October 9, 2026
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By Emmanuel Kwada  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s optimistic New Year’s address, touting 2025 economic gains and pledging further reforms, tax harmonisation, and security improvements for 2026, has faced immediate backlash from opposition leaders, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who branded the administration “incompetent” and Continue Reading
News Terrorism Monitor
By Emmanuel Kwada  Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have launched their third major assault in less than a week on communities in Hong Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa State, marking a troubling escalation in violence as 2025 draws to a close. The most recent raid targeted the villages of Mubang, Zah, Yadul, and Kijing on […]Continue Reading
Opinions Terrorism Monitor
Steven Kefas On December 12, 2025, Nigerian security operatives arrested a group of armed Fulani militants in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. What followed should have triggered an immediate national security emergency. In a video recorded during interrogation, one of the suspects calmly explained that the AK-47 rifles and patrol vehicle in their […]Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly condemned the Nigeria Police Force’s decision to resume enforcement of the controversial tinted glass permit policy from January 2, 2026, describing it as an unlawful extortion scheme and a blatant disregard for the rule of law. In a fiery press conference held in Abuja, NBA […]Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada  The United States has expanded its travel restrictions, adding Nigeria and 14 other countries to a list facing partial entry limitations, while imposing full suspensions on several others. The measures, announced in a presidential proclamation signed by President Donald Trump on December 16, aim to address deficiencies in screening, vetting, Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada  We’ve officially entered that time of the year when work begins to wind down, feelings of festivity pick up and everyone can’t wait to close work for Christmas season however whether spoken or unspoken, one question is already circulating through office corridors and WhatsApp groups: ‎“So… what are we getting for Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada  This week in Nigeria unfolded with gripping debates, bold accusations, and renewed calls for action as insecurity, governance failures, and regional tensions dominated the national mood. Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s controversial claim that the Nigerian Army “cannot defeat bandits” fuelled nationwide outrage and intensified demands for a Continue Reading
News Terrorism Monitor Top Story
By Emmanuel Kwada Nigeria’s newly appointed Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd.), has issued a forceful declaration on his first day in office: the era of senseless killings and insecurity that has traumatised millions of Nigerians is over. ‎Speaking shortly after taking over at the Ship House headquarters of the Ministry of Defence Continue Reading
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Key points: 19 Governors pledge ₦1bn monthly each to new Security Trust Fund Immediate 6-month nationwide mining suspension demanded Full-throated push for State Police as “non-negotiable” Urgent Almajiri reform   By Emmanuel Kwada In a landmark show of unity rarely seen in recent years, the 19 governors of Northern Nigeria, alongside the Continue Reading
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By Chido Onumah On Wednesday, November 26, family, friends, associates and comrades will gather at the headquarters of Girls’ Power Initiative (GPI)—an organisation Bene Madunagu co-founded in 1993—in Calabar, Cross River State, to pay tribute and remember the life and times of one of the leading lights of the radical feminist and socialist movement in Continue Reading