•Protesting pensioners, yesterday Tension rose in Lagos yesterday as policemen attached to the Lagos State Command reportedly fired teargas to disperse pensioners protesting at the Lagos House and Lagos State House of Assembly, Ikeja, over outstanding pension adjustments and wage awards. The pensioners, under the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (N...
•European Union flag The Accord Party has appealed to the European Union to intervene in the escalating political tension in Osun State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, citing alleged attacks, arrests and intimidation of its members. The party, in a letter dated August 12, 2026 and signed by its National Chairman, Maxwell Mgbudem, an...
•Late Aderogba The ruling Accord Party and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) have been locked in a discord over the recent cold-blooded killing of a youth in the Esa-Oke community in Osun State, in which the ruling party claimed the deceased was its leading youth member. This article unmasks the dark side of the […]
The All Progressives Congress is set for a decisive round of governorship primaries today, Thursday, May 21, 2026 across the 36 states, with political tensions rising over attempts to impose consensus candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections. In many states, party leaders and influential stakeholders have pushed for consensus arrangement...
•Armed policemen Students of the Gateway Institute of Technology, Igbesa, have protested against alleged assault and unlawful detention of colleagues by police attached to Igbesa Division demanded their immediate release. The students, who besieged the police station, chanting solidarity songs, demanded the release of their Student Union Gover...
•Terrorists Nigeria’s security agencies have been placed on heightened alert following intelligence warnings of a coordinated attack by suspected Islamist militants targeting key infrastructure in the Federal Capital Territory and parts of Niger State. According to an internal security memo reportedly circulated within the Nigeria Customs Serv...
Fresh tension is brewing in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector as oil workers have shut down the operations of Seplat Energy Plc across multiple locations nationwide. It was gathered the total shutdown, which began today, followed a directive by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, for an immediate withdrawal...
•Violence in Jos Tension has erupted in Jos just hours after the Plateau State Government eased the 48-hour curfew imposed following the deadly Sunday night attack in Anguwan Rukuba. Reports indicate that sporadic violence broke out in parts of the city, with unconfirmed claims of fresh casualties. The situation has triggered panic among resid...
•Gunmen Suspected gunmen believed to be kidnappers have snatched a newborn from a 19-year-old mother in Kidnawi 2, Maraban Gurku, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The community, situated about 18 kilometres from the Presidential Villa in Abuja, was rocked by the incident on Saturday night, reports The Guardian. The mother, Aisha, ...
•Child soldiers inside bush Tension is rising in Borno State following the circulation of a viral video showing about 18 underage children in military-style uniforms celebrating in an isolated forest. The video reportedly shows about 18 children fully kitted in military-style uniforms, assembled in a straight line while jubilating in an isolat...
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