•Obiageli Ezekwesili Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has issued a strongly worded message to President Bola Tinubu and Nigeria’s political leadership, urging them not to issue Children’s Day messages while, according to her, millions of children remain exposed to insecurity, poverty and poor access to education. In a statement re...
•Tinubu and Trump An estimated 30,000 armed Fulani militants are operating across Nigeria in groups ranging from 10 to 1,000 members, according to the May 2026 report released by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. The report stated that the militants have become some of the deadliest non-state actors driving relig...
•First ECWA Main Choir, Ilorin No fewer than 1,000 women across different churches converged on Ilorin, Kwara state capital to offer special prayers for peace, serenity and improved security in Kwara and Nigeria at large. The special prayers led by Rev Peter Yahaya took place at the 21st anniversary of the Message of Salvation Women […]...
•Actor Lateef Adedimeji Nollywood actor Lateef Adedimeji has lamented that the violence across Nigeria has breached the borders of the South-West, turning a once stable region into a landscape of fear. According to him, from the harrowing mass abduction and tragic killing of an educator in Oyo State to the increasingly perilous highways of Eki...
•Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land Chief Gani Adams The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has warned that the South-West must urgently address growing security threats following the recent attack on Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, where teachers and students were abducted, with one teacher confirmed killed. Speaking on Chan...
• Terrorists No fewer than 45 pupils have been reported abducted during the Friday attack on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The schools attacked were Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota; Community Grammar School, Esiele; and L.A. Primary School. It was gathered that tension is rising in the state following [...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has identified insecurity and poor network connectivity as major challenges threatening the smooth conduct of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Kebbi State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Abubakar Sarkin-Fawa, made this known yesterday in Bi...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has painted a grim picture of the state of the nation and its workers, warning that rising insecurity, deepening poverty, and worsening economic conditions are pushing citizens to the brink. Recall that NLC and other stakeholders in the Nigerian project had consistently blamed hardship in t...
•Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd) The Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that Nigeria and Türkiye have reached an agreement for the immediate deployment of 200 Nigerian Special Forces for training in Türkiye. Musa disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum (AD...
•Alaafin of Oyo and gunmen  The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has raised concerns over the level of insecurity in the South-West region, Kwara, and parts of Kogi State and wants the federal and state governments to ramp up efforts to address it. This is according to a statement on Friday by the Director, […]

