A federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, struck out an application by the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, for the release of his passport to enable him travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. The court, presided over by Justice Maryanne Anineh heard the matter brought to it…
*Borno Farmers Resume Cultivation Due to Improved Security – Spokesman Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria conducted massive operations across all regions of the country between July 10 and 17, killing terrorists, rescuing kidnapped victims, and disrupting oil theft worth over ₦291 million. Director…
The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has sealed up Hampton Hilton Hotel and Apartments, Kaduna, for non-compliance with the Money Laundering (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022 and Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations of the Financial…
The federal government on Saturday disclosed it has secured the convictions of 44 terrorists suspects in the Phase 7 of the Kainji Detention Facility Terrorism Trial. The government through the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), said the 44 convicts were secured out of 54 suspects arraigned. This brings to a total of 785 cases involving…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano A high-profile commander of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), identified as Ibn Ali, has surrendered to troops of the Nigerian military in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, marking a major breakthrough in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations across the country. The military, in its weekly report of…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja Lagos, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Mohammed Gobir to seven years imprisonment for N300m fraud. The Justice R.I.B. Adeniyi court sentenced Mohammed Gobir to prison following a ruling in a case brought to it by the EFCC. He was arraigned on March 17,…
…Vows to bust anti-wildlife trafficking networks The Nigeria Customs Service NCS, has made a big seizure as its operatives intercepted a 1x40ft container loaded with donkey genitals along the Kaduna–Abuja Expressway, last Friday. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Comptroller General of Customs, CGC, Adewale Adeniyi, who was represented by Customs National Public Relations Officer, Assistant Comptroller…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) under Operation FANSAN YAMMA, has neutralised scores of armed bandits in a series of precision airstrikes conducted on 9 July 2025. The offensive which targeted a migrating convoy along the Kebbi–Zamfara axis left heavy casualties in the bandits’ camp. According a statement by the director of public relations and information,…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially launched Phase 7 of the Kainji Mass Trials of terrorist suspects. The government said is part of its continued commitment to combating terrorism, violent extremism, and strengthening the nation’s criminal justice system in line with international best practices, Speaking at the flag-off ceremony on Wednesday, the National Coordinator…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olohundare Jimoh, has announced a total restriction of movement across Lagos for the local government election on Saturday, July 12, 2025. “The general public in Lagos State [is hereby informed] of total restriction of vehicular movement throughout Lagos State from 3 am… till 3…
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