Category: News

Governor Dauda Lawal as a panellist at the Arise News Town Hall Summit: Building a National Consensus for State Police & National Security Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has said that state police will go a long way toward tackling insecurity in the country by giving governors real authority as chief security officers of […]

US President Donald Trump, Credit: AFP The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to deport at least 124 Nigerians listed among what it described as the “worst of the worst” criminal aliens in the country. This was leant on Thursday from a DHS statement published on its website on Wednesday. The Nigerians […]

The clamour for the establishment of state police gained renewed momentum on Thursday as senior government officials, governors, lawmakers, security experts and international stakeholders converged on Abuja to canvass a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s policing architecture, arguing that the country’s worsening insecurity demanded a decentralised security system backed by strong legal safeguards, sustainable funding, community […]

President Bola Tinubu Reactions have trailed the disclosure by the Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, that Nigerian soldiers now earn a minimum monthly salary of N100,000. Veterans and serving personnel described the amount as grossly inadequate. This is as they accused President Bola Tinubu of failing to implement a salary increment he promised nearly four […]

President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the impact of his administration’s reforms will be felt by citizens across the country, saying the policies are aimed at laying the foundation for greater prosperity and national development. Speaking at the inauguration of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement in Abuja on Thursday, President Tinubu, who was represented by […]

Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said it will be difficult for the Peoples Democratic Party to win a presidential election unless it first rebuilds its internal structures and resolves its lingering internal crises. Wike made the remarks during a media chat on Thursday, where he argued that political parties […]

Nigeria Immigration Service logo The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, on Thursday advised Nigerians residing in the United States, or requiring travel visa to apply directly to the service. In a public announcement shared on its official X account, the NIS announced the disengagement of Online Integrated Solutions, popularly known as OIS Services, as the operator […]

Presidential candidate of the Nogeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi. Ex-Anambra State governor and Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has again defended his long-standing claim that he left office in 2014 with about $150 million and N36 billion in state savings, insisting that the funds were legitimately invested across three commercial […]

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has revealed why he is not popular among civil servants. Wike attributed the situation to his decision to block what he described as avenues for diverting public funds. He made this known during his monthly media briefing on the state of the […]

Atiku Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has asked the federal government to guarantee the safety of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). He has also asked for the release of Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, warning that democracy is threatened when opposition figures are […]