NAF Airstrikes Kill 32 Insurgents After Deadly Banki Attack
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralized 32 Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents in precise airstrikes following a deadly attack on Banki, Bama Local Government Area, on September 18, which claimed the lives of two soldiers and a nine-year-old boy, Ismail Abubakar. The assault, launched at approximately 10:15 p.m., targeted Bula Yobe Forward Operating Base (FOB), […]
NUTGTWN Disbands Edo State Executive Committee Over Resignation Of Union’s Representative
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting It is not yet uhuru in the Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) has disbanded the Edo State Executive Committee following the resignation of its union’s representative from the Nigeria Labour Congress Edo State […]
Court Bars EDSIEC, Edo Govt From Conducting LG By-Elections In 59 Wards
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has barred the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) and the State Government from going ahead with the proposed Local Government by-elections across 59 wards in the state to fill the vacant seats created by some councilors in the various wards in […]
PDP Poses For LG Party’s Congress Across Edo
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter has said plans have reached the feverish stage for the Party’s Congress to elect Local Government Area (LGA) Party Chairmen and Executive Committee members, and one National Delegate from each of the 18 Local Government. The party said the exercise would hold tomorrow, Saturday, […]
Troops Repel Bandits’ Attack in Katsina, Confirm Casualties
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA, alongside police and Community Watch patrol teams, thwarted an armed bandit attack on Awari Yashe and Sararawa villages in Kusada Local Government Area, Katsina, in the early hours of Thursday, September 18, 2025. The assault, which occurred around 3:25 a.m., saw suspected bandits invade the communities, prompting immediate action […]
BREAKING: Governor Fubara Storms Port Harcourt After Days Of Absence
Lucky Obukohwo Reporting After hours of palpable tension about the whereabouts of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, he has finally arrived Port Harcourt, the state capital. This is following his six-month suspension and the end of the emergency rule. It was said that Fubara arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport […]
Bandits Gun Down Two Miners in Zamfara
Suspected armed bandits have gunned down at least two miners in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State on September 18 around 7:45 a.m. when a group of armed bandits, riding motorcycles, stormed toward Barikin Daji and opened fire on illegal miners from Zugu District of Bukkuyum LGA. According to sources, the attackers fled […]
Benin Club Golf Section Suspends Air Vice Marshal Aliyu for Exposing Fraud Around Some Exco Members – By Omoruyi Adolor
Opinion: The Benin Club Golf Section yesterday suspended a retired Air Vice Marshal Hassan Aliyu for daring to expose fraudulent financial allegations against some executive committee members. One of the said allegations, as seen from a petition, involves the diversion of over one million, eight hundred thousand Naira (#1,800,000:00) by the current secretary of the […]
Immigration Officers Abducted by Bandits in Benue
Two Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officers were kidnapped by suspected bandits in Ukum Local Government Area, Benue State, on September 10, while returning from duty. The victims, Orasuur Oliver Orseer and Orwese David James, were stationed at the Immigration Forward Operations Base in Adikpo and had been deployed to a border checkpoint […]
Wike Blasts Canvassers Of Jonathan’s Second Coming, Says You Are Only Drumming For Crisis
Lucky Obukohwo Reporting The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister, Nyesom Wike, has told those drumming for former president Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election to have a rethink, saying they are just beating the drum of crisis. Truth Live News Media reports that Wike gave the stern warning while speaking […]