Superintendent of Police (SP) Chidi Okoye, Commander of the Zonal Quick Interventions Squad in Zone 2, has issued a strong call for increased collaboration between Nigeria’s formal security apparatus and community-based vigilante groups to combat rising insecurity. However, he simultaneously stressed the critical need for vigilant oversight to prevent vigilantes from becoming a threat…
PalmPay, Nigeria’s leading digital banking platform, has renewed its commitment to deepening financial inclusion across the country. At the CeBIH Annual Conference 2025, themed “Reimagining Financial Inclusion through Cultural Shifts in Consumer Credit,”PalmPay’s Managing Director, Chika Nwosu, urged industry players to deepen financial inclusion by embracing community-aligned solutions and customer-centric innovations that can better serve…
The founder and Group Managing Director of Dozzy Group, Chief Daniel Chukwudozie, has denied reaching an out-of-court settlement with Chief Cletus Ibeto and his group of companies over an alleged N4.8 billion Fraud. In a press statement issued by the media office of Dozzy Oil & Gas Limited, the organisation maintained that the dispute remains…
The Trump administration has revoked 85,000 visas across all categories since January, according to a State Department official. This number is more than double the revocations seen in the previous year and includes over 8,000 student visas. This surge in cancellations is part of a wider push by the administration to both target immigrants…
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has strongly reaffirmed that Ukraine will not concede territory to Russia as negotiations over a US-proposed peace plan continue. “We definitely do not want to give anything up. That is what we are fighting for,” Zelensky said, adding that under Ukrainian law, the Constitution, and international law, his country has…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared a State of Emergency across the region, citing rising security threats. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, announced the declaration during the 55th session of the Mediation and Security Council at the ministerial level held in Abujaon Tuesday,…
Islamic cleric Sheikh Gumi has described the k!dnapping of school children as a “lesser evil” compared to k!lling soldiers, insisting that Nigeria must negotiate with bandits to prevent greater bloodshed. Speaking in an interview with the BBC shared on Tuesday, December 9, Gumi said that while the abduction of minors is “evil,” it remains…
President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate seeking consent for the deployment of Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter during plenary today December 9. “Pursuant to Section 5, Subsection 5, Part 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended….
Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle is reportedly still waiting to receive his salary for the last two months, with the 2025 AFCON fast approaching. Recall that Eric Chelle is on a monthly salary of $55,000, and he is also responsible for the salaries of his backroom staff. The payment has been held up…
The Chief Executive Officer of Adron Group, Sir Aare Adetola Emmanuelking, KOF, has congratulated His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife, on the occasion of his 10th coronation anniversary. In a goodwill message, Aare Emmanuelking described the monarch’s decade-long reign on the revered throne of Oduduwa as…
