By Nkanu Egbe Nigeria’s long-running crisis of insurgency and terrorism has stretched the nation’s institutions to their limits. From the scorched villages of the North-East to the tense fault lines of the Middle Belt, violence has become not only a security challenge, but a defining feature of national life. Communities have been attacked, displaced, and Read More…
On Friday, April 10, 2026, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Comptroller-General Kemi Nandap suspended comptrollers at the Lagos-Seme border commands in direct response to viral videos exposing officers’ extortion of traders and travelers, igniting public fury and prompting a formal probe. The Lagos-Seme border, Nigeria’s pulsating gateway to West Africa, has erupted into scandal once again. Read More…
The Lagos State Police Command has moved swiftly to detain a team of officers following a botched tactical operation in the AIT area of Alagbado that left two innocent passersby dead. The incident, which occurred late Friday, has sent shockwaves through the border community between Lagos and Ogun States, reigniting the heated debate over the Read More…
The high walls of Sandringham offered no sanctuary this morning. In a scene that has sent shockwaves from the manicured lawns of Norfolk to the bustling streets of Lagos, the man formerly known as Prince Andrew has been arrested. Now stripped of his royal titles and answering simply to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the 66-year-old was taken Read More…
In a dramatic escalation of U.S. foreign policy, the White House has confirmed that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is in American custody following a military operation in Caracas. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the development early this morning, stating that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were extracted from Venezuela and are being transported to Read More…
The Federal Government has moved swiftly to assert control over the narrative regarding the Christmas Day airstrikes in Northwest Nigeria, revealing on Boxing Day that the operation was executed based on “credible intelligence” provided by Nigerian security agencies. The disclosure comes as diplomatic fault lines emerge between Abuja and Washington D.C., with the U.S. administration Read More…
The Federal Government has confirmed that a series of “precision hits” were carried out against terrorist targets in Northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, part of a joint security operation involving United States military assets. The high-profile strikes, which occurred late on December 25, 2025, have drawn sharply contrasting official narratives from Abuja and Washington D.C. Read More…
It is not yet doomsday in Nigeria. There is still some chance to rescue us from ourselves, even if the buffeting winds of killings and maimings and outright erasure of human settlements from the surface of the earth have served adequate notice that we are pushing our luck.I have no partisan agenda other than the Read More…
By Wole Olaoye “O deity, save me if you can; if not, just leave me as you met me”, Teacher Abel soliloquised when he learnt of President Trump’s threat to invade Nigeria to rid the country of Islamist terrorists. Abel is of southwest extraction. He used to teach in a primary school in Northern Nigeria. Read More…
By Joy Essien Depending on what side of the divide you’re on, whether liberal or conservative, one thing is certain, no one deserves to be eliminated for having a strong opinion and influence on issues they’re passionate about. Definitely not in this era. Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, a U.S.-based conservative student movement Read More…
