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Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised scores of bandits during a coordinated ground and air operation on the camp of notorious bandit kingpin, Gwaska Dan Karmi, in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 8 Division, Lt.-Col. Olaniyi Osoba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. Osoba said the operation was carried …

The Northern Traditional Rulers Council for South-South and South-East Regions has pledged its support for the security agencies and State Governments to tackle security challenges across the regions. The Chairman of the Council, Alhaji Yaro Danladi, disclosed this on Sunday, while briefing newsmen on the resolutions reached at the council’s two-day emergency meeting in Umuahia. Danladi, who is also the …

The immediate past governor of Benue, Chief Samuel Ortom, says the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will overcome its challenges and urged supporters to remain steadfast with the party. Ortom gave the charge on Sunday when his former aides paid him a solidarity visit at his Makurdi residence. The former governor said the party would not die, saying that its leaders …

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has assured Edo people of his administration’s strong commitment to restoring security, driving development, and improving the quality of life across the state, even as he called on citizens to continue supporting his government with prayers and goodwill. The governor said this during a special end-of-the-month Thanksgiving service at Living Faith Church, Irrua, in …

The Nigerian military has recorded another major operational success with the elimination of a high-ranking Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHT) Commander and 10 others during sustained clearance operations in the North-East. Reliable military sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that among the terrorists neutralised was Abu Khalid, identified as the second-in-command of the insurgents at the Sambisa Forest. The …

The sudden seizure of funds to fight HIV/AIDS following the U.S. recent policy on foreign aid, will erode all achievements and put young Nigerians at risk, an expert has said. Dr Nandul Durfa, Managing Director, Reach Care Foundation, an HIV/AIDS care-giver outfit, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Sunday in Abuja that the Federal Government must “fully fund” the …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says President Bola Tinubu’s reforms saved no fewer than 27 states from economic collapse. Idris said this while delivering a lecture at the 34th Convocation and 43rd Founders’ Day of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, on Saturday. He spoke on the lecture titled “Youth and Nation Building: Navigating Opportunities …

The Police Command in Niger, has confirmed that suspected armed bandits set ablaze a Police Station and part of a church in Agwara community in the early hours of Sunday. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this in a statement in Minna on Sunday. Abiodun said that the attack occurred at about 3:40 a.m., …

The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, Lagos, has on Sunday, reiterated that land ownership disputes are civil matters to be settled in court and not by the police. The FCID spokesperson, ASP Aminat Mayegun, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that some landowners in Lagos had expressed concern …

  •As Power, pressure and survival collide At 7:21 a.m. on Ahmadu Bello Way in Abuja, a battered Toyota Carina II taxi crawled toward the Federal Secretariat. The radio crackled through the traffic hum as the morning news broke: another governor had defected. Inside the car, civil servants stared ahead in silence. No one looked surprised. For Musa, a senior …