UPDATED: SENATE CONFIRMS GEN. CHRISTOPHER MUSA AS MINISTER OF DEFENCE
HOTJIST NEWS The Senate on Wednesday approved the appointment of a retired Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, as Nigeria's new Minister of Defence....
SENATE SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
HOTJIST NEWS The Senate on Wednesday started working on making Nigeria's anti-kidnapping laws stronger by suggesting that kidnappers, and anyone who helps fund, supports, or...
KANO TO USE DRONES FOR BORDER SECURITY
BY UTHMAN MOHAMMED The governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has shared plans to get drones and more supplies to help watch over and...
THREE NIGERIANS ACQUITTED OF DRUG RELATED OFFENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR Three Nigerian citizens, who had been held in Saudi Arabia since August 2025, have been freed. Saudi authorities found out they were...
ONDO POLICE FOIL STAGED KIDNAP PLOT MASTERMINED BY ‘VICTIM’ TO EXTORT FAMILY
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Ondo State Police Command has uncovered and thwarted a staged kidnapping allegedly masterminded by a 28-year-old man seeking to extort...
IMO POLICE DEBUNK ALLEGED KIDNAP OF 14 BUS PASSENGERS ON ABA ROAD
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Imo State Police Command has dismissed widespread reports that a 14-seater commercial bus was attacked and its passengers abducted along...
TINUBU MEETS WITH SERVICE CHIEFS IN ASO ROCK
President Bola Tinubu is having private meetings with top military leaders and security officials at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The military leaders were seen...
SENATE PROPOSES BILL TO CREATE SINGLE, FREE, NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY NUMBER
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR The Senate started the second reading of a bill that wants to create a single, free, nationwide emergency number that everyone...
UPDATED: DSS ARRAIGNS SOWORE ON ALLEGED CYBERCRIME OFFENCES
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, arraigned Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, at the Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly...
GUNMEN ATTACK ADVANCED TEAM OF ABIA STATE GOVERNMENT IN IMO
BY HOTJIST NEWS Three people working with Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, were attacked by unknown gunmen on Tuesday morning near the Sam Mbakwe Airport...