The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Component under the Joint Task Force North-East of Operation Hadin Kai has neutralised over 15 terrorists in Smabisa forest. Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Air Cmdr. Ehimen Ejodame in a statement issued Thursday revealed that on September 3, 2025, a carefully planned and executed air interdiction mission struck a newly identified terrorist enclave west of Zuwa in the Sambisa general area. He noted: “Acting on credible intelligence and confirmatory surveillance, the mission targeted hideouts harbouring fighters and commanders responsible for recent hostilities around Bitta. “The strikes proved devastating,…
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The Nigeria Customs have intercepted a cache of firearms, ammunition, and industrial drones in separate operations across Ogun and Ondo States. The Comptroller of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Mohammed Shuaibu revealed on Tuesday that the interceptions were made possible through credible intelligence and swift tactical response by patrol teams. He said: “Officers on night patrol intercepted a Nissan Almera along the Ilara bush paths in Ogun State at about 1413 hours on Thursday, 7 August 2025. The suspects abandoned the vehicle and fled into the bush on sighting Customs officers. “A search of the vehicle revealed 15…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Chief Executive Officer of Gavice Logistics Limited, Ahamba Tochukwu for allegedly defrauding several investors in his logistics investment schemes to the tune of N2 billion. The agency in a statement issued Wednesday said Tochukwu, through Gavice Logistics Limited, rolled out elaborate investment plans spanning haulage, courier and e-commerce services and dangled 50 per cent Returns On Investment (ROI) to his investors. It said investigations showed that he raked in more than N2 billion from 400 investors who could no longer access their capital and ROI owing to the fact…
The Executive Director of Africa Polling Institute (API), Professor Bell Ihua mni, speaks in this interview about the latest findings from the Institute’s 2025 Nigeria Social Cohesion Survey, recently unveiled in Abuja. He argues that social cohesion is the glue that holds society together, and for Nigeria to make progress, government at all levels must pay attention to the subject of social cohesion. Obagah Izuage brings us excerpts from the exclusive interview. Your Institute has been around for a while now, conducting surveys, opinion polls, social research, and churning out all manner of data to support national development. You recently…
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima Wednesday said the federal government recognises road crashes as a major public health challenge with socio-economic consequences. Accordingly, Shettima noted that the government was committed to saving lives and promoting a sustainable road transport system. The Vice President disclosed this in Abuja while declaring open the Federal Road Society Corps (FRSC) 8th Annual Lecture series open. He recalled that the last annual lectures was held in 2017, saying the decision to resuscitate the lecture series this year was hinged on the need to utilise global partnership as leverage to domesticate global best practices as…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the resurgence of killings in the North-Central shows clearly that the Bola Tinubu administration has abandoned the region to bloodshed. Atiku in a statement issued Tuesday noted that Kwara, once safe, is now a hotspot of bandit and kidnap attacks. He added: “Niger State has seen militants attack military bases, murder soldiers, and even massacre worshippers in a mosque. Plateau and Benue continue to bury their dead while the Federal Government looks away. “By May this year, just two years of Tinubu’s rule, over 10,000 lives had been lost in Northern…
The Gaube town, a key farming community in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has urged the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the federal government to come to their aid to reverse the backwardness the community has suffered due to years of neglect, insecurity and other challenges. The community made the call when receiving a delegation of a non-governmental organisation, the Movement for the Transformation of Nigeria (MOTiON), who paid an advocacy and community engagement visit to the community over their plights. Speaking at the meeting, a councillorship aspirant under the Social Democratic…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, with close air support by the Air Component and support of local security outfits have neutralised over 20 terrorists, while several logistics suppliers and their collaborators have been arrested between 23 – 30 August 2025. The army authority in a statement issued Tuesday said the deliberate operations cutting across the general areas of Gujba, Gubio, Sabsawa, Whumtakum in Chibok LGA, Mandarari in Konduga LGA, Gajigana in Magumeri LGA, Konduga, Banki and Loskori Kura in Mafa local government areas of Borno state. It said: “Troops in the course of the operations, recovered several terrorists’ AK-47…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says a total of 2,532,062 Nigerians pre-registered online in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise within two weeks. At the end of the first two weeks, Osun leads with 474,372; Lagos is closely following with 355,372; Ogun 265,399; Federal Capital Territory (FCT) – 152,250; Borno 135, 661, among others. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun in a statement issued Tuesday reiterated that these are pre-registration figures from INEC’s dedicated CVR portal. He stated categorically that all online pre-registrants are required to appear physically to complete the…
The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has revealed that preliminary reports of the ongoing investigation into the incident involving the derailed Abuja-Kaduna bound train would be released to the public in 23 days time. Its Director General, Capt. Alex Badeh gave the hint at a Press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. Badeh said the train, operated by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) consisted of eight passenger coaches with one locomotive at the front and one at the rear departed Idu Station, Abuja, at 09:45 hours and stopped at Kubwa Station at 10:04 hours before continuing its journey. He stated: “Shortly…