignty violations, according to sources close to the ongoing investigation. The warning comes amid a deepening diplomatic crisis, with the soldiers and their C-130 Hercules aircraft still held a week after the incident. The saga began on …

The controversial plan to decorate Nurudeen Yusuf, aide-de-camp (ADC) to President Bola Tinubu, as a one-star general on Monday evening was shelved at the last minute after an intervention by two former chiefs of army staff, TheCable understands. Yusuf, who was only decorated as a colonel last January, was to be promoted to the rank of brigadier-general through “special presidential …

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, has attributed the recent drop in power supply across the South-East to low system frequency caused by gas constraints affecting power generation companies. EEDC said the situation has forced the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, to implement load shedding of available energy. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Group …

THE RESUMPTION OF ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICE UNLAWFUL TINTED GLASS PERMIT POLICY IS A GRAVE AFFRONT TO THE MAJESTY OF THE COURT AND A SUBVERSION OF THE RULE OF LAW A press release dated 15th December 2025, issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, announcing the reactivation of the enforcement of the suspended tinted glass permit policy …

The Supreme Court, yesterday, stated that Section 305 of the Constitution did not confer power on the president to temporarily dissolve executive and legislative institutions of a state during emergency rule. Alluding to the deliberate silence of the constitution on the spirit of the section 305, the Supreme Court added that the exercise of such powers remained subject to judicial …

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.), has passed away, Very Nigerian reports. The former head of the Nigerian judiciary died in Saudi Arabia, marking the end of a long and distinguished career in public service. Justice Muhammad reportedly died in the early hours of Tuesday at a hospital in Saudi Arabia, where he had been receiving …

The former Deputy Governor of Abia State, has said the APC should not be deceived by those defecting to the party, describing the ruling party as a “giant with feet of clay.” He added that the APC could face the same fate as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which, despite controlling 28 states out of 36 at one point, was …

Nigeria’s 10th Senate president, Godwill Akpabio, has dismissed claims that he collapsed and was flown to a hospital in London for treatment. Kenny Okolugbo, Consultant on Communications and Strategy to the Senate President, said the claim about Akpabio’s health wealth was false. When contacted on the development, Okolugbo simply said, “It’s a lie, fake news,” without further details. This comes …

President of the Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has launched a fresh offensive against the regulator, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), insisting the leadership of the authority is sabotaging efforts at boosting local refining. At a press conference on Sunday, at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, he said imports were being used to checkmate domestic potential, …

Former First Lady Aisha Buhari has disclosed that rumours within the Presidential Villa once led her late husband, Muhammadu Buhari, to suspect that she planned to harm him. She said the development disrupted his feeding routine and contributed to the health crisis that kept him away from office for months in 2017. Her account is contained in a newly published …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 15, 2025, opposed moves by a former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige to secure bail after being arraigned before Justice M.A. Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gwarimpa Abuja. Prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, told the court to approach the issue of bail for the …

The Nigerian military has firmly dismissed claims that one of its C-130 aircraft was involved in a clandestine intelligence mission in Burkina Faso, describing the reports as false, misleading, and deliberately crafted to undermine Nigeria’s regional standing. A senior military source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the aircraft, which departed Lagos on December 8, 2025, was on …