Author: Vincent Osuwo

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of police officers assigned to Very Important People across the country, with the directive that they be redeployed to core policing tasks. The decision was delivered during the president’s Sunday security meeting in Abuja with service chiefs and the director-general of the Department of State Services. According to a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, VIPs who require protection would now be allocated armed operatives from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps rather than the police. “Many parts of Nigeria, especially remote areas, have few…

Fifty abducted students from St. Mary Private Primary and Secondary Schools in Niger State have reportedly escaped and been reunited with their parents. The Niger State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria and Bishop of the Kontagora Diocese, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, announced this on Sunday in a statement published by his media aide, Daniel Atori. He explained that they discovered the development when visiting the children’s parents. The chairman revealed that the school currently has 236 pupils in captivity, including three staff members’ children and 14 secondary students, for a total of 253 children and 12 staff members…

Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide and senior pastor of Faith Tabernacle, has decried Nigeria’s escalating wave of killings and insecurity, calling for a seven-day national prayer for divine intervention. Speaking during the 4th Pre-Shiloh Encounter Service on November 23, 2025, Oyedepo voiced serious worry about ongoing attacks on worshippers and communities. He referred to the escalating violence as “unacceptable” and “a direct assault on innocent lives.” Speaking to the congregation, he said, “The Church of Christ in Nigeria is indestructible. The gates of hell cannot prevail against it. Nigeria will never become an Islamic state.…

Parents rushed to remove students from the Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC) Bwari, Abuja, on Saturday as security concerns grew. According to AFP on Sunday, tense scenes emerged outside the school entrance, with parents hauling baggage, assisting their daughters in packing, and arranging immediate transportation home. Many students, some still wearing their uniforms, loaded their stuff into vehicles, while others assisted classmates who had not yet finished gathering their belongings. The rush followed the Federal Government’s announcement on Friday to close down 47 Federal Unity Colleges nationwide, including FGGC Bwari, due to rising insecurity in many regions. The directive was…

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has condemned what it describes as intentional killing, rape, and displacement of Christians across the country, claiming that a Christian genocide is happening. Bishop Wale Oke, National President of the PFN, said that the organization would no longer keep silent in the face of ongoing attacks on Christian communities and urged the government to do all possible to halt the deaths. He made the remarks during a dinner hosted by PFN to commemorate the organization’s 40th anniversary. This came as President Bola Tinubu, his wife, Pastor Oluremi Tinubu, and Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima,…

Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has rejected the invitation of the United States or any foreign country to tackle insecurity in Nigeria. Speaking at the Ohaneze Ndigbo End-of-Year Celebration in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, Sowore warned against external intervention. According to him, “no one should invite America or any foreign country to fix Nigeria for us. We must fix Nigeria by ourselves and make it work for everyone.” According to him, Nigeria cannot be united if one tribe considers itself superior to another and treats others as inferior. Sowore said, “We cannot have unity in a country where…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has underlined his administration’s commitment to combating banditry and terrorism in Northern Nigeria, vowing that no part of the country will be allowed to “bleed in silence” under his watch. Speaking in Kaduna at the 25th Anniversary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the President, represented by Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajuddeen Abbas, stated that his government inherited a deeply layered and sophisticated security crisis, but that it is determined to restore peace with urgency and firmness. Tinubu warned that Nigeria cannot make significant progress if a crucial region like the North stays “paralyzed,”…

The Federal Government, through the Yayale Ahmed Renegotiation Committee, has scheduled meetings for Monday, November 24, 2025, and Tuesday, November 25, 2025, in an effort to avoid the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) impending strike. The union’s leadership is due to convene its National Executive Council meeting. Depending on the conclusion of the meeting, the ASUU NEC will determine whether or not to go on strike. During a chat with our journalist in Abuja, a high-ranking member of the NEC confirmed this. The NEC member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, criticized the federal government for allegedly using…

US president Donald Trump has once again criticized Nigeria’s Federal Government for purported atrocities on Christians. He threatened to cut off financial aid to Nigeria, claiming that the government has been ineffectual in dealing with the ongoing deaths in the country. Trump made the comments during an audio message broadcast on Fox News Radio’s The Brian Kilmeade Show on Friday. In the recording, the US president blamed Nigerian authorities for failing to control the violence. “I think Nigeria is a disgrace. The whole thing is a disgrace. They are killing people by the thousands. It is a genocide, and I…

Nigerians have condemned calls for the ban of Nollywood satirical movie, The Herd. Produced by Nollywood actor Daniel Etim Effiong, the satirical movie espouses the ills in the society, perpetrated by suspected armed terrorist groups like the Fulani militias, Boko Haram, Islamic State of West Africa, ISWAP, among others. The satirical movie, which is available for the viewing of all and sundry on Netflix, has stirred controversy, with some section of the country, clamoring for its ban. With some ethnic nationality arguing that the movie paints their ethnic group in a negative light, some Nigerians aggrieved by the storyline of…