December 2025 – Page 33

Community, State Police Will Be A Reality, Tinubu To CAN

27.12.2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised Nigerians that the demand for community and state police will be fulfilled immediately the National Assembly completes the required legislative processes. This is as the president said that such a move will mark a paradigm shift in the country’s security apparatus. Tinubu made this promise on Friday while receiving a...

Spots To Visit As Musicals, Carnivals, Cultural Feasts Headline

27.12.2025

Nigeria’s skyline is painted with all shades of colours as the cultural tourism and entertainment scenes take on new colourations. The excitement across the land is turbo-charged as the Yuletide celebration, otherwise known as Detty December, rises to crescendo this weekend and is expected to climax on January 1, 2026. Last week’s activities and leading...

COAS Pays Courtesy Visit To Sultan Of Sokoto

27.12.2025

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Friday, December 26, 2025, paid a courtesy visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, at his palace in Sokoto State. The visit underscored the Nigerian Army’s renewed commitment to strengthening civil–military relations and deepening collaboration with traditional institutions...

Police Arrest Suspected Kidnappers, Recover Firearms In Kebbi

27.12.2025

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested some suspected kidnappers and recovered illegal firearms during week-long tactical security operations across the state. The operations, carried out between December 21 and 26, 2025, followed intensified patrols and intelligence-led actions aimed at dismantling kidnapping networks and curbing the spread of illicit weapons. This was disclosed in a...

U.S. Airstrikes In N’west Long Overdue – Ejiofor, Obi

27.12.2025

The Christmas Day airstrike on Islamic State (IS) in Northern Nigeria by the U.S has sparked reactions among security experts, with some saying it’s long overdue. A former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Mike Ejiofor, saw the strike as a positive development that will send signals to the terrorists that it’s...

PLAN Commends Tinubu On Strategic Appointments At NMDPRA

27.12.2025

The Pipeline Professional Association of Nigeria (PLAN), organisers of the Nigeria International Pipeline Technology and Security Conference (NIPITECS), has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for the appointment of the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). These appointments, they said, reflect...

Sokoto Residents Scavenge For Survival Amid Debris As Authorities Warn Of Danger

27.12.2025

Residents of Jabo Community in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State have been warned against scavenging metal remnants from the sites of the recent airstrikes conducted by the military of the United States of America, USA due to potential future health risks. The warning comes after some residents, struggling with economic hardship, were seen...

Burna Boy, VDM Visit Kirikiri Maximum Custodial Centre

27.12.2025

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Lagos State Command, has hosted award-winning Nigerian musician Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, alongside social media critic, Otse Vincent, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), during a courtesy visit to the Maximum Security Custodial Centre in Kirikiri, Apapa. The visit, which took place as part of the Yuletide...

Us Strike: Analysts Express Mixed Feelings On Economic Impact

27.12.2025

Twenty four hours after the Government of the United States of America (USA) carried out targeted bombings on terrorists locations in Sokoto State, Nigeria, economic analysts have reacted differently to the incident with some believing that the situation will further boost investor confidence rather than impact the economy negatively. The attack, which was specifically targeted...

Peaceful Change Almost Impossible Through Political System Under Tinubu –Afenifere

27.12.2025

…with INEC, Judiciary, Legislature under President’s control…says 2025 witnessed shrinking of political space, rise in insecurity, increased poverty…insists Tinubu can’t win in a just, credible poll Prince Justice Faloye is the National Publicity Secretary of the Pan-Yoruba SocioPolitical Organisation, Afenifere. He is also an author who has published many books apart from engaging in civil...