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Atiku: General Rabe’s Death Shows Tinubu’s Failure On Security

NewsDeskNgJun 15, 2026June 15, 20260

Atiku says General Rabe’s death in captivity exposes worsening insecurity and reflects the government’s security failures. Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has said President Bola Tinubu’s incompetence and cluelessness have reopened the scars of Chibok girls abduction and also made the efforts of the nation’s...

Abiodun Declares Ogun On High Alert, Unveils Tech-Driven Security Plan Amid Rising Insecurity

NewsDeskNgJun 14, 2026June 14, 20260

Governor Dapo Abiodun places Ogun on high alert, pledges tech-driven security response against terrorism, kidnapping, and banditry threats. Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has declared that his administration is on high alert against rising security threats across the country and unveiled plans to deploy technology-driven solutions to strengthen the...

Brazil-Based Businessman Held As NDLEA Intercepts Cocaine-Soaked Shirts At Lagos Airport

NewsDeskNgJun 14, 2026June 14, 20260

NDLEA arrests Brazil-based Nigerian businessman in Lagos airport over cocaine-soaked clothing and seizes drugs nationwide in multiple operations. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a Brazil-based Nigerian businessman at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, after discovering shirts and towels allegedly impregnated with liquid cocaine...

Umahi Says Tinubu Reviving Colonial-Era South-East Road Projects

NewsDeskNgJun 14, 2026June 14, 20260

Works minister David Umahi says long-abandoned regional road projects in South-East are now being executed under the Renewed Hope Agenda. Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has said several major road projects conceived during the colonial era but abandoned for decades are now being actualised under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed...

Petition Alleges Cyberbullying Of Okpebholo, Oba Of Benin

NewsDeskNgJun 14, 2026June 14, 20260

Group seeks UK probe into alleged online harassment and defamation targeting Okpebholo, Oba of Benin, others. A coalition has petitioned British authorities to investigate a United Kingdom-registered company and its Nigerian-born director over allegations of cyberbullying, online harassment and defamation targeting several prominent Nigerian public figures. The petition, submitted to...

South-East Governors, Leaders To Endorse Tinubu For Second Term On Monday

NewsDeskNgJun 14, 2026June 14, 20260

South-East governors and leaders are expected to converge on Abakaliki on Monday for a rally backing Tinubu’s re-election bid. South-East governors and political leaders are expected to converge on Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Monday for a major rally to endorse President Bola Tinubu for a second term in...

Abang: Three Years of Impactful Representation

NewsDeskNgJun 14, 2026June 14, 20260

By Isaac Aqua In the vibrant political landscape of Cross River State, few stories resonate as powerfully as the stewardship of Hon. Victor Bisong Abang, PhD, the distinguished Member representing Ikom/Boki Federal Constituency in the 10th National Assembly. As June 13, 2026, dawns, marking exactly three years since the people...

Chinese Miners Are Not the Architects of Nigeria’s Banditry

NewsDeskNgJun 14, 2026June 14, 20260

A Response to Farooq A. Kperogi’s “How Chinese Miners Fuel Nigeria’s Terrorist Banditry” By Dr Austin Maho A recent article published by Farooq A. Kperogi in his sydicated weekly column , titled : “How Chinese Miners Fuel Nigeria’s Terrorist Banditry”, raises an urgent question: What is the nexus between illegal...

APC Leaders Are Opposed to Lifu’s Recusal In ADC Case, GMN Alleges

NewsDeskNgJun 14, 2026June 14, 20260

The Grassroots Mobilization Network, GMN, a support group of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), has alleged that some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) including the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, are opposed to Justice Peter Lifu’s recusal from the ADC leadership suit. The group made the claim at...

€1.2m Jewellery Discovery Deepens Probe Into Former Spanish PM Zapatero

NewsDeskNgJun 13, 2026June 13, 20260

Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is facing a fresh criminal investigation after authorities reportedly discovered jewellery worth €1.2m during a raid linked to an existing corruption inquiry. The discovery has widened legal scrutiny of the former Socialist leader, who is already under investigation over allegations of influence...