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Azare meets senior officers, DPOs, tactical commanders on discipline

Azare meets senior officers, DPOs, tactical commanders on discipline

The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, Baba Mohammed Azare, has convened the command’s first management and strategic meeting for 2026, attended by senior officers, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), and tactical commanders.

Addressing the gathering, Azare commended the officers and men of the command for their dedication, resilience, and commitment to maintaining relative peace and security across the state over the past year.

Basiru to Wike: You can’t undermine APC and remain minister

Basiru to Wike: You can’t undermine APC and remain minister

The National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to step down from the APC-led Federal Government, alleging that his actions pose a threat to the stability of the party.

Basiru cautioned that Wike cannot remain a member of the Federal Executive Council under an APC administration while allegedly stoking division within the party’s structures.

APC begins e-registration exercise in Ikorodu

APC begins e-registration exercise in Ikorodu

Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State have commenced an electronic membership registration exercise aimed at strengthening internal party democracy and organisational capacity.

The exercise was announced during the distribution of registration materials to party agents at the APC secretariat in the Ota-Ona area of Ikorodu.

CitizenDiary reports that the e-registration will be conducted across all 30 wards in Ikorodu LGA.

Lagos–Calabar Highway: Ekid Union rejects ‘terrorist’ tag, demands justice for Stubbs Creek

Lagos–Calabar Highway: Ekid Union rejects ‘terrorist’ tag, demands justice for Stubbs Creek

The Ekid Peoples Union (EPU), a socio-cultural organisation in Akwa Ibom State, has condemned attempts by some political supporters of Governor Umo Eno to label it a terrorist group over its stance on the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway project.

The union stressed that it is not opposed to development, but would resist any project that violates the law, disregards history and culture, or brings hardship to host communities.

Police gun down robbery suspect, seize firearms in A’Ibom

Police gun down robbery suspect, seize firearms in A’Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery operation in Abak Local Government Area, killing one suspect and recovering firearms and ammunition during a swift, intelligence-led intervention.

According to the command, credible intelligence received on January 2, 2026, indicated that a notorious gang of armed robbers, linked to recent attacks on Point-of-Sale (POS) operators, petrol stations and supermarkets in Abak and surrounding communities, was planning to strike a petrol station along Ikot Ekpene Road, near Ikot Ekang Junction.

Police gun down robbery suspect, seize firearms in A’Ibom

Police gun down robbery suspect, seize firearms in A’Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery operation in Abak Local Government Area, killing one suspect and recovering firearms and ammunition during a swift, intelligence-led intervention.

According to the command, credible intelligence received on January 2, 2026, indicated that a notorious gang of armed robbers, linked to recent attacks on Point-of-Sale (POS) operators, petrol stations and supermarkets in Abak and surrounding communities, was planning to strike a petrol station along Ikot Ekpene Road, near Ikot Ekang Junction.

Ayangburen urges Nigerians to support tax reform

Ayangburen urges Nigerians to support tax reform

The traditional ruler of Ikorodu, Oba Kabir Shotobi, the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, has urged citizens to support the new tax reform, describing it as a progressive measure aimed at protecting poor and vulnerable Nigerians.

Shotobi appealed when he visited the hospital to distribute gifts to the first baby of the year on Thursday in Ikorodu, Lagos.

Ayangburen urges Nigerians to support tax reform

Ayangburen urges Nigerians to support tax reform

The traditional ruler of Ikorodu, Oba Kabir Shotobi, the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, has urged citizens to support the new tax reform, describing it as a progressive measure aimed at protecting poor and vulnerable Nigerians.

Shotobi appealed when he visited the hospital to distribute gifts to the first baby of the year on Thursday in Ikorodu, Lagos.

Power without performance: The 2027 reckoning the world must heed

Power without performance: The 2027 reckoning the world must heed

It will be exceedingly difficult for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to secure a second mandate in 2027. At the summit of leadership, longevity is never the ultimate measure of success. What endures are strategic coherence, moral credibility and outcomes that tangibly improve the lives of ordinary citizens. On these defining pillars, the current administration appears dangerously unmoored, drifting amid a storm of unmet promises and deepening public discontent.

Nigeria’s security crisis has metastasised like an untreated wound, spreading across regions and generations. Yet there is still no clearly articulated, coherent and time-bound national strategy capable of restoring public confidence or decisively dismantling the machinery of terror.