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Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has granted clemency to 97 inmates of the Kaduna Correctional Centre as part of activities marking the 2026 Democracy Day celebration. The governor also announced cash grants and vocational training opportunities for the beneficiaries to support their reintegration into society after release. Speaking during a ceremony at the Kaduna Correctional […]
The District Head of Maganda in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Hussaini Sulaiman, has been killed following a dispute at an illegal gold mining site in the community. Security sources said the incident occurred on Thursday and prompted a response from troops of Operation Fasan Yamma after reports of the killing […]
Troops of the Nigerian Army have successfully repelled an attack by suspected fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province along the Geidam–Maine Soro road in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State. The attack occurred in the early hours of Thursday while troops of the 159 Task Force Battalion were conducting a night standby […]
Former Lagos State Governor and former Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to recognise that elections are inherently imperfect and focus instead on strengthening democratic institutions and processes for national development. Fashola made the call on Friday while speaking at The Platform, a public policy forum held in Lagos as […]
Ousmane Dembélé has launched a passionate defence of Kylian Mbappé, describing the recent wave of criticism aimed at his Paris Saint-Germain and France teammate as “very unfair.” Speaking after PSG’s latest Ligue 1 fixture, the winger pushed back against pundits and fans who have scrutinised Mbappé’s recent performances. Dembélé argued that the forward is […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has sharply criticized President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day address, describing it as a speech filled with grand pledges but lacking concrete solutions to Nigeria’s pressing crises. In a statement released on Thursday, the opposition party argued that the president missed a critical opportunity to address the growing hardship, rising insecurity, […]
Prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, led a charged Democracy Day protest in Lagos on Friday, issuing a blistering ultimatum to the Federal Government over the worsening insecurity in the country. Speaking at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Falana specifically demanded the immediate and unconditional rescue of dozens of school children recently abducted […]
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has praised the country’s joint security forces following the discovery and seizure of a substantial cache of weapons belonging to the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The operation, a coordinated effort between the Department of State Services (DSS), […]
A major diplomatic breakthrough appears imminent in West Asia as Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced today that the United States and Iran have officially settled on a “final, agreed-upon text” for a peace deal aimed at ending their months-long conflict. Pakistan has been acting as a primary mediator in the war, which broke out […]
The Edo State Government has announced that schools temporarily closed due to security concerns will reopen on Monday, June 15, 2026. This decision brings relief to students, teachers, and parents in the affected areas. The move follows a careful check of the security situation in the state. Governor Monday Okpebholo had earlier ordered the temporary […]
