•Monday Okpebholo and Asue Ighodalo The Edo State Police Command has deployed more men to secure the venue of the Edo State governorship election petition tribunal venue in Benin City, the state capital, following escalating tensions during the first week of hearing at the High Court Complex on Sapele Road. In an exclusive interview with [&hel...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun Ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, security has been beefed up in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and many states. Since the weekend, security agencies across the country have deployed officers with a view to preventing security breaches during the yuletide, reports Daily Trust. They also called ...
•Tinubu at National Assembly today Security and defence, infrastructure, health and education were some of the sectors with high allocations in the N47.9 trillion budget proposal presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly this afternoon. “It is with great pleasure that I lay before this distinguished joi...
•Tinunu and National Assembly complex, Abuja Security has been heightened at the National Assembly Complex ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives today. Armed policemen were stationed at key entry points, including the Main Gate (MOPOL), Villa G...
•PDP’s Agboola Ajayi (L) and APC’s Lucky Aiyedatiwa (R) at Channels TV’s Ondo Election Governorship Debate in Akure yesterday Security, economy, education, energy, and workers’ welfare topped the agenda when two focal candidates for the November 16, 2024 governorship election in Ondo State locked horns at the governorship debate in Akure, the ...
•Senator Ned Nwoko The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Senator Ned Nwoko, has defended his proposed bill that will allow Nigerians to bear arms for self-defence stating that it could serve as a deterrent against criminal activities, particularly kidnappings. When asked if Nigerians carrying arms will solve the nation’s s...
Electoral officials have started arriving at polling units for the local government elections slated to hold across Kano State today. This was after the Kano State High Court granted the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) the authority to proceed with the local government elections, nullifying all attempts by political parti...
•Protest The organisers of the scheduled October 1 nationwide protest have written to the Nigerian Police to seek for adequate security for their members. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), Youth Rights Campaign (YRC), Joint Action Front (JAF), and Pan-...
•Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji The Special Adviser to the Ekiti State Governor on Security Matters, Brig. Gen. Ebenezer Ogundana (Rtd.), has reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to collaborating with other Southwest states to enhance security. Ogundana, speaking in Ado Ekiti today, highlighted the importance of the maiden meeti...
74-year-old Emir of Gobir in Gawata town of Sokoto state, Alhaji Isah Muhammad Bawa was abducted by bandits on Sabon Birni road last month alongside his biological son on his way to his native town of Sabon Birni, near the border with Niger, after attending a meeting in Sokoto. His abductors demanded N1 billion ransom […]