FG Must Tackle Corruption In Security Sector To End Insecurity – CISLAC

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has urged the Federal Government to address corruption in the security sector in order to end insecurity in the country. Auwal Rafsanjani, Executive Director of CISLAC, gave the charge when he spoke on Channels TV on Monday, commending President Bola Tinubu for the decision to withdraw police officers from Very Important Persons (VIPs), stressing that misplacement of priority has made it impossible to place the police in ungoverned...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Dumps PDP, Joins ADC

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who resigned his membership from the People’s Democratic Party PDP in July, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Atiku, while making an official declaration in Jada, Adamawa State, stated that his migration to ADC was due to the prolonged internal crisis within the PDP. Atiku resigned from the PDP after opposition politicians adopted and unveiled the ADC as their political platform ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Atiku...

Tinubu orders withdrawal of all police officers attached to VIPs

…VIPs may use NSCDC President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says henceforth, police authorities will deploy Police officers to concentrate on their core policing duties.  The President had ordered the withdrawal of police officers currently providing security for Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country; however said VIPs who require protection will now request well-armed personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). A statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman, that the president gave...

Atiku Condemns Appointment Of Xpress Payments Solutions By FG

…Says It’s A Replica Of Alpha Beta Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the appointment of Xpress Payments Solutions Limited as a new TSA collecting agent by the Federal Government, saying that it’s a replica of Alpha Beta revenue cartel that dominated Lagos State during the tenure of President Bola Tinubu as governor. The former Vice President, in a press release on Sunday, urged the Federal Government to come clean with Nigerians, stressing that...

Chekwas Okorie Appeals To Ndigbo In Sokoto To Rally Round Nnamdi Kanu

The founder and pioneer national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has appealed to Igbo residents in Sokoto State to rally around Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is currently in a prison in the North West. Okorie, who described sending the IPOB leader to Sokoto as provocative, stated that the incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu and sending him to Sokoto prison is ominous. The Convener/National...

Labour Party Condemns Abduction Of Niger Pupils

The Labour Party has condemned the abduction of more than 300 pupils of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwarra Local Government Area of Niger State. The party also sought decisive action against rising insecurity in the country, stressing that Nigerians cannot continue to watch helplessly while its citizens are attacked with reckless abandon. In a press statement on Sunday, the Interim National Chairman of the Labour Party, Senator Nenadi Usman, expressed...

President Tinubu Announces Rescue of 38 Christians Kidnapped in Kwara

…Confirms the freedom of Nigerian pupils President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed the successful rescue of abducted citizens in Kwara and Niger States, following coordinated security operations by Nigeria’s security forces. In a statement addressed to the nation, the President said he had cancelled his planned trip to the G20 summit in South Africa to personally oversee security efforts at home. “Thanks to the efforts of our security forces over the last few days, all...

President Tinubu Says 38 Worshippers Abducted In Kwara Have Been Rescued

Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed that all the 38 worshippers of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) at Oke Isegun in the Eruku community, a boundary town with Kogi in the Ekiti LGA of Kwara state abducted by bandits have been rescued. The president further said 51 abducted pupils in Niger state have also been recovered. In a statement posted on X, on Sunday, Tinubu said that the country and its people will be protected...

Yobe Shutdown Boarding Schools, Adamawa Deboard Boarding Schools 

Yobe state government has directed the closure of all boarding Secondary Schools in the state as a proactive measure to safeguard students in the schools. The decision followed a security meeting between the Governor, Mai Mala Buni, and Security chiefs in the state, which reviewed security incidents in schools in some parts of the country. A notice signed by Dr. Bukar Aji Bukar, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, directed the immediate...

Federal Ministry of Education Debunks Closure Of Unity Schools

The Federal Ministry of Education has debunked a message currently circulating on the closure of 47 Unity Schools due to the security situation in some parts of the country. According to a statement signed by Boriowo Folasade, Director, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, the message was described as false, misleading, and did not originate from the Federal Government or the Federal Ministry of Education. “The Federal Ministry of Education hereby informs the general...

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