The police have filed a five-count charge against a journalist, Alefia Friday, publisher of Naija News Today (formerly Asiwaju Media), over alleged cybercrime offences linked to a report on a member of the House of Representatives representing Ezza South/Ikwo Federal Constituency of Ebonyi State, Hon. Chinedu Ogah. Alefia was said to have been arrested on September 23 in Lagos by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team and moved to Abuja, where he has remained in detention at the facility of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad. His arrest followed a report said to have criticised the lawmaker’s performance in office. Family…
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Police in Nasarawa State have arrested the village head of Sarkin Noma, Ero Yaro, over his alleged role in a midnight attack that left two people dead and one abducted. Spokesman for the Command, SP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the arrest in Lafia yesterday. He said gunmen invaded Sarkin Noma Village in Keana Local Government Area, killing two residents and whisking away one. “Acting on credible information, the Commissioner of Police deployed operatives from the Kadarko Division, who combed the area and arrested the 45-year-old village head, Ero Yaro, in connection with the incident,” Nansel said. The state government condemned the…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have rescued 86 kidnapped victims and arrested 29 suspected Boko Haram logistics suppliers during coordinated operations across parts of Borno State. The Army disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by the Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force, North-East Operation Hadin Kai, Lt.-Col. Sani Uba. According to the statement, the operations were conducted on November 9 by troops of the 135 Special Forces Battalion under Sector 2. The troops reportedly encountered Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists at Dutse Kura, along the Buratai–Kamuya road, where the insurgents were…
As someone born and raised in Akure, I have spent my life moving through its streets, watching the city grow, and witnessing its challenges firsthand.My journey as a public servant has given me a unique perspective. I had the privilege of serving as Special Assistant under Governor Olusegun Mimiko – the Great Iroko and today, I continue to serve under Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa. This experience has allowed me to see how vision, planning, and consistent action can transform a city. When Governor Mimiko’s administration built Akure’s roundabouts, it was a bold step in urban renewal. I remember the excitement…
The Adamawa State Police Command has dismissed reports circulating on social media claiming that the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state was beheaded by terrorists. In a statement on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, described the viral post as false and mischievous, saying it was aimed at inciting panic and stirring religious tension among residents. Nguroje said the post, credited to a Facebook user identified as Lionman Lioni, was entirely baseless. He quoted the Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo Morris, as saying that no such incident had occurred anywhere in…
Bandits have again struck in Katsina State, killing two elderly community leaders and abducting several residents in Doguwar Sorawa, a village near Guga in Bakori Local Government Area. The attackers, said to have arrived around 10pm on Tuesday, operated for over an hour without resistance, leaving the community in grief. A resident of Guga, Mahadi Guga, who confirmed the incident yesterday, said the bandits slaughtered two prominent elders, Alhaji Bishir and his brother, Alhaji Surajo. “I’m on my way there now for their burial and to see the extent of the destruction. Many people were abducted during the attack,” he…
The Federal Government, in collaboration with Pads for Her Initiative, has intensified efforts to tackle period poverty in Nigeria through a high-level National Policy Roundtable on menstrual health and sustainable development. The event, held on October 31, 2025, at the Federal Ministry of Youth Development headquarters in Abuja, brought together key stakeholders from government ministries, development partners, and civil society groups to push menstrual health from advocacy to concrete policy action. Representatives from several ministries, departments, and agencies attended the dialogue, including the Federal Ministries of Health and Social Welfare; Education; Women Affairs; Industry, Trade and Investment; and Water Resources…
A political group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, the Ekiti PDP Progressives, has accused former Governor Ayodele Fayose of being frustrated after losing control of the party’s structure. The group was reacting to Fayose’s recent remarks declaring the PDP “dead” in Ekiti State. In a statement on Tuesday signed by its chieftain, Gani Salau, the group urged residents to disregard the former governor’s comments, describing him as a “conditional member” who would soon be shown the way out of the party. Fayose, in an interview with journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, said the PDP was “moribund”…
Two senior members of the United States Congress, Gregory W. Meeks and Sara Jacobs, have condemned President Donald Trump for threatening to launch military action and cut off aid to Nigeria over alleged persecution of Christians. In a joint statement, Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Jacobs, the ranking member of the Africa Subcommittee, described Trump’s remarks as “irresponsible and reckless.” The lawmakers also faulted the Trump administration’s decision to designate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern,” saying the move oversimplifies the country’s complex security challenges. “The designation ignores the reality that clashes between…
Executive Director of the Kukah Centre, Rev. Fr. Atta Barkindo, has raised alarm over Nigeria’s deepening social divisions and unresolved conflicts, warning that the absence of reconciliation and truth-telling platforms could worsen the nation’s fragile peace. Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Tuesday, Barkindo shared a disturbing account from a victim in Maiduguri, where a young boy allegedly killed his father and brother for refusing to accept his extremist interpretation of Islam. According to him, the shocking story underscored the level of trauma and fragmentation within communities ravaged by insurgency and religious extremism in the Northeast. “There are accumulated…