By TOSAN OYAKHILOME-AKAHOMEN THE Senate has revealed that at least 1,680 schoolchildren have been kidnapped and 180 school facilities attacked across Nigeria since the 2014 Chibok abductions. The figures were presented by the Senate Ad Hoc Committee investigating the Safe School Initiative (SSI), chaired by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, who said the attacks underscore the […]
By TOSI ORE TERRORISTS who abducted 10 residents of Isapa in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have issued a one-week deadline for the payment of a ₦300 million ransom, threatening to kill the victims if their demand is not met. The captives were seized last Sunday, and negotiations have so far failed […]
By ENUENWOSU KESTER EMEKE NIGERIA’S political geography has never been static. It has been reshaped repeatedly — from the old regional system to today’s 36-state structure — each shift exposing competing identities, power interests, and the deep quest for equity. As the debate over the creation and zonal placement of a proposed […]
By NELSON EGWARE A fresh wave of debates over Nigeria’s next round of state creation has revived old tensions in Delta North, where lawmakers and local government chairmen are now battling what they describe as a calculated attempt to “drag Anioma into the South-East.” In a rare united front, all Delta North legislators in the State […]
By NINI NDUONOFIT-AKOH AKWA Ibom State has been named Nigeria’s cleanest state for 2025, earning an impressive score of 79 per cent, according to the State of the Nigerian Environment (STONE) Report 2025. This marks the eighth consecutive year the state has clinched the top spot. Ene Owoh, National Coordinator of Clean-Up Nigeria and secretary […]
DELTA State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved automatic postgraduate scholarships for the best graduating students from the state’s four universities. The Executive Secretary of the Delta State Bursary and Scholarship Board, Dr. Godfrey Enita, announced that the initiative aims to strengthen academic excellence, support youth development, and advance the Governor’s M.O.R.E. Agenda on […]
By TOSAN OYAKHILOME-AKAHOMEN THE House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to publicly identify, sanction and prosecute all individuals and entities financing terrorism and banditry, insisting that transparency is essential to ending spiralling insecurity across Nigeria. The demand formed part of the House’s resolutions on national security reform following its three-day special plenary […]
By DIANA CHUKWUKA AN international rights organisation, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) France, has revealed that 82 women are currently on death row in Nigerian correctional centres—one of the highest figures recorded for female inmates in sub-Saharan Africa. The disclosure was made by ASF France Country Director, Angela Uzoma-Iwuchukwu, during a capacity-building workshop in […]
By ANITA KNIGHT AMNESTY International Nigeria has delivered a strong rebuke of the Federal Government, accusing President Bola Tinubu’s administration of failing to protect citizens amid a surge in bandit attacks, mass abductions, and deadly raids across the country. In a statement posted Monday on its official X handle, the human rights organisation said armed […]
By ANDERSON (ANDY) CLIFF THE United States has suspended all pending asylum applications and immigration benefit requests submitted by nationals of 19 countries designated as “high-risk,” following a new directive issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Trump administration. According to the internal policy memo released Tuesday, USCIS officers have been […]