Indepth Analysis of Nigerian News & World Reports
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has taken another step towards strengthening the capacity of officers of the Commission to combat sophisticated financial crimes with the opening of a 10-day…
Isaac Samuel The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has dismissed a security officer, identified as Daniel Stephen, for allegedly helping Aichatou Asabe El-Rufai, wife of former…
Isaac Samuel The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has expressed concern over the rising political tension in Osun State ahead of the August 15 governorship election, as the Chairman…
The husband of the principal of Ahoro Community Grammar School, Oriire, Oyo State, Mrs Rachael Alamu, has explained why he eventually cut off communication with the kidnappers who held his…
President Tinubu has approved the expansion of the Nigerian Army’s structure from eight to twelve divisions to enhance the nation’s security and improve the operational effectiveness of Army. This approval…
The Headquarters Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps (NAOC) has declared one of its personnel, Private Mohammed Yusuf Amutu, wanted over his alleged involvement in the illegal sale and supply of military…
By Farooq A. Kperogi Because human beings are prone to perceive nonexistent patterns, connections and intentional design even in random or unrelated events, a cognitive tendency called apophenia, and because…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill to prepare the legal framework for the implementation of state police across the country. President…
Isaac Samuel Families of military officers standing trial over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu have called for transparency, accountability, and strict adherence to due process in the…
The family of the late retired Major General Rabe Abubakar has publicly challenged the Katsina State Government to explain the mysterious circumstances surrounding the return of his remains, revealing that…
His incompetence, cluelessness has reopened the scars of Chibok The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the tragic…
Isaac Samuel The Katsina State Government has announced the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, a former Director of Defence Information, while in the custody of bandits who abducted…
By Farooq A. Kperogi At the African Studies Association conference here in Atlanta late last year, Professor Tade Aina, Senior Programs Director at the Andrew Carnegie Foundation and one of…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday said terror-related deaths in Nigeria have declined by 81 per cent since 2015, while more than 13,000 terrorists were neutralised in the…
By Reuben Abati Following the spate of kidnappings – human beings being stolen across the country as if they were mere objects – in Oyo, Borno, Kebbi, Katsina, Kwara,…
By MekAbasi Akpabio I am an APC member, however, please let anyone, no matter how highly placed, who does not have anything sensible to say in defence of the president…
By ETIM ETIM In the night of June 14, or probably early in the morning of April 15, 2014, Boko Haram terrorists invaded Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State…
By ETIM ETIM On the surface, the exit of Gov. Sim Fubara from Rivers State governorship contest and the abduction of school children and murder of a teacher by terrorists…
The Nigerian military headquarters has assured that there’s no terrorist bse in any part of the South West, assuring that kidnapped school children in the region would soon be rescued.…
By Zagazola Makama The reported killing of Abu-Bilal al-Manuki, a senior commander of the Islamic State and widely described as the second-in-command of ISIS globally, by joint United States and…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed the killing of senior Islamic State leader, Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki, during a joint counterterrorism operation carried out by Nigerian and United States forces.…
By ETIM ETIM Several hours after President Donald Trump announced the successful elimination of a senior ISIS leader by a joint operation of Nigerian and US forces, President Tinubu has…
Isaac Samuel United States President Donald Trump on Friday announced that American and Nigerian forces had killed a senior commander of the Islamic State group during a coordinated military operation.…
Isaac Samuel Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Friday reportedly attacked a primary and junior secondary school in Mussa village, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, abducting an unspecified number…
Isaac Samuel The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered a joint trial-within-trial to determine whether statements obtained from defendants in the alleged coup plot case were made voluntarily.…
Isaac Samuel Journalists were, on Monday, barred from covering the bail proceedings of six defendants accused of plotting a coup against the government of Bola Tinubu at the Federal High…
Isaac Samuel The Federal Government, on Wednesday, arraigned a retired army general and five others before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged coup plot against President Bola…
Isaac Samuel The Federal Government has filed a 13-count charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged coup attempt against President Bola Tinubu, listing former Minister of…
By ETIM ETIM Former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki has categorically denied any connection with the 2018 armed robbery attacks in Offa, Kwara State in which one of his aides…
Isaac Samuel The Plateau State Specialist Hospital, Jos, has raised an alarm over an alleged plot by suspected bandit groups to abduct medical practitioners, including doctors, nurses and other frontline…
Isaac Samuel An internal memo within the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has revealed a planned coordinated attack by terrorist groups targeting key facilities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and…
Isaac Samuel Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has suggested that the recent wave of insecurity across the country is tied to political activities ahead of the next general elections, insisting that…
“The Headquarters Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) has noted with serious concern the circulation of false, misleading and highly exaggerated reports across some television stations and social media platforms following the…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday swore in Olatunji Disu as the substantive Inspector-General of Police at a ceremony held inside the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.…
Isaac Samuel The National Police Council on Monday officially confirmed Olatunji Disu as the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP), formally ratifying his appointment as Nigeria’s 23rd police chief. The council,…
Prof Lawrence ETIM Two days ago, I shared the understated poser on Facebook and on selected WhatsApp groups: MORE AXIOMATIC FACTS “Most if not all terrorist groups are from Muslim…
Isaac Samuel Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has written to the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, seeking clarification over reports that the Office of the National Security Adviser…
Isaac Samuel The Nigerian military has confirmed that some of its personnel attempted to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government in October 2025. Reports had suggested that last year’s Independence Day…
Nigeria’s military high command – Defence Headquarters – has finally confirmed that there was indeed a coup plot to topple the Tinubu government. The attempt was foiled and some service…
Isaac Samuel On December 25, United States President Donald Trump announced that American forces carried out airstrikes on Islamic State (ISIS) targets in North-West Nigeria, claiming the militants had been…
Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, has affirmed that the US strikes launched in the early hours of Boxing Day has hit ISIS targets in Sokoto State. Here’s the full text…
By ETIM ETIM In the dead of the night of December 25, the United States launched targeted missiles strikes against ISIS terrorists in Jabo community in Sokoto State, making good…
The Nigeria Police Force has observed recent public commentary attributed to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, concerning the Motor Vehicle Tinted Glass Permit Policy.…
Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubarkar Malami, SAN, has denied allegations that he’s provided funding to support some terrorist groups in the country. In a…
By Farooq Kperogi While I am delighted that President Bola Tinubu appears to be taking security more seriously than he previously did (signaled by the appointment of General Christopher Musa…
By Marcel Okeke If the heightened insecurity in Nigeria has led to anything in recent times, it is the spreading and deepening of uncertainty in the polity. This trend assumed…
The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, has successfully repatriated a 61-year-old Turkish national, Acar Huseyin, to the Republic of Turkey to face his outstanding…
Isaac Samuel Former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, has warned that the recent wave of mass abductions in parts of northern Nigeria may be a deliberate tactic by bandits…
US Congressman Riley M. Moore on Wednesday met with a delegation of senior members of the Nigerian government, led by Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser to the President of…
By Senator Henry Seriake Dickson I wish to state, firstly, that Nigeria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national institutions must be respected by all. At the same time, I fully support…
