•Atiku and Tinubu The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has decried the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria, expressing concern that the terrorists and bandits attacks are now targeted at not only wasting precious human lives, but crippling the country̵...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State The Edo State government has ordered the immediate closure of three secondary schools in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area following intelligence reports of a planned kidnap attack targeting students. Authorities said the decision was taken as a precautionary measure to safeguard students, teachers, and ot...
•Textbooks The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has launched a sweeping overhaul of Nigeria’s textbook approval process, directing publishers and other stakeholders to submit school textbooks for a fresh round of assessment, re-assessment, and ranking under a newly introduced quality assurance framework. In a publi...
•Terrorists The Chairman of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Taiwo Adegoroye, has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private schools within the council area over security concerns. Announcing the directive during a press briefing with journalists, Adegoroye described the move as a precautionary measure to safeguard pupi...
•Terrorists The Oyo State Police Command said it has launched an intensive manhunt and rescue operation following a coordinated attack by armed hoodlums on schools and surrounding communities in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued today by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the attack occu...
•US Embassy in Nigeria The United States Embassy in Nigeria has issued a security alert warning of a possible terrorist threat targeting US facilities and American-affiliated schools in the country. In a notice released by the embassy in Abuja, US citizens were advised to take extra precautions when visiting American diplomatic premises and in...
•Terrorists Suspected Boko Haram insurgents launched a fierce and coordinated attack on the Garaha District in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, overrunning a military camp, killing at least three soldiers and one civilian woman, and setting fire to key infrastructures including primary schools. ‎The assault occurred around 11:00 a....
The Kebbi State Government has directed the reopening of all primary and secondary schools across the state for the second term of the 2025/2026 academic session. The directive takes effect on Monday, January 5, 2026, a little over a month after the release of kidnapped 25 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, M...
•Al Sodiq Hospital demolished Mile 12, a town in Nigeria’s commercial centre, Lagos State, has always been a beehive — bustling with activities. It houses one of the biggest food markets in the country and, some may say, peoples from every tribe, state in Nigeria. This week, residents in the area were united in tears […]
•Governor Bala Mohammed The Bauchi government has fixed Jan. 4, 2026, for the reopening of schools in the state. The schools were shut in November due to insecurity and attacks on schools in some states, reports NAN. Muhammed Lawal, Commissioner for Education, said this in a statement in Bauchi today. He said the measure was […]
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