A Nigerian Air Force jet has reportedly crashed near Karabonde, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. A Niger State-based online digital television network, Lapai TV, stated in a post on its official Facebook account on Saturday evening: “Two Nigerian Air Force Pilots Reportedly Survive Alpha Jet Crash Close to Karabonde, Borgu Local Government Area…
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s “sweeping re-engineering of Nigeria’s security architecture.” Tinubu in October made changes in the hierarchy of the Service Chiefs. While denying that the military shake-up was connected to a rumored coup plot, the Presidency said it was a move to “inject…
The Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, says insecurity across northern Nigeria has worsened largely because the country failed to understand and address the grievances that pushed many armed bandits to take up weapons. In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service monitored by our correspondent in…
Femi Emmanuel, the Presiding Pastor of Livingspring Chapel International, has stated that numerous politicians approach well-known General Overseers not for spiritual counsel, but to gain access to their sizable congregations. Speaking to journalists on Saturday in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Emmanuel noted that politicians tend to prioritize the electoral clout of religious leaders…
Former Chief of Army Staff and former Ambassador to Benin Republic, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), has strongly denied claims linking him to terrorism financing. He described the allegation as false and completely contrary to the principles he upheld throughout his military career. The retired General responded in a statement signed and issued by former Army…
Lagos Mainland Local Government, under the leadership of Executive Chairman, Mayor Emilagba Jubril Kolawole, on Friday, 5th December 2025, warmly welcomed Imisioluwa Ayanwale, winner of Big Brother Naija Season 10, during her official homecoming to Ebute-Metta (West) at the Council Secretariat. In his address, the Executive Chairman described Imisioluwa as a source of inspiration for…
Nigerians have called on the Inspector-General of Police, the Police Service Commission, and human rights organisations to probe allegations of unlawful detentions, extrajudicial killings, and torture against the anti-kidnapping unit of the Imo State Police Command, popularly known as the Tiger Base Unit. The calls emerged amid demands for justice by the family of a…
Prominent Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Mahmoud Gumi has expressed renewed concern over what he believes to be the hidden involvement of powerful foreign nations in Nigeria’s lingering insecurity. In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, monitored in Kaduna, Gumi said recent patterns of attacks across the country indicate possible external backing for armed groups….
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, who was recently convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, has filed a fresh motion before the Federal High Court in Abuja, stating the reasons why he should be transferred from Sokoto prison. Kanu, in a motion ex parte he personally signed, told the court…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has denied insinuations linking him to terrorism financing, describing the claims as “unfounded, unfair and politically motivated.” Malami said he had never been accused, investigated, interrogated or charged by any security, intelligence or regulatory agency within or outside Nigeria over terrorism financing or any…