The House of Representatives has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate the escalating insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), despite the expenditure of $460 million on a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project financed through a Chinese loan.

By Bashir Bello KANO —The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has cautioned operators and manufacturers within the Kano Free Trade Zone against sharp practices and manufacturing of substandard products capable of undermining Nigeria’s global rating. The agency’s Coordinator in Kano, Kassim Ibrahim, made the call during a 2 – day investors/stakeholders […]

Exactly seven days after over 300 students were abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, bandits have launched another deadly attack in Palaita community, Erena Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

“We sent our children to go to school to learn, not to become political tools or objects of bargaining and negotiation”

As pressure mounts and employers toughen their stance, ASSBIFI warns that the sector is edging toward a dangerous breaking point

A syndicate including a pastor who specialises in abduction, trafficking and sale of children have been apprehended by the Niger state Police command.

Venerable Edwin Achi was kidnapped alongside his wife and daughter on October 28, 2025

The decade-long trial of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu finally reached a dramatic climax last week when the Federal High Court, Abuja, convicted and sentenced him to life imprisonment on terrorism charges—closing one of the most contentious criminal proceedings in Nigeria’s recent history.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Behind the cranes and bustling container yards of Nigeria’s seaports, a growing vulnerability has emerged—cargo slipping through unchecked, revenue quietly leaking, and security gaps widening.  More than a decade after tally clerks and on-board gangway security men were removed by the Nigerian Ports Authority in  2015, maritime stakeholders are sounding the alarm, warning that […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, has raised fresh concern over the condition of Nigerian workers, declaring that “the nation’s workforce is bleeding and urgently needs stronger protection.”  The governor’s position came as the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, stormed Rivers State with compensation cheques totaling N75,840,194.73 for families of deceased employees […]

The Police Command in Ondo State on Wednesday arrested a suspected kidnapper and  rescued a couple in Itaogbolu community of Akure North Local Government Area of the state.

The DSS operative, who testified as the 6th prosecution witness (PW-6) in the ongoing terrorism trial of Mamu, told Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The Kebbi Government on Wednesday confirmed that none of the 24 freed Maga schoolgirls suffered any form of sexual abuse while in captivity.

Tension broke out on Tuesday at the main entrance of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, after multiple rounds of ammunition reportedly tumbled out of a speeding passenger bus along the Zaria–Katsina road. A video posted on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism platform, showed the incident unfolding directly in front of the university gate, sparking […]

Property and goods worth billions of naira were destroyed in a factory in Abubor Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday.