•NIDCOM chairman/CEO, Abike Dabiri-Erewa As tensions escalate in the Middle East following the ongoing #IranWar and #IranIsraelWar, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has released emergency hotline numbers for Nigerians in distress across affected countries. In a notice shared on its official X handle, the Commission urged Nigerians...
•Russian soldiers The Gambia expressed “grave concern” on Friday about citizens fighting in conflicts abroad, as several African countries say their nationals were lured into fighting for the Russian army. Multiple media investigations, including one published earlier this month by AFP, have exposed how Russia has enticed men from African coun...
•Pope Leo XIV, bandits and Tinubu Pope Leo XIV has condemned the recent wave of violent attacks across Nigeria, expressing sorrow over the loss of lives and calling on authorities to act decisively to protect citizens. “It is with sorrow and concern that I learned of the recent attacks against various communities in Nigeria, leading […]...
•Executive Director of PLAC, Clement Nwankwo The Executive Director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), Clement Nwankwo, has urged Nigerian lawmakers to respect citizens’ views in the ongoing review of the Electoral Act, warning that legislators must not “act as overlords”. Nwankwo, in an interview on Channels Television last nigh...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has called on the federal government to review the country’s firearm laws to allow responsible citizens to own guns, citing the escalating insecurity across Kwara, Kebbi, and Niger states. The call followed a motion titled, “Urgent need to address escalating insecurity in Kwara, Kebbi and Niger States,” which highli...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and US President Donald Trump The United States Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert to Americans in anticipation of a planned protest scheduled for Monday in the Federal Capital Territory. The protest, organised under the banner #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, is expected to draw crowds to Eagle Square and t...
•Southern summit of national forum of former legislators held in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday to endorse Tinubu for 2nd term Political analysts and pundits yesterday reacted to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s endorsement by former federal lawmakers in Abeokuta, saying only Nigerians can save him in 2027. President Tinubu has received severa...
•Foodstuff market Nigeria’s economy may have crawled out of the Intensive Care Unit, but citizens are still gasping under the weight of inflation, falling demand, and multiple taxes, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has warned. Reacting to the Director-General, (DG) of the World Trade Organisation WTO, is Ngozi Okonjo-Iwe...
•Activist Aisha Yesufu and IGP Kayode Egbetokun Renowned human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has strongly criticised the Nigeria Police Force following yesterday’s incident involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central, who was denied entry into the National Assembly Complex. Although currently serving a six-month suspension, Akpo...
•Capt. Warredi Enisuoh The Executive Director of Technical Operations at Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL), Capt. Warredi Enisuoh, has lamented the widespread culture of indifference among Nigerians as a key factor contributing to the persistent crude oil theft plaguing the Niger Delta, describing it as sabotage driven by apath...

