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Federal Government of Nigeria has increased the registration fees for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO), to N50,000 per candidate from 2027. Under the new arrangement, NECO’s SSCE registration fee will rise from N30,000 to N50,000, while WAEC’s fee will…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed an Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) cameraman and recovered video materials indicating the presence of three foreign facilitators, including a Palestinian trainer and a Moroccan doctor, during an operation in Borno State. This was made known by the Acting Military Information Officer of Joint Task Force North…
National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja Judicial Division, has barred police officers who are not employed in the Specialist Legal Cadre from appearing in civil proceedings on behalf of the Nigeria Police Force.The court also ordered the Police Service Commission and the Inspector-General of Police to deploy at least one police lawyer to every police…
General Overseer , Redeemed Christian Church of God , Pastor Enoch Adabayo has described the rescue of the abducted pupils and teachers from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State as an answer to prayers, thanking God and security agencies for securing their freedom.In a post on its official X handle on Friday, the church…
Boko Haram fighters are increasingly exploiting artificial intelligence tools to improve their operations, using AI-powered chatbots to obtain guidance on battlefield tactics, bomb-making and weapons modification, according to a report by The New York Times.The report, which cited a study by terrorism and technology researcher Antonia Juelich of the University of Cambridge, said interviews with…
A global pan-Igbo socio-political organization, Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to decisively tackle insecurity from all fronts, using all available and futuristic means possible. The Chairman of NUF, Augustine Chukwudum, made the call on Friday in Enugu while examining the level of insecurity in the country. He said insecurity…
A British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage, Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, has been arrested in South Africa and charged with three counts of murder over the deaths of his wife and two daughters in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. The Crown Prosecution Service authorised the charges shortly after Tshuma was arrested in Johannesburg on Friday.The victims, Nothabo Zandile Tshuma,…
Young Progressives Party (YPP) has called on President Bola Tinubu and security agencies to adopt across the country the strategy used in the rescue of abducted pupils and teachers in Oyo Schools, saying that decisive security operations remain the most effective response to kidnapping and terrorism. In a statement issued on Friday by its National…
The Presidency on Friday disclosed that eight kidnappers involved in the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been arrested, while several others were killed during the rescue operation that secured the victims’ freedom.The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the disclosure…
Chief of Defence Staff has confirmed that no concession was made to the terrorists who abducted pupils and teachers from three schools in Oyo State, insisting that neither ransom nor any of the kidnappers’ demands was met before the victims were rescued.The abductions occurred on May 15, 2026, when armed men attacked Community Grammar School,…