Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru on Monday inaugurated the first phase training for 800 special forces personnel tasked with conducting high-impact operations with precision, speed, and efficiency. Badaru while inaugurating the Special Operations Forces for the Armed Forces of Nigeria at camp Kabala in Jaji military cantonment, Kaduna...
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed security agencies to arrest the perpetrators of the violent communal clash that occurred in Ifon, Ilobu, and Erin-Osun communities in the state. Adeleke issued the directive during a visit to the affected communities on Monday, where he conducted an on-the-spot assessment. The...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Supreme Court has debunked reports alleging that Justice Emmanuel Agim accompanied the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to the University of Calabar convocation. The Director of Information and Public Relations of the court, Dr Festus Akande, in a statement in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja– Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, March 24, 2025 busted a Ponzi Scheme Academy and arrested 133 suspects in Abuja. The commission in a post via its X handle, said the suspects were arrested at the Compensation Layout in Gwagwalada...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has launched devastating airstrikes on notorious terrorist enclave North of Chiralia, a known hideout within the Timbuktu Triangle in Borno. TheDeputy Director, Public Relations and Information of NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has recaptured five out of the 12 inmates who escaped from custody at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Koton Karfe, Kogi. This is contained in a statement issued by Abubakar Umar, the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Deputy Controller of Corrections, (DCC), on...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri– Gunmen have kidnapped Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, the Parish Priest of Holy Family Catholic Church, Izombe in Oguta Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo. It was gathered that the Catholic priest was abducted in Ejemekwuru on Sunday evening while on his way to attend the...
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar has remanded one Insp Effiong Bassey, in a correctional facility for shooting dead a retired police officer’s wife and injuring two others. Bassey was ordered to be remanded by Chief Magistrate Mercy Ene led court during his arraignment on Monday. The Insp...
By JOy ADARA , Abuja- The First Lady of Nigeria Senator Oluremi Tinubu has called on Nigerians to get tested and know their TB status. She was speaking at the 2025 World TB Day Community Outreach held at the Sauka Village, Airport Road Abuja. The First Lady in a...
An objection raised by the former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye, to the oral evidence of prosecution witness in his ongoing trial , on Monday, forced the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to tender documentary evidence. The EFCC is prosecuting the former minister before an...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has urged Nigerian youths to embrace honesty, integrity and courage to speak out against corruption and all forms of economic and financial crimes, pointing out that every act of corruption is wrong and destructive. Olukoyede...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has rescheduled the 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, from April 5 to April 10, 2025. In a statement by the board spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Monday, the Board said the “adjustment aims to ensure...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday flagged off the construction work on the 17.6 kilometers access road to the Second Niger Bridge (Phase 2), connecting the South-South and South-Eastern regions. The President, who performed the function at Oko, Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta, said the access road would...
Ondo State High Court in Ore on Monday granted an interlocutory injunction, restraining the Ondo State Government and Sao Agro-Allied Services Ltd. from forceful eviction of farmers in the Oluwa Forest Reserve. The farmers had approached the court to restrict the state government and the company from evicting them...
Corporate partners of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have pledged to provide incentives for the Super Eagles to go all out for the three points against Zimbabwe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles host the Warriors of Zimbabwe in Tuesday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup...
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM), an interest group, has commended President Bola Tinubu for easing political tensions and restoring order in Rivers. RRM’s Director General, Johnson Georgewill, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday that the emergency rule had brought stability to the state. He said that Tinubu’s declaration...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- In a remarkable display of operational proficiency , operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have carried out multiple diligent operations underscoring the Nigeria Police Force’s unwavering commitment to enhancing internal security and combating criminal activities across the nation. The force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has appointed the Emir of Kauru, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Ya’u Shehu Usman as the Amirul Hajj and leader of the Government delegation for the 2025 Hajj exercise. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ibraheem Musa, announced this...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) says 12 inmates escaped from the Koton Karfe Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kogi in the early hours of Monday. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), NCoS, Mr Abubakar Umar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- coalition of Ebira indigenes from across the five local government areas of Kogi Central has dismissed claims that the ongoing recall process against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is being manipulated, insisting that it represents the genuine will of the people. In a statement issued on Thursday,...