Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai have thwarted an attempted attack by terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) along the Magumeri – Maiduguri axis in Borno.According to Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osaba, Chief Military Information Officer of the MNJTF in N’djamena, Chad, who disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri on Sunday, the troops recovered caches of ammunition from the insurgents during…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has explained his decision to choose the current Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, as his successor. Vanguard newspaper reported that Mr Wike shared his reasoning during a civic reception organised in his honour by the Rivers Ijaw People’s Congress in Port Harcourt on Saturday. The minister addressed the controversy surrounding his choice, stating that he selected Fubara as his successor…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as the Director-General and Global Liaison for the Nigeria-China strategic partnership established during the President’s visit in early September. In a statement, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed that Mr Tegbe, who graduated with first-class honours in civil engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University in 1988, will report directly to the president. The statement further noted that Mr Tegbe…

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, highlighted several key factors contributing to insecurity in Africa during a Leadership Dialogue in Athens, Greece, over the weekend. Speaking at the event, which focused on governance, particularly in the areas of democracy, security, and the economy, Mr Obi stressed the need for leaders to recognise the profound global and generational shifts currently underway. In a statement shared on his X (formerly…

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) deployed in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State has announced that a self-confessed Boko Haram terrorist, Bochu Abacha has surrendered to its troops. Bochu was said to have confessed to having surrendered because of the intensity of the operation of the MNJTF and declining interest. The Information Officer of the MNJTF, Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba, in a statement on Saturday, noted that the…

At least 17 people were reportedly killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town on Friday.A BBC report, quoting the police, stated that 12 women and one man were killed in one location, while three women and one man were felled in a second location, with the 18th victim in critical condition in the hospital.The report also noted that the yet-to-be-identified gunmen targeted two homesteads in the…

A zookeeper and lion handler at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta identified as Babaji Daule has reportedly been killed by a lion in the zoo. The library is said to be one of the investments of the former head of state and two-time president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The New Daily Prime recorded that the victim’s body had been recovered and taken to the…

In continuation of the money laundering trial of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, a Bureau de Change operator based in Abuja, Jamilu Abdullahi, has narrated how the former governor severally paid his children’s school fees in dollars. Abdullahi, who is the third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, the current Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, and nephew of Yahaya Bello was…

Not less than five people have been confirmed dead and others hospitalized at the infectious diseases center, Olodo in Egbeda LGA following the ‘Love feast (Ipese)’ planned by a white garment church. According to The Punch newspaper, It was recorded that the incident happened to occur in the church environment, in Apata Ido LGA has put the entire community in chaos. However, according to a source that remains anonymous, it…

Just a few days to the nation’s 64th independence anniversary, organizers of the #FearlessOctober1 protest have insisted that the military, police, and the Department of State Services (DSS) would not stop them from going ahead with the planned demonstration.Disclosing this to newsmen on Saturday, the National Coordinator of the Take It Back Movement, Juwon Sanyaolu, and the Director of Mobilization of the group, Damilare Adenola, said they have written to…

Agitation for a return to the regional system of government has generated a heated debate among Nigerian Senators from the southern and northern regions, with the lawmakers expressing sharply contrasting positions. This development came to the fore at a two-day retreat on the amendments to the 1999 Constitution, organized by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in collaboration with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) in Kano on Saturday.While…

Four bloggers—Precious Eze, 38, Olawale Rotimi, 47, Rowland Olonishu, and Seun Odunlami—have been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly cyberstalking and false dissemination. Punch newspaper reported that the bloggers committed the offences against the Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC (GTCO), Segun Agbaje which aimed at defaming him. The paper added that Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the bloggers…