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Dec

2025

NEC Approves N100 Billion For Rehabilitation Of Security Agencies’ Training Facilities

NEC Approves N100 Billion For Rehabilitation Of Security Agencies’ Training Facilities The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the sum of N100 billion, subject to a final ratification by President Bola Tinubu, for rehabilitation of training institutions for police and other security agencies in Nigeria. This followed recommendations by the ad hoc committee earlier constituted to assess the state of police and security agencies’ training institutions nationwide. NEC is chaired by the Vice President Kashim Shettima and has 36 state Governors as members. Other members include the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, the Minister of Economic…

Dec

2025

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US To Impose Visa Restrictions On Nigerians Responsible For Christian Genocide

Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Religion, Security

US To Impose Visa Restrictions On Nigerians Responsible For Christian Genocide The US government has introduced a new policy which allows it to impose a visa ban on people considered responsible for the attack on Nigerian Christians. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the US State Department said the policy allows it to deny visas to those who have directed, authorised, supported, participated in, or carried out abuses targeting people based on faith. The US government said the policy was being implemented under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Through the new policy, family members of affected persons…

Dec

2025

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Senate Confirms Ex-CDS Musa As Defence Minister After Fierce Screening

National Assembly, News Flash, Security

Senate Confirms Ex-CDS Musa As Defence Minister After Fierce Screening The Senate on Wednesday approved the appointment of former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa (retd.), as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence. The confirmation rounded off a lengthy and highly scrutinised five-hour session that placed national security concerns at the centre of debate. Lawmakers subjected the nominee to probing questions on a series of recent security failures, most notably the controversial withdrawal of soldiers from Government Comprehensive Girls Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, shortly before armed men abducted several students on 17 November, an incident that triggered widespread…

Dec

2025

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China Pledges Support For Nigeria’s Anti-Terrorism Efforts, Trade Expansion

Business, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Security

China Pledges Support For Nigeria’s Anti-terrorism Efforts, Trade Expansion Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, met with Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations and ongoing cooperation between the two countries. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chinese Embassy in Abuja. Dunhai said, “Through the joint efforts of both sides, the China-Nigeria comprehensive strategic partnership has entered the fast track.” He highlighted China’s commitment to international cooperation, referencing the country’s 15th Five-Year Plan, and noted that “China and Nigeria have always understood and supported each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests.”…

Dec

2025

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‘Stop Calling On Trump, He Has No Business In Nigeria’ – APC Senator Warns Nigerians

National Assembly, News Flash, Religion, Security

‘Stop Calling On Trump, He Has No Business In Nigeria’ – APC Senator Warns Nigerians Senator Abdulaziz Yari representing Zamfara West, has cautioned Nigerians against seeking help from US President Donald Trump on the country’s security challenges. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja at the flag-off of the One Nigeria Project organised by the National Association of Former Local Government Council Chairmen (NALGON), Yari said no foreign leader can solve Nigeria’s problems. His words: “Stop calling on Trump. Trump has no business in Nigeria. The problems of Nigeria will be solved by Nigerians.” Yari said growing frustration over insecurity has led…

Dec

2025

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Gov Otti Meets Tinubu Over Efforts To Secure Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

Abuja, Human Rights, News Flash

Gov Otti Meets Tinubu Over Efforts To Secure Nnamdi Kanu’s Release President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday met with Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Governor Otti’s meeting with President Tinubu is believed to be part of ongoing engagements aimed at securing the release of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The meeting comes just days after Governor Otti visited Kanu at the Sokoto prison facility, where the IPOB leader is serving his sentence. Otti undertook the Sokoto visit alongside Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu; the Abia State…

Dec

2025

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PDP Issues Expulsion Certificates To Wike, Fayose, Others

News Flash, Politics

PDP Issues Expulsion Certificates To Wike, Fayose, Others The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has issued expulsion certificates to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and others expelled at the party’s last national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to a statement posted on PDP’s X handle after the ceremony, the certificates were issued at a meeting of the NWC on Tuesday in Abuja, where the Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, formally transferred national leadership to Senator Kabiru Turaki. Recall that PDP had, at the November 16 convention, ratified Wike’s and others’ expulsion over…

Dec

2025

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ASUU Backs Down On Strike, Agrees To 40% Salary Increase

Education, News Flash

ASUU Backs Down On Strike, Agrees To 40% Salary Increase The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has softened its stance in the prolonged wage dispute with the Federal Government, agreeing to a 40 per cent salary increase, a development that may finally close months of drawn-out negotiations and avert fresh industrial action across public universities. ASUU had earlier rejected a 35 per cent pay rise, maintaining that the offer fell short of expectations. But at the final negotiation session with the government panel chaired by Yayale Ahmed in Abuja, union representatives were informed that 40 per cent was the…

Dec

2025

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Any Police Officer Escorting VIP Is On Illegal Duty, Will Be Arrested – Force Spokesman

Abuja, News Flash, Police Force, Security

Any Police Officer Escorting VIP Is On Illegal Duty, Will Be Arrested — Force Spokesman The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has warned that any police officer found providing escort or protection for Very Important Persons (VIPs) will be arrested, describing such assignments as “illegal duty” under the current directive of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun. Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, issued the warning on Tuesday while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. Hundeyin stressed that the enforcement operation is fully underway, emphasising that all officers attached to VIP protection duties have been withdrawn.…

Nov

2025

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Again, Otti Moves For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release, Visits Him In Sokoto Prison

Abia State, Crime, News Flash, Security

Again, Otti Moves For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release, Visits Him In Sokoto Prison Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), at the Sokoto Correctional Centre on Sunday. Kanu was recently sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho after he was found guilty on all seven counts of terrorism offences. The charges related to his secessionist agitations, acts of terrorism, membership of a proscribed group, killing of security operatives, destruction of public property, concealment, and the importation of an unregistered radio transmitter. The IPOB leader, who had been in…