Troops of 7 Guards Battalion, Guards Brigade in conjunction with elements of the Nigeria Police Force and local vigilantes have successfully rescued 19 kidnapped victims during a coordinated search and rescue operation conducted around Gidan Dogo in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Guards Brigade, Lt. Olawuyi Itunuoluwa in a statement issued Sunday said the operation was launched following credible intelligence on the whereabouts of terrorists responsible for the recent abduction of residents from the Byazhin area of Bwari. He stressed that during the operation, troops made contact with the bandits,…
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The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has decried the invasion of the South West by terrorists. To this end, it challenged the governors of the South West over and security agencies to do more in rescuing the area from bandits The factional National Publicity Secretary of the group, Jare Ajayi in a statement issued Saturday predicated Yoruba people’s concern on the near daily occurrences of the devaluation of human life in some states in the region going by the barbaric manner in which lives of kidnapped victims are being wasted and how abductees were being mercilessly beaten and degraded. Afenifere…
The Civil Society Groups of Good Governance (CSGGG) has called on the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu to step aside to allow investigation into the alleged perjury and false representation levelled against him. The group challenged the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to come clean on Kalu’s service year record to ascertain whether he participated in the compulsory national service or not. The group also challenged Kalu to demonstrate the moral high ground by showing proof that he didn’t combine both programs simultaneously. The President of the group, Dominic Ogakwu made the call while…
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have neutralised scores of terrorists when it thwarted coordinated attempts to overrun troops’ locations in Konduga, Marte, Jakana and Mainok. Its Media Information Officer, Lt-Col. Sani Uba in a statement issued Friday said the desperate attacks were launched between approximately 2230hrs on Thursday and 0300 hours Friday morning. He revealed that the terrorists were met with overwhelming resistance from alert and determined troops who firmly held their defensive positions despite the intensity of the assaults. Uba added: “In a well-coordinated response, troops executed simultaneous flanking manoeuvres alongside…
President Bola Tinubu Thursday announced the successful conclusion of a historic settlement agreement between the federal government, ENI, and Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAEL). The announcement was made at the meeting in his office attended by the Chief Executive Officer of Eni, Claudio Descalzi; the Chief Operating Officer, Guido Brusco; the Head of Sub-Saharan Region, Mario Bello; the Managing Director of Nigerian Agip Exploration, Fabrizio Bolondi; and the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Arowolo-Verheijen. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga noted that the agreement brought to a close the long-standing…
The Youth Renaissance for Good Governance has rejected the allegations levelled against the Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu by the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) regarding his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate and Nigerian Law School records. It alleged that the issue was a political desperation emanating from certain quarters in Abia State. The group said Kalu’s potential — including an undeclared but widely speculated gubernatorial ambition — had so alarmed rival political interests that they had gone as far as sponsoring protest groups from outside the South-east to agitate…
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has called for the immediate and independent probe of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu over the validity of his enrollment as a legal practitioner and the authenticity of his participation in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. TheHintsNews reports that a former First Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. John Aikpokpo-Martins had dragged Kalu before the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) and the NYSC concerning allegations that he enrolled into Nigerian law school while serving. The President General of the group,…
NEV Electric Motors, one of Nigeria’s leading electric vehicle manufacturers has unveiled the NEV T3, a next-generation electric mobility van designed specifically for African cities The unveiling represented another step in the company’s mission to develop locally engineered electric mobility solutions capable of transforming urban transportation across Nigeria and the wider African market. Founder and CEO, Mosope Olaosebikan, on Monday stated that the new model builds on the success of the NEV T6 while the company rapidly expands electric charging infrastructure across Nigeria. Olaosebikan said the NEV T3 builds on the success of the company’s first electric mobility vehicle,…
Troops of 4 Brigade under 2 Division Nigerian Army in collaboration with Edo State Security Corps have neutralised a notorious kidnapper, rescued four kidnapped victims in Warake Forest. The troops also arrested a suspected kidnapper in separate operations in Edo State. Assistant Director Army Public Relations, 4 Brigade, Capt. Kennedy Anyanwu in a statement issued Wednesday said the troops during Operation Igbo Danu 1 working alongside personnel from the Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and local vigilantes, carried out a night operation on 3rd March, 2026 in Warake Forest, Auchi Local Government Area. He noted that…
Ahead of the 2027 general election, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state Wednesday described the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu as rough. TheHintsNews reports that the Governor recently declared the ruling All Progressives Congress APC (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He, however, added that the microeconomic policies which were initially rough are now yielding positive results. Fintiri stressed that the President deserves a second term and should be rejected in 2027. Fintiri disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja when he visited the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following his recent defection. He stated:…