Nigeria and African news

Two suspected gun manufacturers have been arrested by troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Vom, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau state. The military security outfit also recovered 20 caches of automatic weapons from the suspects. Addressing a press conference on Saturday in Jos, the Media Officer, OPSH, Captain Oya James, gave the…

The Kaduna state police command said it had arrested 1,137 suspected criminals in the past two months. Addressing a press conference on Thursday at the command’s headquarters in Kaduna, Audu Dabigi, the commissioner of police in the state, said the arrested suspects include 73 armed robbers, 79 kidnappers and 985 phone snatchers. Dabigi also said…

The court of appeal in Calabar has upheld the conviction of Prof. Peter Ogban of  the University of Calabar, who was sentenced to prison for manipulating election results. The  Akwa Ibom state high court, had in 2021, sentenced Ogban to three years in prison for manipulating election results. Ogban, who was the returning officer in…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has declared that it is a treasonable offence for #EndBadGovernance protesters to fly foreign flags in the country. Speaking on Monday shortly after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja on Monday, Musa said anyone caught with foreign flags during protest…

The federal government has declared Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, 2026, as public holidays to mark the celebration of Eid-el-Fitr, which signifies the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration in a statement on Tuesday through a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the…