Suspected gunmen attacked Nigeria’s National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru, Plateau State on Monday night, killing a police officer and two soldiers before being repelled from the residential quarters housing course participants.
Federal court orders INEC to deregister ADC, Accord and three other parties ahead of 2027 elections A Federal High Court
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered INEC to deregister the ADC and four other political parties — and bar them from the 2027 polls — for failing to meet the constitutional 25 per cent vote threshold.
With just seven months to Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, INEC, security agencies and civil society are sounding the alarm over a worsening insecurity crisis — 5,272 Nigerians killed between January and May 2026 alone — that opposition parties insist must not be used as an excuse to postpone the polls, according to Vanguard.
Nigerians and other emerging-market users borrowed $3.18bn in airtime on credit in 2025 (94% of it from Africa), a 12.3% jump from 2024, according to fintech firm Optasia’s latest financial statements as reported by Punch.
Suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists attacked Kautikari village in Borno State on Saturday evening, setting two schools ablaze and forcing residents to flee for safety.
Kuwait has temporarily suspended Commercial Visit Visas for all nationalities, a move that is expected to disrupt business travel and
Yoruba traditional rulers are considering invoking ancestral deities and other indigenous spiritual measures to tackle banditry, kidnapping and violent crimes
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, says only God can ultimately bring Nigeria’s insecurity crisis to an end, even
Retired General Rabe was one-time Director of Defence Information (DDI) at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) of Nigeria. His death comes
