BY GODWIN OBI Legal luminary and business mogul, Chief (Barr.) Success Obioma Akagburuonye, has urged all tiers of government to prioritise economic freedom and educational empowerment as core drivers of genuine national sovereignty. Akagburuonye made the call while delivering the keynote address at the inaugural Nnamdi Azikiwe Memorial Lecture (NAML),Continue Reading
Deborah Tolu Kolawole, Nathaniel Shaibu, Collins Agwam, Hussaini Ibrahim, Umar Sani, Chima Azubuike, Animasahun Salman, James Abraham, Isah Ojo, Patrick Odey, James Abraham and Ademola Adegbite BY GODWIN OBI Amid the worsening security crisis in the North, the 19 Northern governors have scheduled an emergency meeting for November 29, 2025,Continue Reading
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have abducted 12 females in Mussa district, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. They were reportedly kidnapped while returning from their farms on Saturday evening. The Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Daso, confirmed this to Channels Television on Sunday. Daso said the Command had launchedContinue Reading
South-West governors, under the aegis of the South-West Governors’ Forum, have renewed their call for the creation of state police to tackle the security challenges bedeviling the region and the country in general. They made the call on Monday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, after a closed-door meeting heldContinue Reading
No fewer than 100,000 police officers attached to Very Important Persons and politicians are to be withdrawn and redeployed to frontline policing and counter-insurgency operations, as part of new measures to confront escalating insecurity nationwide. President Bola Tinubu issued the directive at a high-level security meeting held on Sunday inContinue Reading
Pope Leo XIV called on Sunday for the release of over 300 hostages taken from the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri in the Agwarra local government area of Niger state. “I learned with immense sadness the news of the kidnappings of priests, faithful, and students in NigeriaContinue Reading
Abia State Governor Alex Otti has announced that steps are underway to secure the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Otti stated that the plan was first initiated during Kanu’s trial. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced Nnamdi KanuContinue Reading
By Frontline Reporters Security around the Sokoto Custodial Centre has been significantly tightened following the transfer of the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to the facility. Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday by the Federal High Court in Abuja after being found guiltyContinue Reading
By Frontline Reporters The Federal Government and several northern states have ordered the closure of selected schools following rising insecurity and fresh mass abductions of pupils. This comes after terrorists attacked St Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting 215 students andContinue Reading
The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter, Most. Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna has confirmed that a total of 227 persons, including teachers and students, were abducted, following an attack by suspected terrorists on the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri in the Agwarra local governmentContinue Reading