Airstrikes from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have killed over 20 bandits, and destroyed notorious criminal hideouts in Unguwar Goga Hillforest, Ruwan Godiya Ward, the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to the NAF, the operation, carried out by the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma in the early hours of Thursday, targeted the fortified camps of two notorious bandit kingpins, Gero (Alhaji) and Alhaji Riga. The Deputy…

Adewole Adebayo, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has confidently predicted that President Bola Tinubu will be ousted in the 2027 general election. Adebayo also boldly claimed that his party would produce the next Nigerian President. Appearing on Arise Television’s The Morning Show on Friday, March 14, Adebayo expressed certainty about Tinubu’s defeat, asserting, “Tinubu is going to be removed from power, that one is sure,…

The former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has vehemently denied corruption allegations levelled against him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In his recently released book, Nigeria: Past and Future, Obasanjo accused Malami of playing a central role in the “enthronement of corruption” during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo’s scathing criticism asserts that corruption was rampant under Buhari’s government, with Malami allegedly…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the process of formulating its Election Project Plan (EPP) ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general election. A senior official within the commission disclosed this This proactive step is part of INEC’s effort to refine and improve its election processes, with lessons learned from the 2023 general election being applied to the planning of the upcoming poll. The official revealed that the commission is…

Some former ministers of the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, and other Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) chieftains in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are reportedly finalising plans to dump the ruling party for the Social Democratic Party (SDP). According to Saturday PUNCH, a senator in the ninth Assembly, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said at least 10 former members in the Buhari cabinet are among those moving to…

The office of the president of South Africa Saturday said the decision of the United States to expel its (South Africa’s) ambassador was “regrettable”, and urged “diplomatic decorum” between the two nations. On Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was no longer welcome in the United States because he was “a race-baiting politician” who hates US President Donald Trump. The Presidency said in a statement,…

The Federal Government has dismissed recent reports alleging the targeted killing of Christians in Nigeria, describing them as part of a misleading campaign aimed at pressuring foreign governments to classify the country as a “Country of Particular Concern.” The Federal Government, in a statement issued on Friday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s Acting Spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, rejected the allegations, asserting that they misrepresent the security situation in Nigeria. The…

The Rivers State House of Assembly on Friday, suspended its sittings indefinitely following a plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule at the assembly complex in Port Harcourt. This development comes shortly after the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara officially informed the Speaker of his intention to re-present the 2025 budget for legislative consideration and approval. The governor, had, in a letter dated March 13, 2025, and addressed to…

By Adeniyi Yusuf Students of Lagos State University and residents of the PPL in the Okokomaiko Area of Lagos State, are living in fear following the exhumation of the body of a 28-year-old graduate, Adedamola Ogunbode. The LASU Political Science Education graduate was reportedly missing since January 16, 2025, amid rumours that his mutilated body had been discovered. Although the Lagos State Police Command maintained that Ogunbode’s case remained that…

President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians that while current economic reforms are challenging, they are necessary to build a resilient nation and secure the future of the next generation. The President made this statement on Friday at the State House in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), led by Most Reverend Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, the Archbishop of Owerri and CBCN President. Addressing…

Niger Republic has approached Nigeria to bail it out of a severe fuel scarcity crisis that has almost brought the country to a standstill. It was gathered that Niger had quietly sent a delegation to Abuja, appealing for an emergency fuel supply. According to reports, Niger has been grappling with a crippling fuel shortage for weeks, leading to long queues at petrol stations, skyrocketing black-market prices, and widespread economic disruption.…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has stopped the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. This comes as the appelate court halted the enforcement of its January 10 judgment, which upheld the Kano State government’s repeal of the 2019 Emirates Council Law, pending the Supreme Court’s determination of an appeal on the same matter. The ruling was delivered on Friday by a three-member panel…