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Benin entered a new political chapter on Sunday as Romuald Wadagni, the country’s former finance minister, was officially sworn in as president at the Palais des Congrès in Cotonou, succeeding his long-time mentor and former boss, Patrice Talon, who stepped down after a decade in power. The 49 year old economist, widely regarded as…
A gunman was shot and killed by United States Secret Service agents near the White House on Saturday evening after he opened fire close to the presidential security perimeter, authorities confirmed. A bystander was also struck during the exchange of gunfire, in what marks the latest security scare at one of the world’s…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission finds itself facing a N2 billion pre-action defamation notice filed by Aichatou El-Rufai, wife of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, following a public statement the anti-graft agency released in May 2026 regarding an access control incident at its Abuja headquarters. The commission, however, says…
Nearly one week after terrorists stormed three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting pupils, students, and teachers, the victims remain in captivity, with security agencies still engaged in rescue operations as misinformation about their release continues to circulate online. The Oyo State Police Command confirmed on Friday that no victim…
Armed bandits abducted a local health practitioner and his wife during an early morning raid in Kogi State. The gunmen attacked the Okebukun area of Iluke town in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area around 1:00 am on Thursday. Known locally as “Dr Ebi,” the victim runs a clinic that serves the agrarian settlement. The attackers forced…
The National Youth Service Corps has partnered with the National Identity Management Commission to streamline biometric verification for prospective corps members nationwide. This collaboration aims to eliminate the frequent database bottlenecks that delay the registration of university and polytechnic graduates. Under the new arrangement, the youth scheme will directly use the national identity database to…
A joint team of security operatives has rescued Mrs Grace Ogunleye, the Vice Chairman of Ilejemeje Local Government Area, from her abductors. Gunmen intercepted her on Wednesday along the Ipere-Iludun Ekiti Road, abandoning her vehicle by the roadside. Security forces, tracking her captors through the forests, freed her less than twenty-four hours after the assault….
A Federal High Court in Calabar has thrown out a fundamental rights enforcement suit brought by alleged illegal medicine dealers against the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, delivering a significant legal victory to the two regulatory and security agencies. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of Federal High Court 1,…
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has declared that Nigerians possess a constitutionally guaranteed right to defend themselves against violent attackers, including through the use of lethal weapons, even as he maintained that the federal government remains committed to tackling the country’s worsening insecurity crisis. Bwala made the remarks during…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Arsenal Football Club on winning the English Premier League title, using the occasion to draw deliberate parallels between the club’s transformation and his long-standing economic and political vision for Nigeria. In a statement issued on Wednesday through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described…
