Former lawmakers warned that negotiations with criminals would embolden violent groups, citing global examples where similar talks failed and worsened insecurity.
The market reversed its bullish trend, shedding N444bn after sharp declines in major stocks. Activity, however, strengthened with higher trading volume and value.
Edo State has intensified surveillance across highways and communities after a viral banditry threat, with Governor Okpebholo deploying a multi-agency security response to protect residents.
Nigeria faces a growing security emergency as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declares a nationwide security mobilisation, orders massive recruitment, and warns that the nation will yield no ground to terrorists amid rising regional instability and echoes of Nigeria’s past CPC designation.
The Guinea-Bissau Coup escalated Wednesday as soldiers detained President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, suspended state institutions and seized control of the fragile West African nation just days after a contested election.
The Presidency has clarified that former ministers Wale Edun and Ahmed Dangiwa resigned from office voluntarily and were not removed from President Tinubu’s cabinet.
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in an appeal by a PDP faction challenging court rulings that nullified the party’s 2025 national convention in Ibadan.
Senate Minority Whip Osita Ngwu has defected from the PDP to the APC, citing internal party crisis, while Senator Aliyu Wadada also announced his move to the ruling party.