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Nigeria’s federal government has reassigned VIP-duty police officers to Kwara and North-Central communities under expanded security operations. Police officers previously engaged in VIP escort duties have been redeployed on a large scale by the Nigeria Police Force to carry out core community policing functions and deliver measurable improvements in security...

Nigerian lawmakers to reconvene February 17 to review Electoral Act and adjust election notice period from 360 to 300 days. The National Assembly has scheduled an extraordinary sitting for Tuesday, February 17, 2026, to reconsider aspects of the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill earlier passed by the House. The...

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Kano State have rescued a kidnapped five-year-old boy, Muhammad Haruna, following a targeted operation at Danzaki Village in Minjibir Local Government Area of the state. Security sources said the abductors demanded a ransom of N15 million from the victim’s family. According...

Nigeria’s Agriculture minister Abubakar Kyari appointed IFAD chairman; pledges unity, impartial leadership, and strengthened governance across the institution’s global operations. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, was on Thursday appointed Chairman of the 49th Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, Italy....

FCT Minister Wike says N51 billion bus terminals remain idle awaiting Federal Executive Council approval for private-sector operation under PPP arrangement. Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration was awaiting the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to approve the running of the Abuja Bus and Taxi Terminals built at...

A former Niger Delta activist, Chief Anabs Sara Igbe, has weighed in on the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State involving Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. In a video shared by SYMFONI TV, speaking during an interview, Igbe said Governor Fubara has remained...

Counsel to Nasir El Rufai claims DSS tried to arrest former Kaduna governor without warrant and then seized his passport. Counsel to former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El Rufai, has condemned what he described as an unlawful attempted arrest of his client by security operatives at the Nnamdi...