Senate advances state police bill at second reading, moving closer to decentralised policing reforms aimed at improving Nigeria’s internal security
The Federal Government has approved five Air Peace flights to evacuate Nigerians who wish to return from South Africa amid renewed tensions
Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has backed calls for state police during a teachers’ protest over rising insecurity and school kidnappings
DSS has reportedly detained US-based Nigerian author Okey Ndibe at Lagos airport upon arrival in Nigeria. His associate says he was held for hours without explanation
Parents in Lagos rushed to schools after false reports of a bandit attack in Eleko and Imota caused panic. Police and authorities have dismissed the claims
Court in Abuja sentences a 22-year-old cleaner to 20 years for fatal stabbing of her boyfriend during a fight in Kurudu, FCT
Court adjourns EFCC Sylva property forfeiture case over compliance delay in suit involving nine Abuja properties linked to Timipre Sylva
Lagos rescues 1,315 vulnerable persons and prosecutes 459 beggars in major crackdown on street begging and social disorder
The APC has affirmed Governors Dikko Radda and Dauda Lawal as consensus governorship candidates for the 2027 elections in Katsina and Zamfara States
Nigerian Navy discovers suspected explosives staging camp in Rivers and Bayelsa creeks, recovering ammunition and materials for improvised devices
Gunmen abduct school principal and students in Oyo State’s Ahoro-Esinele community during a morning attack, police launch rescue operation
Lagos State will introduce a new driver’s licence in partnership with the Federal Government to improve road safety and speed up issuance
The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned a suit seeking ADC deregistration as parties argue over jurisdiction and pending appeal issues
Nigerian Army deployment in Maiduguri leads to postponement of a protest over insecurity and abductions in Borno State
The Renewed Hope Ambassadors have praised President Bola Tinubu’s administration for ongoing infrastructure projects across Northern Nigeria
President Tinubu approves Femi Fani-Kayode’s redeployment as Nigeria’s Ambassador-Designate to South Africa after his request for reassignment
House of Representatives approves ₦2.29tn FCT and ₦1.75tn NDDC 2026 budgets to boost infrastructure, security, and development projects
Rotary District 9112 awards ₦14.9 million scholarships to 23 students in Lagos and Ogun States under its educational welfare programme
Concerned Oyo Youths accuse Chief Adebayo Adelabu of divisive conduct and disrespect towards APC leaders and the Olubadan
Lagos gas explosion fire outbreak injures attendant and damages shops in Orile-Iganmu, as firefighters quickly contain the blaze