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The Nigeria Police Force’s Mobile Force, 50 Squadron in Kubwa, Abuja, has issued urgent instructions for all officers assigned to provide security for high-profile individuals, including the Chief Judge of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, to report back to base by 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 27, 2025.

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency, unveiling sweeping measures aimed at tackling escalating attacks across several states and strengthening Nigeria’s overstretched security apparatus.

In a statement, the President ordered an unprecedented recruitment drive across the armed forces and security agencies, authorising the Nigeria Police Force to immediately add 20,000 new officers, bringing total new intakes under his administration to 50,000.

Spain’s chief prosecutor has announced his resignation after the supreme court found him guilty last week of leaking confidential information in a case involving a leading opposition figure’s partner. The unprecedented case is a blow to the leftist coalition government of the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, who appointed Álvaro García Ortiz in 2022 and has defended his innocence repeatedly. In a letter seen by Reuters, García Ortiz said his decision to step down, before the sentence banning him from his post for two years, came from “profound respect” for judicial rulings. “Though my decision stems directly from the ruling, I’m…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has again adjourned the bail hearing of Lagos-based journalist Friday Alefia, imposing a N50,000 fine on the prosecution for failing to properly serve its counter-affidavit opposing the bail request.

With nine months left in the tenure of this administration, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has taken a major step toward the Association’s 2026 national elections by appointing members of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA). The appointments received the formal approval of the NBA National Executive Council (NEC) during its quarterly meeting held in Benin City, Edo State on 20th November 2025.

The Office of the United States Secretary of War has released information about its recent meeting with the Nigerian team led by National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.

“I had discovered since my appointment as a High Court judge that most of the politicians in Nigeria and, indeed, in other developing countries only pay lip-service to the independence of the judiciary…. It pays in the end for a judge, even at the risk of being a snob or of haughtiness, to be somewhat aloof, not only from members of the Executive, but also from political powerbrokers.”

Parents, school owners and teachers in the country have expressed worry over increasing abductions of schoolchildren and the fate of the 327 pupils kidnapped in Kebbi and Niger states. They note that with the current trend, no one is certain of the next educational institution that may be attacked. Schools in the North have faced a string of attacks in the past few days. On Monday, 26 schoolgirls were abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State. Two of them later escaped, leaving 24 still in captivity. On Friday, 215 pupils and 12 teachers were initially reported…

The federal high court in Abuja has rejected a report claiming that James Omotosho, a judge, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt after sentencing Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment. In a statement on Sunday signed by Sulaiman Hassan, the chief registrar, the court said its attention was drawn to the report posted by a blog. It described the report as “completely false and unfounded”, adding that it is “fake news” deliberately crafted to mislead the public and sow distrust in the judiciary. “The public is advised to treat this publication as fake news and refrain from further dissemination to prevent the…

A 24-year-old convict, Usama Abdullahi, has lamented that his three girlfriends, who he gave stolen packs of noodles, did not visit him in prison.

Usama, who worked at a car wash was sentenced to community service following the review of a 2-year jail term slammed on him for theft by a court in Shelleng Local Government Area of Adamawa State.