•Retired police officers protesting in Abuja over pension scheme Retired police personnel and their families, under the aegis of the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria (PROF), today blocked a gate of the Presidential Villa in Abuja in protest. Their protest is against the continued inclusion of the Nigeria Police Force in the Contributo...
•NSCDC operatives Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, have busted a baby factory in Okuju, Ilado, Badagry area of Lagos. In the operation carried out on Wednesday night into the early hours of Thursday, the operatives rescued 18 pregnant women and 10 children, and arrested the operators of the [&hel...
•ISWAP terrorist group The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on Nigerian security forces and neighbouring countries. The material, written in Arabic and translated into English, was released yesterday, a copy of which was sighted by our correspondent on X (formerly Twitter), reports T...
•NAF parade The Nigerian Air Force has announced that candidates who passed its 2025 Zonal General Aptitude Test have been invited to attend the Selection Board Interview for recruitment into the Basic Military Training Course 46/2025. This was contained in a statement issued today by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquart...
•Supreme Court of Nigeria The frontline opposition parties – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC) will today get a glimpse of their fates as the Supreme Court sits on appeals brought before it by Kabiru Turaki and David Mark-led National Working Committees against the rulings of the Court of...
•Billionaire Elon Musk A tweet by tech billionaire Elon Musk has sparked a wave of reactions among Nigerian social media users after many misinterpreted his reference to “APC.” Musk, the CEO of Tesla, took to X (formerly Twitter) yesterday to describe his futuristic vehicle, the Tesla Cybertruck, saying, “Cybertruck is an APC from the future.”...
•Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu Two weeks after Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, assured citizens of imminent relief from persistent outages, a cross-country check suggests that for many households and businesses, the reality has barely changed. This came as recent announcement by President Bola Tinubu of the approval of N3.3 trillio...
•ISWAP terrorists The federal government’s release of an updated list of 48 individuals and 12 entities allegedly linked to terrorism financing has triggered fresh public demand for immediate action, with security experts warning that failure to follow through could further erode trust in Nigeria’s counterterrorism efforts. The list, published...
•Late Brigadier General Oseni Braimah Fresh accounts have emerged on the circumstances surrounding the killing of the Commander of the 29 Task Force Brigade, Brigadier General Oseni Braimah, following a deadly midnight assault on a military base in Benisheikh, Borno State. Surviving soldiers described the incident as one of the most intense at...
•US visa The US Embassy in Abuja has announced the cancellation of all visa appointments, directing applicants to check their emails for details on rescheduled dates. In a notice today, the Embassy said visa operations will continue at the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos. The notice said while American citizen services were available by appoin...

