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Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says the National Assembly is considering the creation of a national commission to oversee state policing operations as part of efforts to establish state police across the country. Speaking with journalists after leading National Assembly leaders on an Eid visit to Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos, Akpabio said the proposed commission would regulate recruitment, promotions, training and conduct within state police formations. “We are looking at ways of creating a positive and not a negative state police, and something that can have a national state police commission that will regulate the conduct of state policing, promotion, training and all that,” he said. According to Akpabio, the National Assembly is working closely with President T...

Ghana’s parliament on Friday ‌approved a new bill that criminalizes the promotion of LGBTQ activity in the country.  The Human S3xual Rights and Family Values Bill, ​2025, passed by a voice vote after the Constitutional and Legal Affairs ​Committee unanimously recommended its adoption, first deputy speaker Bernard Ahiafor said. The ⁠bill was introduced last year shortly after President John Dramani Mahama took office. Lawmakers ​from Mahama's political party, the National Democratic Congress, had been urged by religious ​leaders and other supporters of the bill to vote on it, and Mahama will now face pressure to sign. The bill passed an earlier version of the bill in 2024, under Mahama's ​predecessor, President Nana Akufo-Addo, but it faced legal challenges and Akufo-Addo ...

A 30-year-old decorator, Esohe Aigbe, has been hacked to death by suspected assailants in Benin City, Edo State. The incident occurred on May 27 at Ojo Street in the Ogida area of Benin City. According to Punch, the deceased had reportedly gone to the area to assist a friend in decorating a venue for a burial ceremony when she was attacked. ‎A source told the aforementioned publication that Aigbe had already completed the inspection work and was still at the venue when she was attacked by assailants with a machete. ‎The source said, “The deceased was attacked with a machete at the venue of the burial where she went to do a decorating job. After the attack, the perpetrators left hurriedly. ‎”Some good Samaritans rushed to the scene and rushed her to the University of Ben...

A suspected serial ki!ller identified as Akaninyene, has been arrested in Cross River State following intelligence that linked him to the disappearance and m8rder of a recent victim. Security operatives, acting on a tip off tracked him to an isolated hut he built inside a forest in Abanyama, Ukim Ita Community, Creektown of Odukpani Local Government Area.  According to CrossRiverWatch, on arrival, men of the Nigerian Army and a tactical special forces squad, led by community youths and elders, attempted to secure the area. Upon noticing the invasion, Akaninyene ran into the hut to retrieve a weapon, but was quickly surrounded.  He tried to escape into the forest but was apprehended by the tactical team. A search of his hideout revealed multiple shallow graves numbe...

The National Union of Teachers, NUT, in Oyo State have staged a peaceful protest in Ibadan, following the recent abduction of students and teachers from schools in Oriire. Kidnappers had on May 15, invaded Esiele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting over 40 students and teachers. The daredevil terrorists have been releasing disturbing footage of how their victims are being punished in the forest. After nearly three weeks in captivity, primary and secondary school teachers in the state stormed the streets to demand urgent action from relevant authorities. The protesters, who converged in Iwo Road, Ibadan, were heard chanting solidarity songs and demanding their colleagues and the school children, “bring back our children, no more bandits” amongst oth...

Defence Minister Christopher Musa has scored the Tinubu administration 65 to 70 per cent on security performance. He said terrorism had been drastically reduced to isolated kidnapping incidents, even as a wave of school abductions across several states continues to be a big challenge for the nation. Musa spoke on ARISE News on Friday to mark three years of the administration. “I’ll give ourselves 65 to 70,” he said when asked to rate the government’s performance, adding that no nation was entirely free from crime. “Yes. 65 to 70%. No nation is totally free from crime and criminality. I’m sure you are aware that the level of terrorism across the country has actually drastically reduced. Now we have acts of terrorism, and terrorism, like I said, is a social vice, a failure of...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced May 30, 2026, as a solemn day dedicated to remembering millions of people who lost their lives during the Nigerian Civil War. In a statement released on Friday by the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB described the annual Biafra Heroes Remembrance Day as a time for reflection, mourning, and honouring fallen Biafran heroes and heroines. The group stated that the remembrance remains “a sacred covenant between the living and the dead,” stressing that the memories of those who died during the war must never be forgotten. According to IPOB, the occasion is not a celebration but a moment of sober reflection on the sacrifices made by men, women, and children during the Biafran struggle. “The memory of our departed fathers, moth...

Seyi Makinde, the Oyo state governor, says the federal government should “stop deceiving Nigerians” on the establishment of state police. He said it was a waste of everyone’s time for Nigerians to be anticipating the creation of a decentralised police force. Speaking at the joint mega rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the APM in Ibadan, Makinde recalled how south-west governors initially pushed for state police but settled for the regional security network code-named Amotekun in 2020. “We wanted state police. It was because we couldn’t get the state police that we established Amotekun as a stop-gap,” he said. “They should stop wasting Nigerians’ time.” He pointed to how the south-west states coordinated through their houses of assembly to legalise Amo...

Terrorists behind the mass abduction of school teachers and approximately 40 pupils in the Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State have released a new video of the captives. The recently surfaced footage shows the hostages in a state of visible exhaustion. Amid the deteriorating conditions, a school principal identified as Mrs. Alamu made a direct, emotional plea for immediate government intervention. Speaking on behalf of the victims, Mrs. Alamu called upon President Bola Tinubu, Governor Seyi Makinde, and all well-meaning Nigerians to secure their safe return. The principal highlighted the growing danger facing the group, noting that the kidnappers are becoming increasingly impatient. She strongly urged the Oyo State Government to initiate direct negotiations with the assailant...

The Federal Government of Nigeria is considering possible flight restrictions from countries affected by the Ebola virus such as Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan. This is in a bid to curb spread of the disease. This was disclosed on Thursday, May 28, by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, following a high-level strategic meeting held in Victoria Island, Lagos State, to review the country’s Ebola preparedness and response framework. Gbajabiamila, who led the meeting, said the proposed travel restrictions would be complemented by the isolation of passengers showing symptoms consistent with Ebola infection at the nation’s points of entry. The meeting brought together key officials, including the Director General of the Nigeria...