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Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, a former Chief of Army Staff has said that establishing state police will only be effective in Nigeria if it is strictly professionalised. Dambazau told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja that state policing must be insulated from the control of state governors to prevent its weaponization against political opponents. He also called strict, non-compromised …

  According to Obi, the amount earmarked for debt repayment far outweighs government allocations to critical sectors such as healthcare, education, and poverty alleviation. Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticized the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over Nigeria’s worsening debt crisis and what he described as misplaced fiscal priorities. The former governor of Anambra State said …

  The quality of persons recruited into the Force needs to be improved urgently. And, very importantly, there is a need for better training and the hands-on operational supervision of police officers. The extra-judicial killing of Mene Ogidi in Effurun by the police in Delta State on 26 April has once more exposed the rump of this arm of law …

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress in Edo State deepened on Monday as a faction loyal to the former governorship candidate of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, declared him winner of the Edo South Senatorial District primary election for the 2027 National Assembly polls. The fresh declaration came barely hours after the Mohammed Ajana-led APC National Assembly Primary Elections …

*Ize-Iyamu, Imasuen Reject Results The former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, on Monday recorded a major political upset in Edo State as he defeated the incumbent Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District, Senator Neda Imasuen, and former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to emerge the party’s candidate for the 2027 …

Israeli Defense Forces eliminated a top Islamic Jihad commander with an airstrike in Lebanon, the IDF announced Monday. The IDF says its strike eliminated Wael Mahmoud Abd al-Halim, who served as the Islamic Jihad’s Commander of the Beqaa region in Lebanon. “Al-Halim led the integration of Islamic Jihad terrorists into combat operations alongside Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon and operated to …

Controversial Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has come under heavy criticism from Nigerians on social media after he appeared to suggest that armed groups involved in kidnapping rely on ransom payments to finance their operations. In the comments that sparked outrage, Gumi was quoted as saying that criminals involved in banditry were under pressure from security operations and therefore needed funds …

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. WHO said the outbreak doesn’t meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency like COVID-19, and advised against the closure …

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran the “clock is ticking” as talks to bring the war to an end have stalled. “They better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. “TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!” The message came as the president spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

The Police in Oyo State, on Sunday, said the command has begun analysing the video of the abducted students and principal of a Community School in Orire Local Government Area currently circulating online. It would be recalled that gunmen on Friday invaded Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State and attacked Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School …