•CBN headquarters, Abuja With barely three weeks left before the deadline for Nigeria’s banking recapitalisation exercise, tension and anticipation are building across the financial industry as regulators, investors and customers await the final shape of the country’s banking landscape. The recapitalisation programme introduced by the Centr...
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja In the corridors of power at the National Assembly, what should have been a routine harmonisation of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill has transformed into a defining moment in Nigeria’s democratic journey. Nigeria’s fragile democratic confidence is once again under strain following the Senate’s passage of amen...
•Terrorists Attacks by suspected terrorists may not be abating anytime soon as the hoodlums have started circulating warning letters to several communities in Kwara State. It was gathered that in the last six days, they had sent letters to four different communities, threatening to strike at any time, reports Saturday PUNCH. Our correspondents...
•Bandits Two family members of the five abducted women in Erinmope – Ekiti, Moba Local Government area have been held hostage in the kidnappers’ den, as the number rises to seven. Recall that on Saturday, January 24, 2026, gunmen stormed Erinmope-Ekiti, in Moba Local Government areas of Ekiti State and seized five women, reports Daily [&hellip...
•Gridlock on Niger Bridge at Onitsha There is growing tension in the commercial city of Onitsha as many traders protested the closure of Onitsha market as directed by Governor Chukwuma Soludo yesterday. Fierce–looking security operatives in Armoured Personnel Carriers were stationed at the entrance of the market, while the traders looked from ...
•Reno Omokri and some lawmakers There was a rowdy session in the Senate today following the screening of an ambassadorial nominee, Reno Omokri. The Senate’s screening session descended into a heated confrontation as two lawmakers exchanged harsh words over Omokri’s consideration, reports Channels TV. Tension broke out when a motion had already...
•Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke Residents of Oremeji, in the Shasha area of Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State, were thrown into panic on Sunday, November 9, after street urchins stabbed a Nigerian Air Force officer. Community sources told our correspondent during a visit to the area on Saturday that the […...
•Stranded patients The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, descended into tension today as security guards attached to several government hospitals staged protests over non-payment of their wages for four months. The demonstrations broke out simultaneously at Nyanya, Zuba, and Kubwa General Hospitals, where the aggrieved guards barricaded ...
•Hunsu Elizabeth Tension erupted in the Igbogbele community, Badagry West Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, after a stray bullet allegedly fired by an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service hit a middle-aged woman identified as Hunsu Elizabeth. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Friday, and in anger, some youths in th...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Renewed insecurity has erupted in parts of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State, following allegations linking a local militia led by one Oraernyi, popularly known as “Heavy,” and armed Fulani herdsmen to a series of recent attacks and destruction of farmlands in the Mbajir community. A resident who spo...

