Browsing: national security

There is a moment in every national catastrophe when accounting must be done.  Not later, not after the next election,…

Expectedly, the Federal Government didn’t disappoint most pessimists on the list of 48 Nigerians named as terror sponsors and financiers.…

The National Assembly has, as usual, approved a fresh $6bn external loan request by President Bola Tinubu, in a process…

Nigeria’s electricity challenge is like an octopus that has begun wrapping its tentacles around the President’s neck. Last Friday, the…

Last week, as President Bola Tinubu prepared for his state visit to the United Kingdom, insurgents again slaughtered dozens in…

For more than four decades, I have lived and worked in Northern Nigeria. I first arrived in Kaduna in 1980…

Just days after the US President took office in 2025, the story began to spread: Nearly 4,000 Nigerians were about…

From military tradition and security warnings to political realignments and international fraud convictions, this afternoon’s headlines reflect key developments…