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Former Assistant Inspector General of Police, Baba Adisa Bolanta, has voiced serious concern over the unrelenting insecurity in Nigeria’s North West, attributing the crisis to the absence of legal consequences for perpetrators of violence. He noted that despite over ten years of banditry and killings, there has been no record of any bandits being prosecuted or sentenced, which has allowed impunity to flourish. According to an interview published by NIGERIAN TRIBUNE on Saturday, December 13, 2025, Bolanta, who also served as Commissioner of Police in Oyo, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Imo states, emphasized that the failure to hold criminals accountable has emboldened them to continue their activities without fear of punishment. He stressed that the ongoing violence cannot be curbed unless there is a coordinated and strategic response from all arms of government. According to him, the military, police, state governments, and the judiciary must work together to implement comprehensive reforms in se...

A U.S. soldier keeps watch during a patrol in Syria’s northeastern city Qamishli, in the Hasakeh province on January 9, 2025. (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images) United States Central Command has confirmed that two U.S. soldiers and one civilian interpreter have been killed in an ambush in Palmyra, Syria, by a gunman tied to ISIS. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on Saturday that three others were wounded in the attack. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the assailant was shot and killed by partner forces. “The attack occurred as the soldiers were conducting a key leader engagement. Their mission was in support of on-going counter-ISIS / counter-terrorism operations in the region,” Parnell reported on X. “The soldiers’ names, as well as identifying information about their units, are being withheld until 24 hours after the next of kin notification.” “This attack is currently under active investigation,” he added. Today in Palmyra, Syria, two United States Army soldiers a...

“The people of the South East and those of the North West are totally different people. They should not be forced to exist in one country.” He went further to compare regional development, describing the South East as significantly more advanced, while criticizing what he called a system that binds unequal regions together under one political structure. “The South East is more advanced in terms of enterprise, organization, and human capital,” he added. “When you force incompatible regions into one nation, instability becomes inevitable.”

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images) President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to back primary challenges against Indiana Republicans who opposed the state’s redistricting efforts. “Republicans in the Indiana State Senate, who voted against a Majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, should be ashamed of themselves,” Trump posted on Truth Social early on Saturday. “Headed by a total loser named Rod Bray, every one of these people should be “primaried,” and I will be there to help!” “Indiana, which I won big, is the only state in the Union to do this!” he added. The map  failed  in the Indiana State Senate by a 19-31 vote. 21 Republicans joined the 10 Democrats to oppose the measure, which Trump had previously warned against. The map had previously been  passed  by Indiana’s House. If passed by their ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy (R) speaks alongside Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a conference discussing the launch of the “Make Travel Family Friendly Again” campaign at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. The campaign’s focus is to incentivize family-friendly resources at airports. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned New York to stop granting trucking licenses to illegal aliens or risk losing $73 million in highway aid. During a press conference on Friday, Duffy reported that a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) review found New York is the state most likely to violate federal law when issuing “non-domiciled” commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs). “What New York does is if an applicant comes in and they have a work authorization — for 30 days, 60 days, one year — New York automatically issues them an eight-year commercial driver’s license,” Duffy said during the press c...

(L) Governor of California Gavin Newsom speaks onstage during The New York Times DealBook Summit 2025 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images for The New York Times)/ (Background) Nicki Minaj speaks during the panel discussion “Combatting Religious Violence and the Killing of Christians in Nigeria.” (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) Rapper and singer Nicki Minaj slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom in a torrent of social media posts on Friday, declaring that his political run and hopes of becoming U.S. Commander-in-Chief are over — while citing recent statements he made on a  New York Times  podcast. Throughout his tenure as California’s 40 th  governor, Newsom has been a vocal champion of highly progressive values, though he has occasionally expressed views that  lean more conservative . In a recent appearance on  “The Ezra Klein Show,” a New York Times  (NYT) podcast, Newsom specifically discusse...

(L) National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent. (Photo via:  soaa.org ) / (Background) WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 08: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an East Room event on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan at the White House July 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) During a congressional hearing on worldwide threats, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent testified that his agency has identified approximately 18,000 “known and suspected terrorists” who entered the United States under the Biden administration from 2021 to 2025. Kent, a Trump appointee and former Army Special Forces officer, described these individuals as posing the most significant current terrorism threat to the U.S. homeland. He told the House Homeland Security Committee on December 11 th  that these individuals have ties to jihadist groups, such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, and they would typically be barred from entry under standard vetting procedures. However, t...