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Forum partners EFCC to tackle illegal hotel raids
By Didimoko A. Didimoko, Benin City The Businesses and Hoteliers Stakeholders Forum (BSHF) in Edo State said a new partnership with Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) marks a turning point that could end tensions and unannounced raids on legitimate hospitality businesses. Forum chairman Chief Omogiade Edokpolo said the…
Read More »ECOWAS suspends Guinea-Bissau after military coup
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its decision-making bodies following Wednesday’s military takeover in the country. The decision was announced late Thursday by the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) after an emergency virtual meeting chaired by Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio,…
Read More »Nnamdi Kanu loses at A’Court, wins Sokoto ‘Prison Presidency’
Nigeria’s Court of Appeal has struck out an appeal filed by convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, ruling that the application had become academic following his conviction and life sentence for terrorism offences. A three-member panel held on Friday that Kanu’s claims of violations of his fundamental rights – including access…
Read More »Gunmen kill three immigration officers in attack on Kebbi border
By Deborah Nnamdi Gunmen suspected to be members of the Lakurawa terrorist group have launched a deadly attack on a Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) checkpoint in Bakin Ruwa, along the Maje border in Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing three officers. The midnight assault on Wednesday has heightened…
Read More »Africa swine fever hit Spain for first time in 30 years
Spain has confirmed its first cases of African swine fever since 1994 after two wild boar found dead near Barcelona tested positive for the virus, the agriculture ministry has announced. The discovery has raised alarms within Spain’s livestock sector and threatens to complicate recent efforts by Madrid to expand pork…
Read More »Trump pauses migration from third world countries
...US President announces sweeping changes to third world countries migration … Move came after US-trained Afghan shot at White House guards US President Donald Trump has declared a “permanent pause” on migration from all “Third World countries”, a sweeping move announced after a deadly attack near the White House involving…
Read More »Ashimolowo urges Nigerians to support Tinubu’s security reforms
Renowned cleric and founder of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, has called on Nigerians to rally behind President Bola Tinubu’s administration as it intensifies efforts to tackle the nation’s escalating security challenges. Speaking on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Ashimolowo said the President’s…
Read More »Bandits abduct 24 in fresh attack on Niger community
By Deborah Nnamdi Bandits have launched a fresh attack on Palaita community in Erena Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting 24 people, including pregnant women, from a rice farm. The attack occurred at about 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday while residents were harvesting their crops. Despite Palaita being…
Read More »Sanwo-Olu meets security chiefs, assures residents of peaceful yuletide
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday convened a meeting of the State Security Council at the State House, Marina, where he received briefings from heads of security agencies on the current security situation in the state. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso,…
Read More »Kidnapped Kaduna Anglican Priest dies in captivity
By Deborah Nnamdi Reverend Edwin Achi, the priest in charge of Ebenezer Anglican Church, Ungwan Maijero in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has died while in the custody of his abductors. Rev. Achi and his wife were kidnapped on October 28, 2025, from their residence in Nissi Village,…
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