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Rising Insecurity: Senate Urges Tinubu to Scrap Terrorists’ Rehabilitation Programme

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The Senate has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government to immediately discontinue the rehabilitation programme for repentant terrorists, insisting that individuals found guilty of terrorism and other violent crimes should be prosecuted in accordance with the law. The resolution was adopted during plenary as part of additional prayers considered alongside a motion on the escalating attacks, abductions and killings of serving and retired military personnel across the country. The motion, sponsored by Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, highlighted the growing wave…

2027: Niger Christian Coalition Demands APC Deputy Governorship Ticket

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By Uthman Baba-Naseer, Minna     A coalition of Christian stakeholders in Niger State has called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure the emergence of a Christian as the party’s deputy governorship candidate for the 2027 general elections, warning against the retention of a Muslim-Muslim ticket. Speaking at a press briefing in Minna, the Secretary of the Coalition of Concerned Christian Stakeholders, Comrade Jude Johnson, said Christians in the state deserve fair and equitable representation in governance, insisting that the party should either field a…

Insecurity: Senator Nwoko Pushes Self-Defence, Private Military Contractor Bills

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By James Isaac, Abuja     Amid Nigeria’s worsening security challenges, Ned Munir Nwoko has called for accelerated legislative action on two security bills aimed at strengthening the country’s response to insecurity and enabling law-abiding citizens to defend themselves under a regulated framework. Speaking with journalists on the deteriorating security situation, the senator lamented the recent killings of senior military officers and other victims of violent attacks, describing the nation’s security crisis as alarming and demanding urgent, proactive measures. Nwoko said one of the proposed legislations, the Self-Defence Bill, seeks…

NCC, NIPR Deepen Partnership to Boost Telecom Awareness, Nigeria’s Global Image

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to promote public awareness, responsible communication and sustainable growth in the telecommunications sector. Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, gave the assurance while receiving a delegation of the NIPR, led by its President, Dr. Ike Neliaku, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Maida said the Commission would continue working with professional bodies such as the NIPR to enhance stakeholder engagement and deepen public…

Afrophobia: Should Nigeria ask South African companies to leave? By Lasisi Olagunju

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Jacob Zuma was President of South Africa when he declared on October 21, 2013 that South Africa should not “think like Africans in Africa, generally.” The remark, delivered at an ANC manifesto forum at Wits University elicited gasps across Africa. History remembers it as the infamous “I am not an African” speech.   As of three days ago, the Nigerian government has evacuated 801 Nigerians from South Africa. From city to city, black South Africans were almost unanimous that their poverty was because of blacks from other African countries.  …

Nigeria’s biggest scandal is here By Lasisi Olagunju

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President Bola Tinubu’s Villa scriptwriters are supremely gifted. Go back and read Mr. Bayo Onanuga’s So Long a Letter on the Gbajabiamila-Adeyemi ‘feud’ over an agency that is simultaneously legal and illegal. The lengthy statement is a work of prose, daintily littered with repetition and refrain; rhyme and rhythm. Check out this excerpt: “On 27 October, 2025, Adeyemi was arrested… The police filed an eight-count charge on November 27, 2025… He is due in court on July 27, 2026.” Read it again: arrest on the 27th. Charge on the 27th.…

10TH Senate Takes on Nigeria’s Toughest Security Question: State Police By Ken Harries, Esq.

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It often begins as an ordinary day. A commercial bus pulls out before dawn, its passengers expecting nothing more than traffic delays and bad roads. Traders carry the week’s earnings. Students return to school. A nursing mother cradles her child. A retired civil servant travels to visit his family. Elsewhere, anxious parents wave goodbye as a school bus disappears through the gates, expecting to see their children again that afternoon. Then, somewhere along a lonely highway or beside a quiet rural school, armed men emerge from the bush. Within minutes,…

Court Records Show Mutu’s Earlier Acquittal Remains Valid as Fresh Questions Trail Subsequent Forfeiture Judgment

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By Teddy Onyejuwe     Fresh facts have emerged indicating that the recent judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the forfeiture of funds linked to a company associated with Hon. Nicholas Mutu has not invalidated or superseded an earlier judgment of a court of coordinate jurisdiction which discharged and acquitted the serving member of the House of Representatives and two companies on all criminal charges filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). JUDGEMENT (FRN V. MUTU)_033318 Investigations by our correspondent, including a review…

APC House of Reps Primary: Court Adjourns Suit Challenging Prof Auna’s Nomination to July 9

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By Uthman Baba-Naseer, Minna       The Federal High Court in Minna, Niger State, has adjourned to July 9, 2026, for the commencement of hearing in a suit challenging the emergence of Prof. Yakubu Mohammed Auna as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency ahead of the 2027 general election. The suit was filed by Alhaji Shehu Samaila Auna, who is asking the court to nullify the APC primary election, alleging that no valid primary was conducted in the constituency despite the declaration of Prof.…

Of Banditry and a Shared Sovereignty (1), by Hassan Gimba

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The Arbiter   This piece was first published in May 2022. It remains as pertinent today as it was then, given the worsening insecurity currently facing the country.   In the book The Impact of Banditry on Nigeria’s Security in the Fourth Republic: An Evaluation of Nigeria’s Northwest by Rosenje, Musharafa Olapeju (PhD) and Adeniyi, Oluwatobi Peter, both of the Department of Political Science, Tai Solarin University of Education, first published on 30/04/2021, the authors posited that “Banditry is fast becoming alarming in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic to the extent that…