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Bandits on Sunday morning killed at least 10 people, including a village head, during an attack on Oke-Ode in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state. A community source said the assailants stormed the area, shooting sporadically, killing, maiming and abducting an unspecified number of residents. A member of the local vigilante group, identified as […]

Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Moshood Jimoh, has warned officers under his command against extortion, harassment, human rights violations and the unprofessional act of searching people’s phones. Jimoh issued the warning during a strategic security meeting with deputy commissioners, area commanders, divisional police officers and tactical commanders in Lagos. The directive, according to the police,

The Federal Government has dismissed reports alleging that terrorists are carrying out a systematic genocide against Christians in Nigeria. In a statement on Sunday, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, described such claims as “false, baseless, despicable and divisive.” Idris said portraying Nigeria’s security challenges as a religious war is misleading and plays

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused President Bola Tinubu of showing indifference to the wave of killings and abductions in Zamfara and Katsina states. In a statement on Sunday, Bolaji Abdullahi, ADC national publicity secretary, said the administration cannot seek a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council while failing to secure lives

Former chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Perry Osayande, has died at the age of 88. Osayande, who would have turned 89 on Monday, passed away in the early hours of Sunday in a hospital in Benin City, Edo state. His death was confirmed by Fatai Owoseni, a retired Commissioner of Police. Osayande served

Former governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, has revealed that his successor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has received more money from the federation account in six months than his administration got in eight years. Speaking at an All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders’ meeting in Kano, Ganduje accused the governor of reckless spending and poor governance. He said:

Four governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are considering defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election. The governors are Peter Mbah of Enugu, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Douye Diri of Bayelsa, and Agbu Kefas of Taraba. Party sources indicate that the move is linked

A former minister of information and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that the opposition will have an advantage if the All Progressives Congress (APC) repeats its Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in 2027. Gana, who was director of the defunct MAMSER under Ibrahim Babangida’s regime, spoke at the weekend after delivering a welcome

The Directorate of Mobilisation and Integration (DMI) of the Labour Party has called on security agencies to investigate the public harassment of Julius Abure, the party’s national chairman, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Abure was reportedly accosted on Friday by a woman identified as Precious Oruche, popularly known as “Mama P”, who hurled

Former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has called on military authorities to urgently deploy troops to Kirawa in Borno state and its neighbouring communities following a Boko Haram ambush. The attack occurred around 3 pm on Friday along the Kirawa-Pulka road, leaving one member of the civilian joint task force