•Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State The Osun State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the killing of two civilians during an alleged attack on a patrol team while responding to a distress call in Ikire community of Irewole Local Council. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, stated that the killi...
•European Union flag The Accord Party has appealed to the European Union to intervene in the escalating political tension in Osun State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, citing alleged attacks, arrests and intimidation of its members. The party, in a letter dated August 12, 2026 and signed by its National Chairman, Maxwell Mgbudem, an...
•South African protesters hold sticks and flags while chanting slogans as they march during a demonstration by the “March and March” and Operation Dudula movements The federal government is talking tough over the spate of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians, calling on the South African authorities to take “concrete” action over the developm...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has denied bail to a man arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly planning multiple attacks on several schools in the Federal Capital Territory. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik denied John Jude Agbo bail after the prosecution presented a fourth witness and, thereafter, closed its case against hi...
•Frank Garcia The United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia, has urged the Nigerian government to intensify efforts to protect Christian communities from attacks and ensure the safe return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their homes. Garcia made the call during a visit to Abuja, where he held a seri...
•Boko Haram terrorists Boko Haram fighters have increasingly turned to artificial intelligence tools to improve their operations, using chatbots to obtain technical guidance on attacks, weapons and battlefield tactics, according to a report by The New York Times yesterday. Citing a study by terrorism and technology researcher Antonia Juelich o...
•US and Iran flag Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said today that they launched missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait. The Guards, according to Reuters, described the operation as retaliation for fresh US strikes on Iran following attacks on commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, reports AFP. Gl...
•Currency dealers monitor exchange rates in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul Asian stocks were mixed, and oil prices edged up as reports said the United States and Iran had agreed to stop attacking each other following a weekend of strikes that threw their fragile truce into question. Investor […]...
•Atiku and Tinubu The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has decried the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria, expressing concern that the terrorists and bandits attacks are now targeted at not only wasting precious human lives, but crippling the country̵...
•Chibok community The Chibok community, under the aegis of the Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), has staged a peaceful protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) calling for urgent federal intervention following a fresh wave of Boko Haram onslaughts. The elders led by the KADA National President Nkeki Mutah described the attacks ...

