The White House has been temporarily shut down after two members of the National Guard were shot in Washington on Wednesday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X, without providing further details. Police in Washington confirmed a shooting occurred just one block from the White House, intensifying security concerns in…
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adopted sweeping security resolutions, officially designating kidnapping and banditry as acts of terrorism and approving the maximum death penalty for all kidnapping-related offences. The resolutions followed an intense debate during plenary, presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, after a motion of urgent national importance raised by Senator Ashiru Oyelola…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency in response to the wave of violent attacks across parts of the country, announcing sweeping directives for expanded recruitment into the Armed Forces and Police, the activation of forest guards, and tighter security measures for all vulnerable areas. In a statement personally he issued,…
A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, on Wednesday said bandits were threatening to abduct members of the National Assembly. Idris stated this during the resumption of debate on national security in the lower chamber, calling on President Bola Tinubu to review his directive on the withdrawal of police operatives attached…
Gunfire erupted in Bissau on Wednesday as Guinea-Bissau’s President, Umaro Embaló, said he was arrested around 1 p.m. inside his office at the presidential palace, describing the incident as an unfolding coup d’état, according to The Africa Report. Embaló, who contested last Sunday’s presidential election and claims, by his own tally, to have secured 65…
A parent who has three children among the pupils abducted from St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State, has died of heart attack. Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the Northern region and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rev. John Hayab, disclosed this in an interview with ARISE Television. He said the…
The Oyo State government has confirmed that at least 16 lives were lost in an accident involving an 18-seater bus and a stationary truck along the Oyo/Ogbomosho Expressway in Oyo town. The Special Adviser on Fire Reform and Chairman of Fire Services Agency to Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Akinwande, confirmed the incident in a statement…
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has revealed that 221,996 applicants failed the 2025 computer‑based test (CBT), even after successfully completing earlier stages of the recruitment exercise. The nationwide recruitment exercise is for its four paramilitary agencies, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), the Federal Fire Service…
The Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan on Tuesday sentenced a 28-year-old man to three months’ imprisonment for stealing four pieces of dry meat and eggs. The court president, S.M Akintayo, convicted and sentenced him after he had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and stealing. Delivering judgment, the…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed that he became so enraged during his 65th birthday celebration that he briefly felt like grabbing the microphone and hitting former President Olusegun Obasanjo with it. Speaking in an interview with AF24 News, posted on YouTube on Monday, Fayose recounted the events of the Lagos ceremony and…