Senate President Godswill Akpabio has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reconsider the directive withdrawing police orderlies from members of the National Assembly, citing safety concerns. Akpabio made the plea on Friday during the presentation of the 2026 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. The Senate President warned that some lawmakers…
Gunmen have abducted nine persons, including a woman and her three children, in Inele-Ugoh village in Igah Ikeje community, Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, December 19, 2025 when more than 40 armed men stormed the community. The woman and her three children were…
Troops of 3 Division of the Nigerian Army under Operation Joint Task Force, Operation Enduring Peace (OP Enduring Peace), have arrested a suspected gunrunner and recovered arms and ammunition in Bokkos and Mangu Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The operations, conducted on Thursday, December 18, 2025 were part of ongoing efforts to…
The Federal Government has imposed a nationwide ban on the export of wood and allied products, revoking all previously issued licences and permits. The announcement was made on Wednesday, Dec. 17, by the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, during the 18th meeting of the National Council on Environment in Katsina State. Lawal said…
Ghana Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dennis Fiakpui, has stated that denying a partner s3x can lead to emotional abuse charges under Ghana’s Domestic Violence Act 732 of 2007. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the Oti Regional Deputy Commander revealed that women who refuse their husbands s3x could be charged for emotional…
Pope Leo XIV has issued a strong warning over the increasing deployment of artificial intelligence in military operations, saying the transfer of life-and-death decisions to machines undermines the moral foundations of civilisation. The pontiff made the statement in his first World Peace Day message, released on Thursday, December 18, expressing deep concern about the expanding…
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) attached to Mopol 12 in Niger State, Isah Abdullahi (also known as Kunkuri), has shot himself d3ad amid allegations of involvement in the supply of arms and ammunition to bandits and other hoodlums in the state. Until his d3ath, the late DSP Isah Abdullahi was the head of…
China is set to impose a tax on contraception for the first time in more than 30 years as the government looks for ways to reverse the country’s declining birth rate. Under newly released tax regulations, contraceptive drugs and products; including condoms will lose their exemption from China’s 13% value-added tax starting January 1, 2026.…
The Federal Government has reopened all 47 Federal Unity Colleges that were shut down over escalating insecurity across the country. The schools were closed in November 2025 following a wave of mass abductions of schoolchildren and violent attacks in parts of the North West, North East, North Central and some southern states. The reopening…
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of a suspect, Okitipi Samuel, over his alleged involvement in a cyberattack on the database of multinational technology company, Microsoft. The Force Public Relations Officer,CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Thursday, December 18, 2025 in Abuja while briefing journalists on the outcome of investigations carried out…
