Scholars, Traditional Rulers, Cultural Icons, and Public Leaders to Gather in Honour of Global Art Legend The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), in collaboration with the University Senior Staff Club, cordially invites members...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned what it describes as ethnic profiling and threats to deport Northern women by the Ondo State Amotekun security corps. The Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun) earlier...
When Nigerians Protest for Kidnapped Children, Why Do Some People Feel Threatened? By Beadysword Insight More than 30 days after schoolchildren and teachers were kidnapped in Oyo State, a painful question remains: Why does...
Beadysword Insight “Stop bringing us slogans. Bring us economic solutions.” say the Ndigboamaka ProgressivMarket Association, an umbrella body of over 58 major markets in Lagos dering a roundtable with Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has intercepted 1.8 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa (“Canadian Loud”) and two containers of expired pharmaceutical products at Apapa Port. The combined Duty Paid Value of the...
Scholars, Traditional Rulers, Cultural Icons, and Public Leaders to Gather in Honour of Global Art Legend The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), in collaboration with the University Senior Staff Club, cordially invites members...
The Nigerian government has signalled it may take action against South African companies operating in Nigeria — including telecom giant MTN — as anger grows over the continued harassment and attacks on Nigerians living...
Resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) have embarked on a three-day warning strike, and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos branch, is sounding the alarm. The industrial action, which began...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has clarified that he never alleged that any senator’s signature was forged in relation to the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. His...
Suspected bandits have killed nine people and injured eleven others in Unguwar Magaji community, located in the Kamaru Ward of Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The spokesperson for the Irigwe Youth Movement,...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned what it describes as ethnic profiling and threats to deport Northern women by the Ondo State Amotekun security corps. The Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun) earlier...
When Nigerians Protest for Kidnapped Children, Why Do Some People Feel Threatened? By Beadysword Insight More than 30 days after schoolchildren and teachers were kidnapped in Oyo State, a painful question remains: Why does...
Beadysword Insight “Stop bringing us slogans. Bring us economic solutions.” say the Ndigboamaka ProgressivMarket Association, an umbrella body of over 58 major markets in Lagos dering a roundtable with Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has intercepted 1.8 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa (“Canadian Loud”) and two containers of expired pharmaceutical products at Apapa Port. The combined Duty Paid Value of the...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C, headquartered in Owerri, has recorded a major enforcement success, intercepting a large consignment of smuggled vegetable oil valued at over N403 millioAccording to...
The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, under the leadership of Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, has introduced new access restrictions that took effect on June 15, 2026. The policy is intended to tighten security...
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has cut the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by N75 per litre, bringing the gantry price down from N1,250 to N1,175. The coastal price per metric tonne has also been...
The governorship candidates of two political parties in Taraba State have pushed back against a Federal High Court ruling that ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister their parties. Professor Jerome Nyameh...
After a Decade of Silence – OAU’s Long-Abandoned Filling Station Roars Back to Life After more than a decade of silence, the familiar hum of fuel pumps has returned to Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU),...
A spiritual leader known as an Ezenwanyi took three men to a river for a cleansing ritual. Those same three men abducted her, gang-raped her for days, and demanded a ransom from her family....
” ₦21 Million Ransom YET “Yoruba Monarch Dies in Captivity” A cloud of grief has settled over Olayinka community in Ifelodun LGA, Kwara State, after news broke that its traditional ruler, Oba Salman Olatunji Aweda,...
Relief and renewed hope swept through Ethiopian prison cells this week as news broke that 136 Nigerian inmates will soon be transferred back to Nigeria to complete their sentences. The prisoner transfer was facilitated...
In a troubling development, bandits in Nigeria have released the body of a retired Major General along with his wife to their family. The retired senior military officer had been kidnapped and later...
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked Government Day Secondary School in Kautikari Village, Chibok Local Government Area, Borno State, on Saturday evening. They set fire to a block of five classrooms and a staff office....
For the over 4,000 residents of the Afghanistan community in Garko Ward, Gombe State, the rainy season brings more than just rain — it brings fear and isolation. The community depends on a single...
At least 20 people have been killed in a bandit attack on the Fesken Rafi community in Kebbi State, raising fresh concerns over insecurity in the region. Deputy Governor Umar Tafida led a condolence...
Between Fear and Fratricide: The Survival Story Igbos Won’t Tell Themselves BEADYSWORD SPECIAL REPORT Why Do Many Southeasterners Stay Silent? The Untold Story of Fear, Survival, and a War That Never Truly Ended More...
The Katsina State Government has confirmed the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, who died while in the custody of bandits—a development officials have described as a tragic loss to both the state...
The House of Representatives has passed a constitutional amendment bill to establish state police across Nigeria. This is a major step in the country’s long-running debate on decentralising policing and tackling insecurity. How the...
Comptroller Joseph Anani has officially started his role as the Customs Area Controller of Tincan Island Port Command. Right from the start, he hit the ground running with visits, inspections, and meetings aimed at...
A member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon. Yaya Bauchi Tongo, has died. He represented the Kwami/Funakaye/Gombe Federal Constituency of Gombe State. Tongo was first elected in 2023 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Nigerian music star Davido used his performance at the FIFA World Cup Countdown Concert in Los Angeles to draw international attention to the abduction of schoolchildren in Oyo State. The singer wore a custom-made...
The Iluke Bunu community in Kogi State is in distress after bandits attacked, killing a local school vice principal and kidnapping students preparing for their WAEC examinations. In a separate incident in Minna, Niger...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that work on Phase 2 of the Lekki Port will start soon, marking another step in the state’s push to become a major maritime logistics hub...
The Chairman of SIFAX Group, Dr Taiwo Afolabi, has called on the federal government to prioritise the rehabilitation, revival, and expansion of Nigeria’s eastern ports. Speaking during a visit from Dr Pius Akutah, Chief Executive...
The Nigerian government has begun the evacuation of its citizens from South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks, with the first batch of 268 returnees arriving in Lagos this morning. Minister of State for Foreign...
Eight Nigerian soldiers have reportedly been killed in a deadly ambush in Kaduna State by a group described as “repentant” bandits, according to family sources and local reports. A relative of one of the...
President Bola Tinubu has dispatched a high-level delegation to Ethiopia to bring home nearly 300 Nigerians held at Kaliti, a maximum-security prison. The delegation includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Attorney-General. Their...