BREAKING: Nigerian Soldiers Kills Terrorist Bello Turji’s Second-in-Command, Other Top Commanders’ The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of Aminu Kanawa, the second-in-command to terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji along with several key commanders and close allies. This was stated in a press statement released by Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations. The army said the terrorist commanders were killed in recent operations carried out between Monday and Tuesday in the Northwestern region. “Troops successfully neutralized Aminu Kanawa, the second-in-command to Bello Turji, and inflicted terminal injuries on Dosso (Bello Turji’s younger brother) and Danbokolo, one of Turji’s…
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INEC Fixes Date For FCT Council Election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 21, 2026, for the conduct of the federal capital territory (FCT) area council elections. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, made the announcement on Wednesday during a consultative meeting with political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. He said the last area council election in the FCT was held on February 12, 2022, adding that the tenure of the current chairmen and councillors will end next year. “Consequently, the commission has approved that the 2026 area council election in FCT will hold on Saturday 21st…
BREAKING: Drug Suspect Stabs NDLEA Officer During Raid The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 25-year-old suspect, Musa Usman, for stabbing one of its officers during an operation in Rahama Round, Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State. Usman was apprehended alongside his accomplice, Buhari Ya’u Bashir, 24. The NDLEA Kano State Command revealed that the operation team seized various quantities of illicit substances from the suspects. Muhammad Maigatari, the NDLEA spokesperson for Kano State, condemned the attack on the officer, emphasizing that such acts would not deter the agency’s commitment to combating drug-related crimes. Some of…
BREAKING: Nigerian Gov Locks Out Hundreds Of Workers For Late Coming Several hundred civil servants in Benue State who arrived late to work on Wednesday were locked out by stern-looking security personnel assigned to the state governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia. At approximately 10:35 AM on Wednesday, the governor made an unscheduled visit to the state secretariat to inspect ongoing renovation work, including the installation of lighting. As soon as the convoy of the governor drove into the secretariat, the gates were locked by security officers leading to hundreds of state civil servants locked out. To the governor’s surprise, during…
Businesswoman Arrested For Assaulting Teenage House Help Police in Imo State have arrested a 35-year-old businesswoman, Edith Nwachukwu, for assaulting her 13-year-old house help, Kelechi Ejieke. The arrest was made on Tuesday evening by officers from the Owerri Urban Divisional Police Headquarters after the minor was rescued at the popular Relief Market in Owerri, the state capital. According to the founder of Stand for Humanity Foundation, Chidiebube Okeoma, who was present at the police station, the suspect, now in custody, accused the minor of stealing her money. Okeoma, along with some traders, alerted the police, who rescued the minor and…
Nigerian Army Sergeant Arrested For Abduction A dismissed army sergeant and ex-convict, Kingsley Wanogho, 42, was arrested on Saturday at Ikeja Under Bridge after being identified by one of his alleged victims near Computer Village. Wanogho, accused of impersonating a soldier, was apprehended by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command. The suspect is alleged to have abducted a young man in Ikeja, later abandoning him on Third Mainland Bridge after stealing his iPhone 13. According to a statement released on Wednesday, by the RRS on Wednesday, the arrest followed an alert raised by…
Minister Pushes For Commitment To Reduce Out-of-School Children The Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, has said that the Federal Government was collaborating with state governors to tackle the menace of out-of-school children. Alausa said this at the 2025 Budget Defence session of the joint Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TetFund and Education held on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the ministry had met with the state governors and all the six commissioners for education, including FCT to find lasting solutions to the problem. “So we’re working together on this. So, it now has to be a collaborative effort…
She Can’t Tidy The House, Everywhere Smells – Says Divorce Seeking Husband A public servant, Adeboye Omotayo, has sought the dissolution of his marriage at a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, citing his wife, Ella’s persistent poor hygiene as the reason for his decision. Omotayo, who resides within the court’s jurisdiction, stated that he could no longer tolerate his wife’s lack of proper hygiene, which he claims has negatively impacted their relationship. In his filing, Omotayo expressed frustration and insisted that the situation had reached an unbearable level, leaving him with no choice but to seek a divorce. “The main problem…
BREAKING: NNPC Raises Petrol Price Per Liter The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, through its retail outlets, has increased the price of petrol from N965 to N990 per litre in the Federal Capital Territory. It was reports that the increase is not unconnected with the rise in crude oil prices in the international market. The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, had last week during the inaugural Petroleum Industry Stakeholders Forum which was held in Abuja said deregulation has fully set in the sector as global oil price will now determine how much the price of fuel will…
18 States Challenge Trump For Stopping Birthright Citizenship President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to end birthright citizenship has sparked legal action from 18 states, the city of San Francisco, and the District of Columbia. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the plaintiffs described the order as a “flagrantly unlawful attempt to strip hundreds of thousands of American-born children of their citizenship based on their parentage.” The lawsuit, initiated by 18 Democratic attorneys general, accuses Trump of attempting to dismantle a “well-established and longstanding Constitutional principle” through executive fiat. According to the lawsuit, the president lacks the authority to “rewrite…