The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has secured an understanding with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to collectively confront terrorism and violent extremism in the subregion. According to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, the agreement aims to build confidence and promote regional cooperation....
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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has revealed that the military has killed 6,260 terrorists and apprehended 14,138 terrorists and other criminals in joint operations across the country over the past two years. According to Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Abu-Mawashi, Deputy Director Defence Media Operations, the troops have also rescued 5,365 kidnapped victims...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed off the France, Belgium, and Italy visa centre located at the Mukhtar El-Yakub House, Central Business District, Abuja. The enforcement action was taken due to the centre’s failure to receive a letter from the Commission...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, June 19, 2025 arrested seven internet fraudsters in Abuja. The commission in a post via its X handle on Thursday, said the suspects were arrested in the Lifecamp and Kubwa axes of the Federal...
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo – All is now set for the grand reception of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno into the All Progressives Congress (APC) during a historic event scheduled to hold on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. Eno, elected on the...
The Federal Government has closed its case in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), over allegations bordering on terrorism and treason. The government’s lawyer, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, made the announcement after the 5th prosecution witness testified and was cross-examined....
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja – Nigerian Government has finalized arrangements for the emergency evacuation of Nigerians stranded in Israel and Iran, as tensions between the two countries worsen. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the ministry’s spokesperson,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out a successful airstrike in the Tumbuktu Triangle area of Borno, destroying an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) factory, terrorist gun trucks, and eliminating dozens of fighters. The airstrikes, executed on Wednesday, followed intelligence reports of terrorist activity...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Troops of 17 Brigade, operating under Operation Fasan Yamma, have eliminated eight terrorists in an encounter along Kurfi-Batsari Road in Katsina State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to Kangye, the troops swiftly engaged the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – President Bola Tinubu is set to visit Kaduna State today, Thursday, to inaugurate several key developmental projects executed by Governor Uba Sani led administration. The projects include a 300-bed Specialist Hospital in Millennium City, Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development, road projects, and...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has called on Nigerians to view the military as partners in progress, rather than an occupying force. Musa made the plea at the maiden Defence Headquarters Civil-Military Relations Conference 2025 in Abuja. The conference, themed ” _Winning Hearts and Minds:...
Iran has clarified that its recent strikes on southern Israel targeted military intelligence facilities, not a hospital, as initially reported by some media outlets. According to Iran’s state news agency IRNA, the strikes aimed at the Israeli army’s C4I telecommunications corps headquarters and an intelligence facility. The agency said...
The General Overseer of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries, Pastor Lazarus Muoka, has declared that God is ready to deliver Nigerians from economic, social, and spiritual challenges. Muoka made the assertion during the Church’s Thursday Counseling and Deliverance Service, ahead of its upcoming deliverance revival crusade. According to...
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja- A civil society organization (CSO) Civil–Military Cooperation (CIMICO), has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for arresting several suspected gunrunners, kidnappers, and for recovering several weapons in the process. A statement by the group’s coordinator, Adams Otakwu, said “recent sweeping operations by DSS operatives...
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja- The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Babangida in the trial of the former Minister of Power and Steel Development, Olu Agunloye, on Monday, June 16, 2025, told Justice J.O. Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja that Agunloye’s successor, Senator Liyel Imoke...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has assured Nigerians that, it will never again allow hitherto looted assets by corrupt individuals to be relooted. Chairman of the Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede gave the assurance in Kachia, Kaduna State on Wednesday when he paid...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Managing Director, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, has urged all employers of labour to enroll into the Employees’ Compensation Scheme (ECS) and fulfill their obligations; so that more families can benefit from its essential safety net. Faleye made the...
The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has advanced reforms in the nation’s legal system to accommodate emerging technologies that will enhance justice delivery in a timely and efficient manner. He also charged Nigerian lawyers to innovate and venture into emerging spaces in the legal profession or lose...
By MIMI HEMBA, Makurdi – Chairman of the Benue State Traditional Council, Tor Tiv, Orchivirigh Prof. James Ayatse, declared on Wednesday that land grabbing was at the core of the decades-long conflict in the state. Speaking during a meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Benue stakeholders at the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has directed security chiefs to immediately arrest those behind the killing of over 100 people in Yelewata community, Benue State. President Bola Tinubu issued the directive while addressing stakeholders at the Government House, Makurdi, on Wednesday. The President specifically instructed the...