•The two aircraft The Oyo State government has taken delivery of the two long-awaited security surveillance aircraft. The two aircraft, which arrived at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan, today, are expected to support aerial surveillance, intelligence collection and rapid security response across Oyo State and adjoining areas, report...
•Tinubu and Trump The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), today, condemned the latest wave of deadly attacks in Zamfara and Kaduna states, warning that the killings underscore the need for intensified security operations despite recent international recognition of Nigeria’s progress in the fight against terrorism and insecurity. The forum’s reaction ...
•The participants The Kogi stakeholders today called for urgent reform of the global financial system for Africa’s sovereign debt burden which has deprived citizenry of health, education and other basic services. The stakeholders made the call during the Freedom from Debt campaign championed by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF Nigeria) at Sarki...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Oyo State governor and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, Seyi Makinde, has lamented that state governors are routinely blamed for insecurity despite lacking constitutional authority to direct security agencies operating in their states. Makinde made the remarks durin...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has approved a total of ₦403.1 billion for the Nigerian Police Trust Fund to strengthen policing and support the fight against terrorism, kidnapping, and other security challenges across the country for two consecutive years. The upper chamber approved ₦170.1 billion for the Police Trust Fund’s 2025 fiscal year, as ...
Hundreds of supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Samo Village, Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State, today defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing worsening economic hardship, insecurity and declining public confidence in the ruling party. The mass defection took place at the ADC State Secretariat in...
•Soldiers on firing training The Nigerian Army has announced plans to recruit and train an additional 28,000 soldiers as part of efforts to boost its manpower and strengthen ongoing operations against insecurity across the country. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, disclosed this today during a press briefing in Abuja to herald [...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo Stata, has approved the extension of the curfew imposed on 10 local government areas bordering the Old Oyo National Park by 24 hours. This was made known by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Musibau Babatunde, in a memo issued yesterday. Recall that […]
•Femi Falana, SAN Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has warned that the creation of state police will not resolve insecurity in Nigeria unless the government addresses poverty and unemployment. Falana, who appeared on Channels Television last night, said the country’s insecurity challenge was often narrowly reduced to questions of securit...
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has tackled President Bola Tinubu over rising insecurity, saying the devastation caused by security challenges in the country is a source of concern. According to group, banditry, kidnapping for ransom, killings and other violent crime have become common, with hundreds of people including schoolchildren an...
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