The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 15 male suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal dealing on radioactive solid minerals. The agency in a statement issued Tuesday said the suspects were intercepted by operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate. It explained that the suspects were intercepted and arrested on Sunday, March 8, 2026 along Suleja-Maji Road, Niger State, while conveying the suspected solid minerals in three trucks to several locations across Nigeria for an undisclosed purpose. It noted that the suspects are currently undergoing further investigations in the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Commission and will…
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Troops of Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke have neutralised two suspected terrorists and recovered weapons, ammunition, and other items at Tse-Anka Community, Yooyo Council Ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area in Benue State. Its Acting Media Information Officer Lt. Ahmad Zubairu said the operation took place on 9 March, 2026 when troops were conducting patrol aimed at reassuring residents and denying criminal elements freedom of action in the area. He said during the patrol, troops received credible information about activities of suspected terrorists operating within Tse-Anka community. Zubairu added: “Acting swiftly on the intelligence, the troops mobilised to…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has directed the temporary suspension of the enforcement and collection of the helicopter landing fees for an initial period of two months. This was even as he received the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and a delegation from the oil and gas industry at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. The meeting was convened at the instance of the petroleum industry stakeholders who came to raise concerns regarding the enforcement of the helicopter landing fee prescribed by NAMA for helicopter operations conducted by the International Oil…
The trial of former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello continued on Monday with the 11th Prosecution Witness (PW11), James Igbakymeh, narrating before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, how a man identified as Shehu Bello purchased a property, located in Wuse II, Abuja at the cost of ₦650 million. TheHintsNews reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Bello on a 19-count charge, bordering on alleged money laundering to the tune of ₦80,246,470,088.88. Igbakymeh, a lawyer, told the court that sometime in October 2021, his client instructed him to sell a property,…
The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal Monday revealed that he has decided to dump the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) over the irreconcilable PDP’s internal crisis. Lawal in a statement issued by a Senior Special Assistant on Media, Suleman Tudu said the decision was reached during a stakeholders’ meeting chaired by the State Deputy Governor, Malam Mani Mummuni on Monday in Gusau. He said in January, Lawal launched a state-wide stakeholders engagement under a committee led by an elder statesman, Alhaji Salihu Mai Gummi, to chart the state’s next political course amidst…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the outcome of the 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) TheHintsNews reports that the Federal High Court had on October 31, 2025 restrained INEC from recognising the National Convention conducted between November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, Oyo State. Three aggrieved members of the party who instituted the case are Austin Nwachukwu (Imo PDP chairman), Amah Abraham Nnanna (Abia PDP chairman) and Turnah Alabh George (PDP Secretary, South-South). The…
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,…
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…