The Nigerian Senate has passed a constitutional amendment bill to establish State Police across the country. This is the biggest change to how Nigeria handles security since the 1999 Constitution was written. The bill,...
Repentant Bandits Kill Grandson Of District Head, Abduct Nine Others In Kaduna Highway, Farm Attacks* A group of bandits who were said to have “repented” have reportedly killed a farmer they abducted in Kaduna...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has dismantled a large-scale clandestine methamphetamine production facility hidden in a forest in Tapa Village, Oyo state. The operation, carried out on June 17,...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has warned Nigerian governors not to misuse state police once the government approves its creation. The National Assembly is currently working on setting up state police to help improve...
Dr Boniface Aniebonam, founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), recently spoke about the ongoing challenges at Nigeria’s ports. He explained why NAGAFF...
A new video has surfaced online showing a man believed to be Bello Turji, one of Nigeria’s most wanted bandit leaders. In the recording, he claims responsibility for recent attacks on security operatives in...
Mrs Helen Prest Ajayi and her daughter, Tomisin Ajayi, have filed an appeal against a Lagos State High Court judgment concerning the estate of the late Dr. Tosin Ajayi. The appeal challenges the...
Omoyele Sowore, activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has been remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. The order came from the Federal High Court following a cybercrime charge...
Everybody says, “Friends are wicked, friends are scam” But when sunshine was sick, Chidera stayed. When Blessing was sick & struggling, Beady stayed. When Alex passed away, Vintage and IK Ogbonna stayed. Maybe friendship...
President Tinubu Grants Customs CG Adeniyi Six-Month Tenure Extension President Bola Tinubu has approved a six-month extension for Adewale Adeniyi as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Adeniyi will now remain...
Yiaga Africa has reported inconsistencies between the ballot papers, result sheets, and the final list of candidates published by INEC in the ongoing Ekiti State governorship election. In a statement, the election observation group...
Sam Amadi, Director of the Abuja School of Social Thought and Politics, says attacks on Peter Obi have not hurt his popularity because there are no credible corruption or scandal allegations against him....
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...