Nigeria’s junior foreign minister, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, will on Thursday morning receive the first batch of hundreds of Nigerian nationals fleeing recent xenophobic violence in South Africa. An evacuation flight operated by Air Peace is scheduled to land at the Murtala...
A prominent Nigerian policy group has urged the National Assembly to invoke the “doctrine of necessity” to fast-track the establishment of state-controlled police forces, expressing deep concern over legislative delays during a worsening national security crisis. The...
A pro-government media group has strongly backed the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards to rescue abducted students and teachers in south-western Oyo State, saying the move demonstrates President Bola Tinubu’s deep empathy for the victims. The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) said they were...
Nigerian army troops have repelled a raid by heavily armed criminal gangs on a community in the north-western state of Zamfara, killing one of the attackers during a follow-up operation, military sources say. Soldiers from the 1 Brigade Quick Response Force, alongside a combat team based...
A Somali referee set to make history at the World Cup says he was subjected to an 11-hour interrogation before being denied entry to the United States, despite holding a valid visa. Omar Artan, who was poised to become the first Somali to referee at a World Cup finals, was dropped from...
