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President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara states....

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and his deputy, Monday Onyeme, have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress.Oborevwori moved to the APC along with his predecessor and running mate of Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa....

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has deployed a special squad to arrest the rising violence across the country.He ordered all Police Mobile Force squadrons to maintain at least one fully equipped, combat-ready unit on constant standby, effective immediately....

The South-South Zonal Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has dissolved the Bayelsa State Working Committee, led by Solomon Agwanana, and replaced the Edo State Caretaker Committee, headed by Dr. Tony Aziegbemi.Rising from a meeting at the PDP South-South zonal secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the zonal lea...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of mobile police officers from VIPs. In a statement, the spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Muyiwa Adejobi, said the move ...

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has visited Benue State to commiserate with the government and people following a renewed wave of violence that has claimed over 70 lives....

The Edo State Government has issued a strong disclaimer refuting claims that it awarded a contract for the construction of 12 kilometers of internal roads in Esan Central Local Government Area to a company identified as Midmac Construction Nig. Ltd., Abuja.In an official statement released by the Ministry of Works and signed by the Functioning Permanent Secretary, Engr. Dr. John Obanor, the government clarified that no such...

Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo has approved the suspension of Dr. George Oshiapi Egabor, Omoaze I, the Okumagbe of Uwano Kingdom in Agenebode, Edo State, over allegations of kidnapping in the area.The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Fred Itua, who disclosed this in a statement, traced his sanction torecent cases of incessant kidnapping and killings in his area.The suspension, which take...

The United Kingdom Home Office has received 22,619 asylum applications from Nigerian nationals from 2010 to 2024.This is as Nigerians accounted for one in 30 UK asylum claims over the period, ranking 11th on the Home Office’s newly released year-end Asylum and Resettlement statistics.According to the Home Office, nearly twice as many Nigerians (2,841) applied for asylum in 2024 as in 2023 (1,462)....

President Bola Tinubu is planning to meet with the service chiefs to discuss the rising killings in Plateau, Benue and other parts of the country on his return to Abuja from his two-week working visit to Paris, the French capital.Tinubu returned to Abuja on Monday night after spending 18 days on a working visit and retreat in Paris and London.The Air Force 001 aircraft conveying the President landed at the...