•Nigerian troops Fresh insurgent attacks, rising military losses and the fallout from a disputed Borno airstrike have intensified pressure on the federal government, heightening public concern over the effectiveness of Nigeria’s security strategy. Less than a week after Boko Haram insurgents killed several soldiers, including Brigadier-General...
•Ndume and Tinubu Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has said Nigeria’s lingering insecurity could be decisively tackled within six months if the federal government demonstrates sufficient commitment. Ndume stated this last night during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, where he expre...
•Tinubu and terrorists As Christians in the country join other faithful across the globe to celebrate Easter, Nigerian clerics have taken a swipe at their political leaders over alleged broken promises and lack of will to prioritise the security of lives and property. They expressed their bitterness in their separate Easter messages to Nigeria...
•Tinubu (C), Shettima and some APC governors The push for state police gained fresh momentum at the weekend as rising insecurity across the country forced governors, lawmakers and stakeholders into a defining debate, with most states backing the proposal while others warned of abuse, repression and political misuse. From the North to the South...
•NYSC members The National Association of Seadogs, NAS, (Pyrates Confraternity) has called for an immediate overhaul of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, deployment system, urging authorities to stop posting corps members to states plagued by insecurity. The association in a statement signed by its Cap’n, Dr Joseph Oteri, warned that wor...
•Protest in Ondo Some residents of Ilu-Abo in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State today blocked the Akure/Owo highway over alleged incessant killings and kidnappings in the area. The protesters alleged that one of the residents was killed in his farm by suspected gunmen today morning, reports NAN. Residents, mostly youths, prevente...
•NNPP chieftain, Buba Galadima A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has warned that Nigerians could react strongly at the ballot box if current economic and security challenges continue, drawing parallels with the 2015 electoral defeat of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Galadima spoke last night while appeari...
•The protesting youths besiege Government House in Ilorin Youths from Kwara North have demanded an immediate end to the incessant killings and bandit attacks ravaging communities in Edu, Patigi, and Kaiama Local Government Areas of Kwara State. The protesters, under the aegis of the Coalition of Kwara North Youths, stormed the Government House...
•Terrorists On a humid Wednesday night, February 18, 2026, silence hung over Ahungha Village in Akure North, Ondo State, until it was shattered by gunfire. They came like phantoms in the dark, heavily armed and merciless, reports Saturday Vanguard. Their target was neither a rival gang nor a security outpost. It was a palace , […]
•Keke Marwa Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area has announced an indefinite restriction on tricycle operation within its jurisdiction, citing escalating security concerns tied to recent violent incidents. The Council said the decision followed security reports indicating that some recent killings in the area were perpetrated using tricy...
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