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Nigerians awoke this week to yet another series of grim reports from Plateau, Kebbi and Kogi states. At least 20 people were killed in an attack on Kawel community in Plateau State, while separate incidents in Kebbi and Kogi left more people dead and others abducted. Although the locations differ, the underlying story remains the ...
The recent successful rescue of former Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu's sister, Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, and her 12-year-old twin sons is undeniably a relief. Abducted on June 3, 2026, while driving her children to school in Ibadan, the family was freed just three days later during a swift, intelligence-led operation by the Force Intelligence Department’s ...
The resurgence of cholera in Borno State, which has already claimed dozens of lives and infected thousands within a matter of weeks, should serve as a stark reminder of the persistent vulnerabilities that continue to undermine public health in Nigeria. While authorities have moved to contain the outbreak through treatment centres, emergency interventions and public ...
There is a disturbing, self-inflicted wound bleeding Nigeria’s march toward economic progress dry. As a nation, we have long decried the inadequacy of our national electricity grid, the persistent blackouts, and the stifling effect of energy poverty on businesses and households. Yet, a look at the ruins of our power infrastructure reveals a bitter truth: ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) recently dealt a staggering, historic blow to transnational organized crime by completely dismantling a highly sophisticated, industrial-scale methamphetamine production syndicate in Ogun State. Operating from a clandestine laboratory hidden deep within a remote forest, this joint Nigerian-Mexican cartel was caught off guard by elite operatives of the agency's ...
Fresh turmoil within Nigeria’s education sector has once again exposed the dangerous fragility of institutions expected to shape the country’s future. Developments at the University of Lagos College of Medicine and within the West African Examinations Council have raised serious concerns about the stability, credibility and long-term direction of public education at a time when ...
The just-concluded presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has generated both applause and suspicion across Nigeria’s political landscape. While supporters of the ruling party have praised the exercise as evidence of APC’s nationwide dominance and political structure, many Nigerians are raising serious concerns over the credibility of the figures released after the ...
Nigeria’s telecommunications sector has evolved from a luxury service into one of the pillars sustaining modern national life. Millions of citizens now rely on mobile networks and internet access to work, study, transfer money, run businesses, obtain healthcare, consume news and participate in governance. Yet the legal framework regulating this vast digital ecosystem remains rooted ...
The latest joint operation between British and Nigerian authorities, which resulted in the arrest of 31 suspected cybercriminals linked to romance fraud, impersonation scams and money laundering, ought to trouble every serious-minded Nigerian. Investigators described the exercise as a coordinated international crackdown targeting organised criminal networks operating across the United Kingdom and Nigeria, a development ...
The recent dismantling of a massive methamphetamine laboratory concealed within the forests of Ogun State should disturb Nigerians far beyond the shock value of the headlines. What the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency uncovered was far more serious than another isolated narcotics operation. Authorities exposed a sophisticated transnational criminal network allegedly involving Nigerian traffickers and ...
The tragedy that befell Oyo State last week leaves a profound ache in the national consciousness, offering a grim reminder of a country steadily losing its grip on basic security. Many families remain utterly heartbroken as thirty-two children and teachers who set out for school have yet to return. They are not homeless; rather, they ...
Fear has settled heavily over Oyo State following the horrifying attack on schools in Oriire Local Government Area near Ogbomosho, where armed assailants invaded learning centres, abducted pupils and teachers, and left behind scenes of devastation that many residents once believed could never reach the South-West. The killing of an abducted mathematics teacher has since ...
The recent coordinated invasion of schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State is a devastating reminder of an intolerable reality that needs to be neaped in the bud. When motorcycle-riding terrorists can storm classrooms in broad daylight, kill dedicated educators, and march dozens of innocent children into the forests, we are not ...
Noirledge Publishing has announced the release of Entropy, a new poetry collection by Nigerian poet and publisher Servio Gbadamosi. The 118-page paperback collection, published in a 5.5 x 8.5-inch format, marks Gbadamosi’s third volume of poetry and continues his exploration of memory, spirituality, grief, nationhood and human endurance. According to the publisher, Entropy examines the ...
The fatal shooting near the University of Benin once again forces Nigeria into a painful but necessary conversation about cultism, campus violence and the entrenched networks that have allowed both to endure for decades. Reports indicate that gunmen intercepted a vehicle near the university gate and opened fire, leaving one person dead and others injured, ...
The recent revelation by Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, that he sanctioned community-led negotiations with bandits presents a troubling shift in Nigeria’s counter-terrorism narrative. While the Governor reports that these pacts have brought over a year of respite to participating villages, the long-term implications of this strategy suggest a pyrrhic victory. By allowing local communities ...
Renewed global attention to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UFOs) has drawn the world once more towards the outer limits of science and speculation. In the United States, expected disclosures and sustained investigation by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office reflect a system sufficiently assured of its technological depth to interrogate the unknown. Curiosity in that context is ...
Reports that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) uncovered a facility allegedly linked to the trafficking and illegal sale of infants once again place one of Nigeria’s most troubling criminal patterns back in public view. It is a category of crime that has appeared repeatedly over the years in different states and under ...
There is a particular humiliation in being seen too late. Weeks ago, in Ozoro, Delta State, videos circulated within Nigeria showing women chased, stripped, and assaulted during events linked to the Alue-Do festival. Nigerian media covered the incident, authorities issued condemnations, and arrests followed. The Nigeria Police Force described the scenes as “alarming” and “disgusting”, ...
A disturbing trend has solidified in our nations politics, the migration of outgoing state governors to the Red Chamber. This Governor-to-Senate pipeline has transformed the Nigerian Senate into what many now perceive as a high-end retirement hobby for former state executives, a place to enjoy immunity, retain relevance and collect generous allowances without the stress ...
Some crimes horrify because of their violence. Others cut deeper because they expose the decay within institutions entrusted with public safety. The killing of 28-year-old Mene Ogidi in Effurun, Delta State, falls firmly into the latter category, and the outrage it has provoked is rooted in far more than the act itself. The footage is ...
If the first chapter of this democratic crisis was defined by the shock of the breach, the gavel falling in an Abuja courtroom and the crackle of a Secret Service radio in Washington, the second must be defined by the quiet, difficult work of restoration. To view the legal prosecution of six alleged conspirators or ...
Few images capture the anxieties of modern democracy more starkly than those emerging this week from two very different capitals. One comes from a courtroom in Abuja, where six men stand accused of plotting to overthrow an elected government. The other comes from Washington, where an armed assailant allegedly attempted to breach a high-security checkpoint ...
History is a teacher, but in the hands of a desperate politician, it can easily be transformed into a torch. Over the weekend, while hosting a summit of opposition parties in Ibadan, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State did exactly that. By invoking the specter of "Operation Wetie", one of the bloodiest and most anarchic ...
The recent regulatory directives from the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) prohibiting on-air presenters from expressing personal opinions have sparked a heated national debate. While many Nigerians have raised an outcry, viewing this move as an attempt to stifle the press, we beg to differ. Instead, we see this as an essential pivot toward restoring professionalism ...
