•Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) A former Minister of Interior, Lt Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (rtd), yesterday, decried the high level of insecurity in Northern Nigeria, saying it has reached a level where bandits and insurgents have taken over some communities, tax and make laws for them. The retired Chief of Army Staff at the [&helli...
•Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State There is an emerging trend in Anambra State where various communities and groups are competing with one another in contributing funds to support the re-election of Governor Chukwuma Soludo and his Deputy, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim in the November 8 Anambra election. In the past, the trend was for governo...
•Submerged by flooding The Ogun State Government has warned residents of communities adjoining the Ogun, Ilo, Iju, Owa, and Yemule rivers, such as Isheri, Warewa, Akute, parts of Abeokuta, Ayetoro, Itele, Iju, and those of the coastline of Makun, Oni, Iwopin, Igele, Ifaara (Ogun Waterside), Ebute-Imobi (Ijebu East), Tungeji Island, and Agosasa...
•CDS The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has urged Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) host communities to protect national assets located within their areas. Musa made the appeal at a monthly stakeholders’ meeting organised by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) in Port Harcourt yesterday. Represented by Navy Capt. Lassie ...
•Governor Hyacinth Alia The persistent violence across Benue State has been traced to a complex mix of unresolved boundary disputes, competition over mineral-rich lands, activities of armed Fulani herdsmen and militia groups, politics and cult clashes. At least 270 people were killed by armed invaders between April 1 and June 1, 2025 across 10...
•Flood Despite warnings by the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) about severe flooding this year, especially, in the South-south region, and with records of deaths already as a result of flooding, state governments in the region are ostensibly unperturbed as no major preparations are on ground against the impending flood, reports Saturday Gu...
•Bandits No fewer than 100 heavily armed bandits yesterday stormed three communities in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, killing an unspecified number of villagers, burning homes, and looting properties, including rustling over 200 cattle. The affected communities — Zagzaga, Chibani, and Kuchi — were attacked in a coordinated operat...
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State Plateau State governor, Caleb Muftwang, has decried the attacks in some communities in his state, saying bandits have taken over 64 communities. The governor stated this last night during an interview on Channels Television. “These communities that have been recently attacked were part of the communiti...
•Cows Recently, the association of town unions in Igbo land (ASITA), raised issues over the plan by the federal government to acquire land in Imo State and other parts of South-East region to build cattle ranches. Although the modalities for the project were not clearly outlined by the government, especially on who runs such ranches, […...
•Blackout The Rural Electrification Agency, REA, today, disclosed that there are over 20,000 communities across the country without electricity supply. The Managing Director, REA, Mr Abba Abubakar Aliyu who disclosed this at the inauguration of two mini-grid projects in Bakin Ciyawa and Kwande communities, Qua’an Pan LGA, Plateau State, said t...

