NATIONAL NEWS

 Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), stated on Tuesday that more than 50,000 soldiers are presently involved in several peacekeeping operations across the country. The internal security operations include counter-terrorism efforts in the North East, separatist operations in the South East, and combating oil theft in the South South. Lagbaja gave the […]

A suspected kidnapper and child trafficker, Tayo Adeleke, had confessed to the Ogun State Police Command how he and other members of his gang had been kidnapping children to sell in neighbouring Benin Republic. It was reported that Adeleke is currently in the police net, where he is being interrogated over an attempt he made […]

A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has denied knowing a contractor, James Okwete, who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly laundering N37bn. She also said she served as a minister with every sense of responsibility and would defend her actions whenever called upon […]

Cultists on Christmas Eve killed a broadcaster in Edo State, Hillary Odia. Odia, a staff of Independent Television and Radio, was murdered on Sunday night around 2nd East Circular, in Benin City, the state capital. A spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident, disclosing that “a sizeable number of arrests […]

Governor Caleb Mutfwang has criticised what he described as the “lack of political will” by the Federal Government to flush out marauding terrorists on the Plateau, saying that insurgents have been occupying schools in the Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of the state for five years without being dislodged. Mutfwang on Tuesday, said the crisis on […]

Air strikes by the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to the Air Force, the operation happened on 23 December 2023, “The illegal sites were sighted clustered within a radius of about 80 metres at a […]

President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of many lives. President Tinubu directed security agencies to immediately move in, scour every stretch of the zone, and apprehend the culprits. The president made the directive in […]

President Bola Tinubu has sent birthday wishes to celebrate with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, on his 70th birthday. The President commended the SGF for his consistency and perpetual dedication to duty in coordinating the affairs of the government, noting his rich portfolio of leadership experience and laurels […]

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has made it clear that supervisory officers would be held responsible for policemen caught extorting Nigerians. Police spokesperson Olumuyiwa Adejobi said he caught some policemen in the act of extortion on Christmas day while driving along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Adejobi added that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) […]

The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, revealed on Tuesday that the federal government would, from next year, wage a relentless war against economic saboteurs who made lives difficult and unbearable for Nigerians. Bamidele, also Chairman of the Southern Senators Forum in the ninth National Assembly, insisted that the National Assembly would pass the […]