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Police disown viral memo on withdrawal of officers There is an upswing demand for the services of private security firms and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the wake of this week’s presidential order for the withdrawal of police escorts attached to very important personalities. President Bola Tinubu issued the order on Sunday as part…

The Chairman/CEO of the National Hajj Commission, of Nigeria, Prof. Abdullahi Usman has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi. Usman said that the late Islamic icon remained a strong supporter of pilgrims’ welfare, as he played special roles in the growth and reform of the Hajj sector in…

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), working with the Ogun State Ministry of Environment, has closed six recycling facilities in the Ogijo area of Ogun State. The affected companies are Hanuchi Manufacturing Ltd, BPL Nigeria Ltd, and Metal Manufacturing Nig. Ltd, Vendanta Nigeria Ltd, African Non-Ferrous Industrial Ltd, and True Metal Nig.…

Ex-Pesident Goodluck Jonathan led the West African Elders Forum Election Observation Mission to monitor Guinea-Bissau’s presidential and legislative elections held last Sunday. byBeloved John November 29, 2025 Reading Time: 4 mins read 0 Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has alleged that President Umaro Embaló staged the military coup in Guinea-Bissau to avoid losing a presidential…

Ike Ekweremadu  Share  Tweet  Email  Share  Share The United Kingdom (UK) government has rejected the federal government’s request to transfer Ike Ekweremadu, the former deputy senate president, to serve the remainder of his prison term in Nigeria. Ekweremadu is currently serving a prison sentence in the UK for organ trafficking. He was convicted in March 2023…

Bandits How bandits abducted 40 women, children in Kebbi before abducting schoolgirls A resident told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday that an LGA in the southern district of the state is under the siege of terrorists. Four days before abducting 25 students at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, armed bandits on 12 November kidnapped…

The meeting was attended by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, who is also the Chairman of the regional forum. Others included Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Ademola Adeleke (Osun), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti), and the host governor, Seyi Makinde (Oyo). Channels Television reports that the venue of the meeting is the Oyo State Secretariat…

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has described President Bola Tinubu’s order to withdraw police officers from Very Important Persons, VIPs, as mere drama. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said in a statement on Monday that the move was a political gesture that does not address Nigeria’s escalating security crisis. DAILY POST recalls that…

After a ten-year intricate legal battle, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which has been agitating for the actualisation of the state of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was convicted for charges bordering on terrorism last Thursday, November 20, 2025 and sentenced to Life Imprisonment by Hon. Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the…