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Nigerian troops have blocked a large-scale kidnapping raid across rural communities in Zamfara State. Soldiers attached to the joint military task force intercepted heavily armed bandits before the attackers could herd scores of villagers into the forest. Frontline units engaged the gang in a sustained gun battle, forcing the assailants to abandon their hostages and…
A commercial vessel owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company came under direct attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Friday evening. The strike marks the third assault on Emirati tankers within 48 hours in the contested shipping channel. Company officials confirmed that the crew escaped without injuries and brought the vessel under control….
The Debt Management Office raised 5.86 billion naira through its August savings bond auction. The intake fell 330 million naira short of July figures as coupon cuts cooled retail interest. Debt managers sold two-year paper at 13.96 per cent and three-year notes at 14.96 per cent. Savers preferred the longer maturity, committing 4.55 billion naira…
Nigerian officials sat down in Washington this week to seek deeper security ties with American diplomats. National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu led a heavy team including ministers for defence, interior, and foreign affairs. Washington initiated these talks after reclassifying Nigeria as a country of particular concern regarding religious freedom. President Donald Trump pushed that designation…
Global crude prices surged further after diplomatic talks to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz stalled. Brent crude futures moved higher while U.S. West Texas Intermediate extended a 10 percent rally racked up over the past week. Energy markets reacted sharply as hopes for a quick diplomatic deal between Washington and Tehran vanished. The stalemate…
Organised labour has reopened its bitter wage fight with the federal government. The Nigeria Labour Congress wants a minimum monthly wage of 500,000 naira for public workers. Union leaders argue that the existing 70,000 naira floor cannot survive relentless inflation. Skyrocketing food prices and soaring transport fares eroded worker buying power completely. High energy tariffs…
Joint security teams rescued thirty-four kidnap victims during parallel armed operations in Zamfara and Edo states. Troops neutralised one kidnapper and recovered ₦1.5 million in cash during the south-western sting. Thirty-three travellers regained freedom in northern Zamfara after soldiers intercepted their captors along a major highway. Security forces exploited live ransom talks to trap the…
A cross-party coalition of lawmakers wants Nigeria’s parliament recalled immediately to address an alleged ₦8.83 trillion off-budget spend. The group, calling itself the Save Nigeria Group, sent its demand directly to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. Official silence on such massive unauthorised spending threatens to gut democratic accountability entirely. Federal coffers…
A legislative probe into a fake presidential council exposed deep weakness in the federal bureaucracy on Thursday. The State House told lawmakers it never approved or created the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council. Yet the fake agency secured budget codes, seized secretariat offices, and obtained official government vehicle number plates. Federal Road Safety Corps officials…
The Nigeria Customs Service has announced plans to transition to an annual recruitment model, with the 2026 intake exercise scheduled to open shortly. The shift aims to replace sporadic recruitment drives with a predictable, institutionalised hiring process. Regular recruitment keeps law enforcement agencies fresh and operational. For years, ad-hoc hiring led to severe staffing deficits,…