By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent REDEPLOYMENT OF police officers previously assigned to protect Nigeria’s supposed Very Important Personalities has commenced after being recalled to their bases and reassigned to routine community policing duties, as the presidency moves to bolster police presence in underserved areas. The dire...
TERRORISM AND Insurgency have ravaged Nigeria since 2009 when Boko Haram turned violent after its establishment in 2002 by the Late Mohammed Yusuf. Churches have been viciously attacked and many Christians killed in the Northern and North-Central parts of the country almost on a daily basis. Tens of thousands of Nigerians have been killed with...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC witnessed crucial discussions last week as a high-level Nigerian delegation secured renewed commitments from the United States to strengthen bilateral security cooperation. The engagements, which spanned senior offices across the United States (US) Congress, the White House Faith...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESSURE ON Nigeria’s overstretched policing system prompted a decisive change on Sunday after Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu ordered the withdrawal of police officers assigned to supposed Very Important Personalities (VIPs) escort and guard operations across the country. The new directi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent RENEWED AIRPOWER dominance defined the latest counterterrorism advance as the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) confirmed the destruction of a major terrorist enclave in the Sambisa general area during a precision air interdiction mission conducted on 19 November 2025 at a location identified as ARRA. T...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent EFFORTS TO expand the strength of the Nigerian Army moved into a new phase as the institution confirmed structured plans to recruit and train 24,000 soldiers to reinforce operational readiness across the country. The confirmation followed an operational visit by the chief of army staff (COAS), ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trips to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, following the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State and an armed attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, Kwara State. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent INTENSE SCRUTINY surrounded plot 1946, Buffer Transit Southern Park Way, Gaduwa District, Abuja, on Wednesday as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), accompanied by senior naval officers including Army Lieutenant A.M. Yerima, visited properties reportedly belonging to a retired Chief of Naval Staff....
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu on Wednesday opened the 21st All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC 2025) at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, emphasising the central role of journalism in sustaining democracy and national cohesion. The event, organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), drew over ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NATIONAL Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, 2025, is expected to receive presidential assent this week, marking a major step in Nigeria’s bid to consolidate its digital transformation and governance reforms. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani...
