NEC approves ₦100bn to rehabilitate security training institutions
The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved N100 billion—subject to President Bola Tinubu’s final ratification—for the rehabilitation of training institutions for the police and other security agencies across Nigeria. The…
Tinubu nominates Ex-CDS Christopher Musa as new defence minister
President Bola Tinubu has nominated former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence. The nomination was formally conveyed to Senate President Godswill…
Adedamola wins PDP governorship ticket in Osun primary
Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the upcoming gubernatorial election in Osun State. Adedamola secured 919 votes to clinch the…
Irabor: No repentant Boko Haram fighters in military recruitment
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Retired General Lucky Irabor, has dismissed widespread claims that repentant Boko Haram terrorists are being recruited into the Nigerian military. Speaking during a television appearances…
Flash: Tinubu accepts defence minister Badaru Abubakar’s resignation
Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from office with immediate effect. In a letter dated December 1 and addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former minister…
FCT Police foil planned community attack, kill three bandits, recover AK-47 rifles
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has thwarted a planned large-scale attack on a community within the Territory, neutralizing three notorious bandits and recovering arms and ammunition during a…
Tinubu approves protection for Guinea-Bissau opposition leader at Nigerian embassy
Nigeria has asked the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to provide additional security for Mr. Fernando Dia Da Costa, a presidential candidate in the November 2025 Guinea-Bissau elections,…
Finally, President Tinubu takes the bull by the horns
By Tunde Rahman Given how sensitive the subject has become, it is understandable that the matter of state police has taken this long. Importantly, it has also become imperative that…
NDLEA busts drug syndicate packaging illicit drugs as Christmas cookies
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a sophisticated drug distribution network disguising illicit substances as imported Christmas cookies and snacks. Two masterminds behind the syndicate, Deji Adesanya…
Tinubu nominates Yakubu, Ikpeazu, Omokri, Fani-Kayode, others as ambassadors
President Bola Tinubu has submitted a fresh list of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate, days after sending an initial batch of three nominees for screening. In two separate letters…