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The vast and rugged expanse of the Old Oyo National Park has emerged as the central obstacle frustrating efforts to free more than 45 pupils and teachers seized from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area, one month after gunmen stormed their classrooms. Governor Seyi Makinde, in his Newsletter No. 140 released on Friday,…
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army, backed by the Air Force, have rescued Mrs Amina Abubakar, widow of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar, weeks after bandits seized her and her husband on a Katsina road, even as the military widened its offensive across the troubled state. The Defence Headquarters announced the rescue on Monday,…
A fresh appeal for the release of detained Indigenous People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu has come from the founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, who urged the Federal Government to free the separatist agitator or apply the same treatment to Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi. Ayodele made the call while…
President Bola Tinubu has tied a significant share of Nigeria’s insecurity to the breakdown of governance at the local level, describing functional council administration as central to national development and stability. The president made the remarks in his Democracy Day address to the nation on Friday, June 12, 2026, marking 27 unbroken years of…
Afrobeats singer and activist Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, on Friday criticised the Federal Government over worsening insecurity and economic hardship, urging Nigerians to use the democratic process to express their dissatisfaction with governance. Falz spoke while addressing demonstrators at the June 12 protest in Lagos, where a coalition of civil society organisations, trade…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have invaded neighboring agrarian communities in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducting two residents and throwing the local populace into panic. The coordinated night raids targeted Megida and neighboring settlements along the volatile northern border of the state. Local security sources confirmed that the armed gang moved…
A former banker dismissed nearly two decades ago over a disputed university degree has secured judgment against his employer, with the National Industrial Court of Nigeria ruling that the bank wrongfully terminated his appointment based on incorrect information supplied by Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Justice Maureen Esowe, sitting at the Lagos Division, ordered the…
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has summoned the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff and the Minister of Finance to appear before it and give a full account of funds released for security operations. The move comes amid widespread concern that massive budgetary allocations have…
A serious passenger train derailment along the Warri–Itakpe rail corridor has left three people dead and multiple coaches destroyed in Delta State. The fatal accident occurred on Monday near the Agbor axis as the train traveled from Ujevwu station toward its northern terminus. Four commercial coaches left the tracks during transit, causing chaos as hundreds…
The Federal Government has cleared more than 700 billion naira in verified debts owed to domestic contractors to inject immediate liquidity into the private sector. The massive fiscal release represents a coordinated effort by the treasury to settle long-standing obligations accumulated across various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies. Finance ministry records show that payment processing accelerated…
