Maiduguri Under Siege Again: Inside Nigeria’s Resurgent Insurgency, By Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum
Maiduguri is once again in the news. But this time, the headlines carry a familiar…
Maiduguri Under Siege Again: Inside Nigeria’s Resurgent Insurgency, By Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum
Maiduguri is once again in the news. But this time, the headlines carry a familiar and unsettling tone—one that many Nigerians had hoped belonged to the past. On a recent evening, multiple explosions tore through parts of the Borno State capital. The blasts, reported around the Monday Market and near the University of Maiduguri Teaching…
The Parable of Nero of Nairaland, By Abdul Mahmud
There is a country called Nairaland. It appears on maps drawn with generous imagination and studied with careful denial. In that country, bombs go off with the regularity of sunrise, and the people, long accustomed to the smell of burning, now debate its fragrance. Some call it roasted hope. Others, ambition gone wrong. They disagree…
Bandits kill 20 security operatives in Plateau
Twenty security operatives have been reportedly killed in an ambush by heavily armed terrorists in Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau state. The incident, according to a statement on Saturday by the Kanam Development Association (KADA), occurred during a joint patrol in Wanka and the surrounding communities of Garga area in Kanam LGA. The statement…
Court orders four year tenure for Plateau council chairmen, declares two year term unconstitutional
A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has ruled that elected Local Government Chairmen in the state are entitled to a four year tenure as prescribed by the 1999 Constitution. The court held that the two year tenure prescribed by the Plateau State Government and the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) laws is…
Three bags 10 years over arms trafficking in Taraba
The magistrate court grade 1 in Jalingo, Taraba state, has sentenced three persons arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to 10 years’ imprisonment over arms trafficking. The convicts — Sakina Garba, Ali Gono, and Ibrahim Abdulrashi were arrested between January and February 2026 along the Wukari-Jalingo road in Taraba with arms…
11 rep members defect to APC, ADC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, suffered fresh losses in the House of Representatives, with six lawmakers defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The Labour Party (LP) was also hit by the gale of defections, losing five members as political realignments intensified ahead of the next 2027…