Ribadu: Abducted St Mary’s Students ‘Doing Fine’, Will Return Soon

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRibadu: Abducted St Mary’s Students ‘Doing Fine’, Will Return Soon

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 1, 2025

The Federal Government has assured that the more than 300 pupils and staff abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State are alive and will soon be reunited with their families. National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu gave the assurance during a solidarity visit on Monday to Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kontagora, proprietor of the school, and to worried parents...

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Governor Otti Pays Solidarity Visit to Nnamdi Kanu in Sokoto Prison

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Otti Pays Solidarity Visit to Nnamdi Kanu in Sokoto Prison

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 1, 2025

…Pledges Continued Efforts for Release On Sunday, Alex Otti, Governor of Abia State, paid a visit to Nnamdi Kanu, the jailed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), at the Sokoto Correctional Centre, where he is serving a life sentence. The visit was described by Otti’s media office as part of a renewed push to secure Kanu’s release. According to a statement issued by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr...

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Security Guard Stages Self-Kidnap In Enugu, Demands N35million Ransom

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSecurity Guard Stages Self-Kidnap In Enugu, Demands N35million Ransom

PilotnewsDecember 1, 2025

The Enugu State Police Command has taken into custody a 26-year-old male security guard for staging his own kidnap and demanding ransom of thirty-five million naira from his family. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, in a press release states that the male suspect, Chibuike Joshua Ugwuja, sent a message across to his family through their neighbor’s Facebook account claiming his abduction. Meanwhile, Chibuike’s father had reported the disappearance of...

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Atiku Challenges Tinubu to Over ₦17.5trn Pipeline Security Expenditure

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAtiku Challenges Tinubu to Over ₦17.5trn Pipeline Security Expenditure

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 1, 2025

Former Vice President Atiku Abubaka has challenged President Bola Tinubu to subject the ₦17.5 trillion pipeline security expenditure to independent forensic audit, saying that the figure is more than what was spent for 12 years on fuel subsidy. In a press statement on Sunday, Atiku, noted that the President has merely robbed Nigerians to pay cronies, insisting that the government must publish the full list of companies awarded the contracts, disclose the scope, deliverables, and...

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Gunmen Storm Kogi Church, Kidnap Pastor, Wife, Others 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Storm Kogi Church, Kidnap Pastor, Wife, Others 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 1, 2025

Gunmen on Sunday stormed the newly established Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State, kidnapping a pastor, his wife, and several congregants during an early Sunday service. The community was said to have been thrown into confusion as the attackers stormed the worship centre, prompting residents to flee in search of safety. Confirming the development in a statement, Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi commissioner for information, described the attack...

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Nigeria Returns to IMO Council After 14-Year Absence

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Returns to IMO Council After 14-Year Absence

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 30, 2025

…Tinubu Calls It Global Confidence Vote Nigeria has secured a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council for the 2026–2027 biennium, signalling the country’s return to the global maritime decision-making table after a 14-year absence. Announcing the development on Saturday, the Presidency said the re-election, under Category C of the Council, was confirmed during the IMO General Assembly held in London on Friday, 28 November 2025. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu lauded the outcome, calling...

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NAE Pick Holes In FG’s Reversal Of Mother Tongue Policy

EducationNewsNigeriaNAE Pick Holes In FG’s Reversal Of Mother Tongue Policy

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 30, 2025

The Nigerian Academy of Education (NAE) has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to scrap the National Language Policy, calls on the Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, to reverse his decision. A statement by the president, Emeritus Professor Olugbemiro Jegede,  described the policy reversal as a grave disservice to Nigeria’s educational progress, warns that discontinuing mother tongue instruction without rigorous evaluation amounts to permanent recolonisation and the loss of Nigeria’s future and pride. It faults...

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CRC-N Decries Shutdown Of Schools

EducationNewsNigeriaCRC-N Decries Shutdown Of Schools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 30, 2025

The shutdown of schools and deboarding of many boarding institutions over the growing number of attacks on schools across the country has been described as a major setback to national development. The Christian Reformed Church–Nigeria, CRC-N, stated this in a communiqué issued at the end of its 161st General Church Council (Synod), held at CRC-N No. 1 Takum, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. The communiqué signed by CRC-N President, Rev. Dr. Isaiah...

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Be Concerned About Your Leader’s True Identity, Atiku’s Camp Mocks APC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBe Concerned About Your Leader’s True Identity, Atiku’s Camp Mocks APC

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 28, 2025

…Says Former VP Political Relevance Isn’t In Question The media office of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has mocked the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over a statement credited to it, asking the party to be rather concerned about the true identity of its leader, his fading capacity, and not former Vice President’s political choices. The office, in a press statement issued on Thursday, signed by Phrank Shaibu, Senior Special Assistant to...

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Police Withdraw Officers Attached To Atiku, Wike, Others 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPolice Withdraw Officers Attached To Atiku, Wike, Others 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 28, 2025

In compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to remove and redirect security personnel assigned to VIPs to core policing duties, the Nigeria Police Force has begun recalling officers attached to prominent individuals nationwide. A memo issued under reference AB: 4087/FCT/50PMF/VOL.10/, instructing all personnel deployed as escorts to high-profile figures to report back to base by 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 27, 2025, has been issued by the Mobile Police Force’s 50 Squadron in Kubwa, Abuja....

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