Author: Festus Adeloye

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Friday assured Nigerians that the country’s security forces are working with renewed momentum to combat insecurity, following a high-level meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Speaking to journalists after the closed-door session attended by top security chiefs including the National Security Adviser and heads of the Department of State Service (DSS) and Police, General Musa said the meeting was convened to review the entire security landscape of Nigeria and strategize on the way forward. “The president is concerned about what’s going on, and we have reassured…

Northern groups have called for the sack or resignation of the minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, over what they described as his failure to address insecurity in the North. The North-West Alliance for Security (NWAS) and the North-East Youth Revival Movement (NEYM), in separate statements, decried the increasing spate of killings, displacement, and destruction in their respective zones, blaming the federal government’s inability to contain the crises on weak leadership at the helm of the defence ministry. NWAS, in a statement signed by its chairman, Musa Zakaria, lamented the continued operations of armed bandits in Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, and…

The Manchester Magistrates’ Court in UK has remanded Chris Brown, a prominent American musician, for assault. On Friday, Justice Joanne Hirst denied the musician bail and put him in custody. Justice Joanne Hirst, who stated that the situation was beyond the Magistrates Court, referred the case to Southwark Crown Court in London. The next hearing was adjourned till June 13 2025. The R&B star was arrested at The Lowry Hotel in Salford on Thursday, over an alleged bottle attack at Tape nightclub in Mayfair. He was charged to court with grievous bodily harm after he was accused of attacking music…

Three persons died on Thursday night during gunmen attack at security checkpoint in Isuofia, Aguata Local government area of Anambra state. The deceased, two hoodlums and a security operative, were killed during gunfire between security operatives and the hoodlums in the area. Confirming the incident, Police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga said one of the security operational vehicles was burnt by the bandits. He added that the criminals abandoned one of their operational vehicles and fled the scene. He said: “One of the Anambra Joint Security Team in the late evening of 15th May 2025 resisted an attack by armed criminals at…

Following an injury to Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi, the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) seeks a regulation change. Awoniyi was placed in an induced coma earlier this week following emergency abdominal surgery. The Nigerian striker clashed with a post during Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Leicester City. The injury occurred after assistant referee Sian Massey-Ellis delayed raising the flag to signify offside against Anthony Elanga. PFA, who have spoken with Awoniyi’s family, are worried about the incident and are prepared to take action. They want play to be halted when there is an evident offside, rather than continuing and risking terrible harm,…

American rapper,  Chris Brown was arrested at a five-star hotel in the United Kingdom on Thursday for allegedly attacking a music producer with a bottle at a nightclub in 2023. Metropolitan Police detectives detained the 36-year-old American musician at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester at 2 am on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. According to The Sun, Brown was taken into custody at a police station for questioning just hours after arriving at Manchester Airport on a private jet. The allegations were related to an incident in February 2023, where Brown was claimed to have injured music producer Abe Diaw…

A bill to amend the Electoral Act 2022 and to make voting mandatory for Nigerians who are of age has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. According to online reports, the proposed legislation was sponsored by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and Daniel Ago. Ago, who led the debate during Thursday’s plenary, stated that the bill is meant to encourage citizens’ participation in the electoral process. He added that voter apathy during elections would be addressed if the bill scales legislative scrutiny. While the bill scaled through second reading, Mark Esset, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party from…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has sued Prof. Pat Utomi over his alleged plan to establish what he called a shadow government in the country. The DSS, in a suit filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, prayed the court to declare the move as an attack on the constitution. In the fresh suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/937/2025, Utomi, the 2007 Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), is sued as sole defendant. The security outfit, in the suit filed on May 13 by Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, contended that the move by Utomi was intended to create chaos and destabilise the…

The Southeast Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) threatened to pull out of the main opposition party unless the former National Youth Leader, Sunday Udeh-Okoye, is appointed as National Secretary. Noting that the zonal caucus endorsed Udeh-Okoye for the position last year, it warned that PDP risked a mass exit that would decimate it in the Southeast if its demand is ignored. The zonal caucus, which re-nominated Udeh-Okoye, vowed to resist any attempt by the party leadership to turn it down. According to the caucus, Udeh-Okoye was nominated to complete the tenure of the national secretary in line with…

Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Afolabi Ayantayo, has disclosed that 30% of civil servants who embarked on state-sponsored training programmes abroad failed to return after completing their programmes. Ayantayo made the revelation on Wednesday during a ministerial press briefing held to mark the second anniversary of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term in office. According to the Commissioner, the state government had invested significantly in human capacity development by organizing both local and international training programmes for civil servants across various ministries and departments. However, a significant number of beneficiaries have not returned to resume duty, in what appears…