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Today, the Senate had an elaborate discussion on the security situation in the country, which has worsened in the last few weeks. When the Senate President recognised me to speak, I started by reminding him how I raised this issue with him a couple of days ago, and the need…

Nigeria’s Senate has launched a far-reaching inquiry into the country’s worsening security crisis, questioning why soldiers stationed at Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State vanished only hours before heavily armed bandits stormed the area and abducted dozens of students. Lawmakers, visibly unsettled during Wednesday’s plenary, said the withdrawal…

…Orders major police, military recruitment boost By Douglas Kamsela, Abuja Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency and approved one of the country’s largest police and military recruitment expansions in years, as violent attacks surge across multiple states. Tinubu, in a national broadcast, said recent spikes…

By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of three non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, marking a significant step toward filling long-vacant diplomatic positions. Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the President’s request during Wednesday’s plenary, announcing the nominees as Kayode Are from Ogun…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the Federal Government to take swift and decisive action to safeguard citizens amid rising insecurity across the country, insisting that the situation now demands an immediate, excuse-free response from national leaders. CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, made the appeal on Wednesday…

By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Tinubu has ordered a comprehensive security lockdown across forests in Kwara State in response to a surge in kidnappings and terrorist activities. The directive, announced on Tuesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, also mandates the Nigerian Air Force…

By Deborah Nnamdi The 24 schoolgirls abducted from Maga in Sakaba Local Government Area of Kebbi State have regained their freedom, the Presidency announced on Tuesday. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Bola Tinubu welcomed the safe return of the girls…

The Federal Government has explained why full details of the recent rescue of 38 abducted members of the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, are not being disclosed. Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy, said on Tuesday that such operations involve intricate planning and…

File photo: Comptroller-General, Customs, Adewale Adeniyi By Deborah Nnamdi The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, on Tuesday announced a new policy requiring compulsory drug testing for all recruits and serving officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Speaking at the closing session of the CGC’s 2025 Conference in Abuja, Adeniyi…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has maintained that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) unlawfully invaded its Abuja office on September 9, 2024, dismissing reports suggesting that its deputy director had retracted the claim. In a statement issued on Tuesday, SERAP insisted that its position remains…