BY LANRE OGUNDIPE THE COUNTRY has the agencies, the personnel and increasingly the technology. The harder task is making them function as one security system. There is a phrase that returns whenever Nigeria’s security troubles deepen: our borders are porous. It is not entirely wrong. But it has become too convenient an explanation for a problem that is considerably more complicated. The issue is sufficiently important that the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, visited the headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service in April specifically to deepen cooperation on border security and intelligence sharing. He called for stronger coordination mechanisms,…
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By Max Amuchie THERE are ideas that begin in institutions. There are ideas that begin in universities, think tanks, laboratories and conference rooms, surrounded by shelves of books and the reassuring architecture of intellectual authority. And then there are ideas that begin at a desk. A desk can be ordinary furniture. It can also be a place from which a person decides that the world does not have to remain exactly as it was handed to him. An African newsroom does not have to choose between being locally grounded and globally relevant. It can be both. Indeed, its local grounding…
WHILE being interviewed on the Mic On Podcast, hosted by Channels Television’s Seun Okinbaloye on Friday, September 5, 2026, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, erstwhile vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, openly alleged that Vice President Kashim Shettima does not wear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s signature cap, bearing the infinity sign, because “maybe his marabout said he shouldn’t wear it.” Datti Baba-Ahmed has gradually earned a reputation for making all manner of unfounded claims once he is before a mic and camera. And he’s not your regular loudmouth, the sort that earns a living for badmouthing whoever is on the other…
ALHAJI Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has prayed the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja to grant an order allowing him to amend his suit against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku and the ADC, in the suit, urged Justice Inyang Ekwo to disqualify President Tinubu and APC from contesting in the 2027 presidential election over alleged submission of forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate to INEC. The plaintiffs, in the originating summons marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1888/2026, sued President, APC and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as 1st to 3rd defendants…
A PAEDIATRICIAN at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Mrs Abies Ojokojo, has warned parents and caregivers against harmful interventions during children’s convulsions, saying practices can cause injuries and complications. Ojokojo gave the warning on Friday in Benin during a health talk at a women’s outreach organised by Christ Embassy, New Benin branch, urging caregivers to remain calm during emergencies and seizures. She said high temperature could trigger convulsions in children, recalling cases where people had placed lit candles under the feet of convulsing children, resulting in burns to their soles and injuries. The paediatrician also cautioned against giving…
NIGERIA’s Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in New Delhi, India, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 18th BRICS Summit. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, announced Shettima’s arrival in a post on her official Instagram handle on Friday. The summit, hosted by India, is themed: “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.” Deliberations at the summit are expected to focus on political and security cooperation, economic and financial partnerships, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges. Shettima is expected to join leaders of BRICS member and partner countries at plenary and high-level sessions on global economic growth,…
THE LEADERSHIP of the National Assembly has directed the suspension of all official visits to the Republic of South Africa. It also directed the boycotting of South African-hosted or South African-organised legislative activities and engagements until further notice. Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Kamoru Ogunlana, conveyed the decision of the national assembly leadership in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday. Ogunlana said that the decision was in response to continuing reports of xenophobic attacks, violence, intimidation, destruction of property and other forms of hostility against Nigerians and other African nationals in…
THE FEDERAL Government has commenced the payment of additional exit benefits to retirees of Treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). This is contained in a statement issued by the National Pension Commission (PenCom), in Abuja on Friday. The commission said that about N1.1 billion had so far been paid to 175 retirees who exited the Federal Public Service between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31. The payment was made under the Federal Government Exit Benefit Scheme (EBS), approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The commission said that the scheme took effect from Jan. 1, and provided additional financial benefits alongside…
FG Assures Unity Colleges Will Resume Lessons Monday By Our Reporter, With Agency Reports THE NIGERIA Union of Teachers (NUT), Federal Wing, has backed the suspension of resumption in all Federal Unity Colleges nationwide over the concession of King’s College, Lagos, declaring that its members will not resume for the new academic session until the issue is addressed. The union’s position comes despite the Federal Government’s assurance that all necessary arrangements, including heightened security measures, are in place for the colleges to reopen on Monday, September 14, 2026. The contrasting positions have created uncertainty over the commencement of the new…
THE ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to resume its suspended nationwide strike over unpaid salaries and poor implementation of the 2025 agreement. ASUU president, Christopher Piwuna, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja, after the union’s emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. Piwuna said the December 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement, achieved after more than eight years of struggle, had been poorly implemented by the Federal Government and several state governments. He said the situation had left lecturers uncertain about their salaries and entitlements, warning that failure to address the issues could trigger another…