A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has said he and the Federal Executive Council, FEC, did not grant any contract approval to Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited, the company that lifted the Mambila Power Project contract. This was revealed on Monday, by the Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Babangida in the trial of…
The Federal Government has deployed additional troops to Benue State in response to the latest wave of vicious attack in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area, which left scores of residents dead. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, disclosed this on Monday in a statement. He said President Bola Tinubu swiftly ordered…
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Yusuf Halilu, on Monday granted bail to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, who was arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to a press statement issued by the EFCC’s spokesman, Dele…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has extended the enforcement deadline for tinted glass permits to August 12, 2025, citing public feedback and an ongoing review of its digital application system. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced the extension in a statement on Saturday, noting that the decision was approved by the Inspector General…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Troops of the Mobile Strike Team under Operation Fasan Yamma have killed several notorious terrorists in a decisive offensive around Ƙunchin Kalgo town in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A statement on Thursday signed by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye, said the June 10…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Four Cameroonian soldiers have been killed, and one critically injured in a brazen attack by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in Fotokol, a border town in the far north of Cameroon, military sources confirmed on Tuesday. The assault, which occurred in the early hours of Monday, saw the…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Nigerian Army has dismissed as false and malicious an audio circulating on social media alleging a violent clash between its troops under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) and the Operation Zenda Joint Task Force (JTF) in Makurdi, Benue State. The viral recording also falsely claimed that military personnel had released a…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed a notorious Boko Haram/ISWAP commander, Malam Jidda, and scores of his fighters during coordinated ground and air offensives in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. The terrorists’ kingpin, who was said to be the Ameer of Ngorgore and Malumti villages, met his end…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano A former Chief of Army Staff and ex-Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), has debunked reports claiming he was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. Reacting through a statement issued on Monday by his spokesman and former Army spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman (retd.), Buratai…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Defence Headquarters has said that troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria have killed 151 terrorists and rescued 154 kidnap victims in various operations across the country in the last week. It said 296 suspects were arrested for terrorism, oil theft, and gunrunning, among other crimes. The operations were conducted…
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