Written by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has renewed the call for a joint regional security outfit and the creation of state police. Abiodun made the call on Wednesday at a meeting of southern governors hosted in the state which focused heavily on the escalating security threats across the southern part of the country. READ … Continue reading “State Police Non-Negotiable For Effective Grassroots Security, Abiodun Tells Southern Govs”
US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that South Africa would not be invited to next year’s G20 summit in Miami, taking his diplomatic offensive against the country to a new level. Trump cited what he described as “horrific Human Right Abuses” endured by white farmers, and South Africa’s refusal to symbolically hand off the … Continue reading “Trump Drops South Africa From 2026 G20, Cites ‘Human Right Abuses’”
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nentawe Yilwatda, has said that the abducted pupils and teachers of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State will soon be reunited with their families. Yilwatda gave the assurance when he led members of the APC … Continue reading “Abducted Niger Schoolchildren, Teachers Will Soon Reunite With Families — Yilwatda”
A US judge on Wednesday ended the long-running case accusing Donald Trump and his allies of trying to overturn the 2020 election — bringing the curtain down on the final criminal prosecution still shadowing the president’s return to power. The ruling followed a forceful push from prosecutor Pete Skandalakis, who urged Judge Scott McAfee … Continue reading “Judge Dismisses Trump Election Interference Case”
Two US National Guard soldiers were shot and critically wounded Wednesday two blocks from the White House and police said a suspect had been taken into custody. “Please join me in praying for the two National Guardsmen who were just shot moments ago in Washington DC,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on X. … Continue reading “Two National Guard Soldiers Shot Near White House, Suspect In Custody”
A German woman of Congolese origin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo for an attempted bank robbery in broad daylight. Honorine Porsche, 37, appeared in the military court in the Congolese capital Kinshasa looking haggard as she was found guilty of armed robbery. On October 17, … Continue reading “German Woman Convicted Of Bank Robbery In DR Congo”
A retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Abutu Yaro, has advised that President Bola Tinubu’s directive for the police to withdraw personnel from VIPs be implemented with serious caution. Yaro, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, warned that if not handled carefully, the withdrawal of police officers from … Continue reading “Implement Police Withdrawal From VIPs With Caution, Retired AIG Tells FG”
A huge fire engulfed a crowded Hong Kong high-rise complex, killing at least 36 people and leaving more than 200 unaccounted for in the city’s worst blaze in decades. The fire, which started on Wednesday afternoon and was still burning in the early hours of Thursday, shocked the Chinese financial hub, which has some … Continue reading “UPDATED: Hong Kong High-Rise Fire Kills At Least 36, Over 200 Missing”
Member representing Borgu/Agwara Federal Constituency of Niger State, Jafaru Mohammad Ali on Wednesday raised the alarm that Kainji National Park, once a hub of Nigerias wildlife and tourism, has now become a stronghold for terrorists and demanded for an immediate military intervention to save the Constituency from the daily dastardly act of the daring bandits Addressing newsmen after … Continue reading “Terrorists now in full control of Kainji National Park Niger State lawmaker laments after escaping assassination attempt”
The Nasarawa State Police Command has reacted to the viral video of a clergyman, Evangelist Daniel Ukpo, claiming some herdsmen stormed a crusade ground in Agboda village and disrupted the crusade being held there. In a statement released this evening November 26, the spokesperson of the command, SP Ramhan Nansel, said no herdsmen attack occurred anywhere … Continue reading “Nasarawa police debunk report of herdsmen disrupting crusade in Agboda village; confirm clergyman who made the allegation is now in custody”