Troops Capture Bandit Informant, Supplier in Katsina

Troops of the 17 Brigade under Operation FANSAN YAMMAN, alongside the Katsina State Community Watch Corps (KSCWC), have apprehended two high-value suspects accused of fueling terrorist operations in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.   The arrests, based on actionable intelligence, targeted a logistics supplier and an informant linked to notorious bandit kingpin Babaru, […]

Police Confirm Release of Kidnapped Passengers in Niger

The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the safe release of passengers kidnapped by armed bandits along the Kontagora–Zuru road in Mariga Local Government Area.   In an update on Sunday, the command announced that the victims, abducted on Saturday evening, were freed unharmed due to relentless pressure from security operatives.   The police, alongside […]

Mass Purge: Dangote Must Apologise To Workers, Says TUC

Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting   The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has said that the management of Dangote Petrochemical Refinery has violated the rights of the over 800 Nigerians workers laid off by the company, therefore, it should apologize to them.   The union’s Secretary General, Nuhu Toro disclosed this while reacting to the ranging crisis between […]

Sixteenth Ebola Outbreak Claims 25 Lives In DRC, Raising Regional Concerns For Nigeria

DRC, KASAI – UNICEF announced that nearly 45,000 Ebola vaccine doses are being delivered to Kasai province to protect families and children. Since the 5 September outbreak, 47 suspected and confirmed cases, including 14 children, have been recorded. Twenty-five people have died,12 of them children, prompting swift, results-driven action. “Every dose delivered is one more step […]

Police Rescue Minor Sold For N3.7m In Ondo

Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting   The operatives of the Ondo State command have rescued a four-year-old girl, Jesinta Sunday, who was sold for N3.7 million. The child was found and rescued in Asaba, Delta State. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, confirmed the development in a statement in Akure, saying that […]

World Public Assembly Charts Future of CIS with Call for ‘Conscious Unity’

Ismail Abdulazeez Reporting   The World Public Assembly became a stage for one of the most robust conversations on the future of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as representatives from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan gathered for the panel session “The Commonwealth of Independent States: Conscious Unity.” Experts, diplomats, parliamentarians, and […]

Just In: Former Police DIG, Parry Osayande, Is Dead

Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting Former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Parry Osayande, is dead. He died on Sunday in Benin, at the age of 88. He was however about turning 89 the next day before his death. His death was confirmed in a condolence message released by the President of the Immaculate Conception College Old […]

Be Good Ambassadors Of Your Country, Tinubu Tells Nigerian Pilgrims To Israel, Jordan 

…..Commends Hope Uzodinma, For Sponsoring 1,000 Christian Pilgrims     Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting   President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian Christian pilgrims traveling to Israel and Jordan to be good ambassadors of the country and not to abscond during their spiritual journey.   He made the appeal at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, […]