NAF Air Strikes Decimate ISWAP Leadership Cell In Borno The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), operating under Operation Hadin Kai has decimated the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) leadership cell in the Chad region of Borno State. Its Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Cmdre. Ehimen Ejodame in a statement issued Monday said the precision air interdiction neutralised several high-value ISWAP commanders and fighters. He revealed that the mission, carried out on 27 July 2025, targeted Arina Woje, a notorious ISWAP enclave in the Southern Tumbuns of Borno State, known as a sanctuary for insurgent leaders. Ejodame noted…
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Monday charged local and international airlines operating in Nigeria to comply with the First Need compensation regulation where a passengers’ luggage is short-landed. TheHintsNews reports that short-landed baggage refers to checked baggage that is accidentally left behind at the origin airport and arrives on a later flight. It noted that part 19 of the Civil Aviation Regulation 2023 provides that affected local passengers are paid N10,000 and international passengers $170 in the event of land-landed baggage. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, Mr. Michael Achimugu, stated this while speaking at…
The Banjul Accord Group Aviation Safety Oversight Organisation (BAGAIA) on Monday said it recorded zero hull losses in West Africa for six consecutive years. This is even as the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) revealed its ongoing technical assistance to the Liberian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and discussions with the Ghana AIB to establish a flight recorder laboratory. The accomplishment, BAGAIA said, was a testament to the organisation’s commitment to capacity building, technical cooperation, and practical training. The Commissioner of BAGAIA, Charles Erhueh, disclosed Thai on Monday at the Commission 12th meeting in Abuja. He added that BAGAIA has…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed concern over what it describes as “fiscal vandalism” by the Tinubu administration following the approval of yet another $21 billion in foreign loans by the National Assembly. Its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi in a statement issued Sunday lamented that this new wave of borrowing will drive Nigeria’s public debt beyond ₦200 trillion before the end of the year, with no corresponding development or economic revival to justify it. The opposition party accused President Bola Tinubu of surpassing his predecessor by mortgaging the country’s future in mountains of debts in the…
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to host the victorious Super Falcons at the Presidential Villa on Monday afternoon in Abuja. The Super Falcons accomplished a record-extending 10th Women AFCON title triumph on Saturday night, with a 3-2 win over hosts Morocco at Rabat’s Stade Olympique. The team is scheduled to touch down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by noon on Monday. However, the Nigeria Football Federation is making arrangements to have the team move to the Presidential Villa in an open-roof bus along populated districts, with the iconic trophy in view for onlookers in the nation’s capital. NFF…
The Super Falcons of Nigeria Saturday won the Women Africa Cup of Nations title in style after coming from behind to defeat Morocco 3-2 in Rabat. The Atlas Lionesses of Morocco’s Atlas put up a superlative performance that saw them going ahead with two goals after 24 minutes at the Stade Olympique de Rabat. The host nation went ahead in the 13th minute when Captain Ghizlane Chebbak rifled home a well-placed shot from the edge of the box, after capitalising on an inadvertent pass by midfielder Halimatu Ayinde. Minutes later, Saana Mssoudy received the ball from a cross on…
Defending Women basketball champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigresses crushed Rwanda with a 92- 45 points at the Palais des sports de Treichville at the ongoing 2025 FIBA Women Afro-Basket Championship in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The Nigerian girls sent an early warning to the rest of the teams after a dominant display against. This win also marks the DTigresses’ 25th win in a row in the tournament, dating back to October 2015. The Rene Wakama’s team blew the Rwandees away from the first quarter with a 17- 8 points lead, before going on to dominate the second quarter 28-17 points and eventually…
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Fansan Yamma Friday neutralised three notorious terrorist kingpins during a deliberate ambush operation in Sabon Birni Local Government Area(LGA) of Sokoto State. Its Media Information Officer, Capt. David Adewusi, in a statement issued Saturday said the ambush was conducted between Mallamawa and Mazau villages in the Tsamaye/Mai Lalle District of Sabon Birni LGA. He revealed that the operation led to the troops neutralising terrorist kingpins — Kachalla Nagomma, Gurmu, and Ali Yar Daribiyar with three AK-47 rifles, with magazines and a motorcycle was recovered. Adewusi noted: “The criminals and their foot soldiers…
Dr. Leon Usigbe’s passing is one of those difficult moments you struggle to take on the chin. Apart from sharing a profession we both love, Usigbe was a lover and reader of books of all genre. I once met him clutching a title on military science and I inquired if his appetite for the printed matter had an inelastic frontier. He giggled! In the build up to the 2019 general election, we flew to Owerri together at the behest of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Clutching a copy of George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” which I planned to read…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council has expressed shock over the sudden passing of the Bureau Chief of Tribune Newspapers, Dr. Leon Usigbe. Usigbe, a veteran reporter died on Friday, July 25, 2025, following a brief illness. The Secretary of the Council, Jide Oyekunle in a statement issued Saturday said Usigbe was initially treated at the State House Clinic before being transferred to the Federal Medical Center (FMC), where he sadly passed away. He said: “Hailing from Uromi, Edo State, he worked with Vanguard Newspaper in Katsina, Kaduna, and Abuja, covering the House of…