Next Detty December Preparations Starts as FG Targets Better Experience
The Federal Government will begin early planning for the 2026 edition of Nigeria’s end-of-year festivities, popularly known as Detty December, from March, the Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has announced. Musawa made the disclosure while assessing the 2025 festive season during an interview on the MIC ON podcast hosted by […]
Alleged Coup – Military Submits Report to Tinubu
Alleged Coup – Military Submits Report to Tinubu The Nigerian military has officially submitted its investigative report to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu regarding 16 detained officers previously linked to an alleged coup plot. While the military high command originally characterized the arrests as issues of “indiscipline and breach of service regulations,” […]
External Interests, Porous Borders Fuel Nigeria’s Insecurity, Opines Ex-Defence Chief
A former Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Ibrahim (retd.), on Saturday night in Abuja warned that Nigeria’s security difficulties are being worsened by porous borders and the country’s perceived economic attractiveness, arguing that these factors continue to draw external threats and internal divisions at a time when long-standing predictions about Nigeria’s collapse have not […]
NDLEA Uncovers Major Drug Trafficking Ring as Brazilian National, Others Nabbed in Multi-State Operations
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intensified Nigeria’s fight against transnational and domestic drug trafficking, arresting a 30-year-old Brazilian woman and several other suspects in coordinated operations across Abuja, Lagos, Kaduna, and multiple states, aimed at disrupting illicit drug supply chains and cutting off funding sources for criminal networks. The most […]
Army Disrupts Terror Supply Chain as Elderly Woman Is Nabbed Over Drug Link to Boko Haram
Nigerian troops under Operation Hadin Kai, on January 23, 2026, in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, arrested a 65-year-old woman, Hauwa Abulazeez, over allegations that she was supplying illicit drugs to Boko Haram insurgents, in a move aimed at weakening the terrorists’ logistical and criminal support networks. The arrest, which was made […]
Ukwa East Lawmaker, Political Leaders Pitch Tent with Labour Party, Hail Otti’s Development Drive
A member of the Abia State House of Assembly representing Ukwa East State Constituency, Hon. Lewis Obianyi, on Saturday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Labour Party (LP), citing what he described as Governor Alex Otti’s people-focused and results-oriented governance as the motivation for his decision. Obianyi made the move in Umuahia […]