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...
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...
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)...
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...
Armed bandits have abducted about six residents in a late-night attack on Rukpete Village in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, According to a community source, the incident occurred at approximately 11:00...
Abubakar Kawu Baraje, a top chieftain of the APC, has made a stunning claim. He says the party, APC, brought in Fulani bandits from Mali to help secure victory at the polls. But after...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that the National Assembly’s N110 billion spending on vehicles and allowances is illegal. The court said the spending broke procurement laws, the Constitution, and the public...
A fresh legal battle has emerged against the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), with a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja asking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the party....
The Nigerian Law School Class of 1988 expresses deep concern and outrage over the persistent and disturbing incidents of kidnapping of school children across Nigeria. Recent abductions of pupils, students, and teachers in different...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, narrowly escaped a mob attack on Friday at the popular Ladipo Market in Lagos State. Igbokwe shared the incident in a video on his...
As Nigeria’s 2027 general elections draw closer, the political partnership between Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso under the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has become one of the most talked-about — and contested — alliances...
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has hit a new milestone. It has increased its crude oil processing capacity to 700,000 barrels per day (bpd), surpassing its original design capacity of 650,000 bpd. The achievement was...
Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a Nigerian Army base along the Mandara–Buratai Road in Borno State. At least eight soldiers were killed and several others wounded, according to military sources. A source at the...
The Acting Customs Area Controller of PTML Command, DC Nura Miko, has called for stronger teamwork between customs, terminal operators, and other stakeholders to improve cargo clearance operations. During his visit to the Grimaldi/PTML...
Armed bandits have struck in Ondo State, destroying two buildings and kidnapping a nine-year-old boy in a brazen early morning attack. The incident occurred in the Igbosi area of Idogun, Ose Local Government Area,...
The United Nations has reported that weapons looted during the 2011 conflict in Libya have been traced to Nigeria and other parts of the Sahel region, where they continue to fuel extremism and violence....