The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch has neutralised scores of terrorists in Nigeria and Zamfara states. It’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal, Edward Gabkwet in a statement issued Monday said the air strikes were carried out in response to the recent upsurge of terrorists’ activities targeting innocent civilians in Niger State. He said intelligence gathered had revealed that most of the terrorists responsible for recent attacks on civilians, abductions and cattle rustling within Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State were domicile in Kaduna State. Gabkwet stressed that additional intelligence further revealed the sightings of…
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Residents of Jikwoyi Phase IV, a community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed outrage and frustration over the failure of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to replace a faulty transformer, leaving them in darkness for two weeks now. In a strongly-worded letter addressed Monday to the Managing Director of AEDC Zone 4, the community, through its Landlords Association chairman, Mr. Kareem Akeem, accused the company of negligence and lack of maintenance, despite collecting substantial revenues from them. They alleged that AEDC had ignored repeated warnings and complaints about the transformer’s condition, which had deteriorated due to oil…
A former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has said that the lack of seriousness of opposition leaders might make it difficult to change the government of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Lukman in a statement issued on Monday lamented that Nigerians are going through very harsh and excruciating conditions, stressing that since the commencement of the fourth republic, it has been a case of progressive degeneration that invariably brought the country to its knees whereby public resources are now practically the private resources of so-called elected leaders. He pointed out that although it was…
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday 23rd August intercepted two containers of codeine syrup which came from Mundra port in India. It’s of Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday no fewer than 1,596 cartons of codeine-based syrup containing 319, 200 bottles of the opioid worth N2,234,400,000.00 in street value were recovered from the containers during a joint examination with other port stakeholders. He added: “Two ladies were arrested by operatives in Edo state for online sales of illicit drugs. “While Martha Owotorofa, 26, was nabbed at Kada Plaza, Benin…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has confirmed that the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, otherwise known as Shiites, on Sunday killed two police officers while three others were left unconscious. FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh in a statement issued in Abuja said Shiites attacked its personnel at the checkpoint unprovoked. She said: “FCT Police Command wishes to confirm an unprovoked attack by the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as the ‘Shi’ite’ group, on some personnel of the Nigeria Police Force attached to FCT command at Wuse Junction by traffic light, where two (2) police personnel were…
Listen up, Men! The harsh truth is, marriage is a game where the odds are stacked against you. You work yourself to the bone, sacrificing every bit of pleasure, every dream, just to provide for your family. But in the end, what do you really get out of it? Consider this scenario: He’s 72 years old, retired from a lifetime of hard work. All his life, he toiled and struggled, denying himself the joys of life to raise his children, to give them the best education, to send them abroad to build better lives. And where are they now? They’re…
Security forces have arrested several gunmen associated with notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji near the Nigeria-Niger border in Sokoto State. The arrest, according to Zagazola Makama, occurred during an operation aimed at curbing cross-border banditry and criminal activities in the region. The suspects are believed to be part of a network of armed groups operating under the command of Turji, who had been linked to numerous attacks, kidnappings, and violent crimes across northwestern Nigeria. The operation is part of ongoing efforts by security agencies to dismantle criminal networks and restore peace to the area.
The federal government has authorised the termination of employees in both the public and private sectors who possess counterfeit degree certificates acquired from the Republics of Benin and Togo. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman while addressing a press conference on Friday in Abuja to mark his first anniversary in office said all degree certificates from Cotonou University issued between 2017 and the present would be rendered invalid. He added that all personnel currently employed by the federal government are to be terminated immediately. The minister revealed that these initiatives were sanctioned at a recent meeting of the Federal Executive…
Some days ago, I watched an interview with one of Nigeria’s most prominent prosperity preachers. He is one of the proponents of tithing, which he says if you pay, you must always prosper. He has said this on camera. His name is Matthew Ashimolowo. Instead of arguing with me, Google his video and watch it. So, imagine my surprise when this fellow complained bitterly during the interview about losing large sums of money he invested in various Nigerian bank stocks. Please, instead of attacking me, watch the interview. It is recent. Then this man went on to complain about how…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has urged the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to uphold the principle of fairness and justice in undertaking this serious national assignment. The Speaker, in a statement issued Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Krishi, expressed optimism that the acting CJN would bring reforms that would enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of Nigeria’s judicial system. Kekere-Ekun who was sworn in by President Bola Tinubu in Friday succeeded Justice Kayode Ariwoola, who retired on August 22. He expressed the readiness of the 10th…