Umar Iyale, a veteran photojournalist, has been abducted by bandits in Danhonu II community, Millennium City area of Kaduna metropolis. Sources in the community said Iyale was taken from his residence at about 9:00pm on Monday by the bandits. It was gathered that the gunmen carried out the operation quietly, in a coordinated manner, after…
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, has lashed at the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, asking him to resign his ministerial position and focus on what he described as his obsession with Rivers State politics. He said he was unfazed by what he termed veiled threats from…
Troops of Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition during an operation in Takum LGA of Taraba state. The military said the operation was carried out on January 4, following actionable intelligence on the movement of an associate of a suspected criminal kingpin identified as John…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a manhunt for the terrorists responsible for a deadly attack on communities in Niger State that left more than 40 people dead and many others abducted. In a statement which he personally signed on Sunday, the President said he had directed the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff,…
We are here at last in the decisive year before the 2027 General election; and under a political sky shaped by cooptation, consolidation, realignment and fatigue. The governing order described in the first part of this essay has narrowed the arena of contest and redrawn the boundaries of participation. Power has been personalised through coordination…
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is working on an agenda aimed at supporting beleaguered Christian communities in Nigeria and other parts of the world. Netanyahu disclosed this on Friday during a meeting with evangelical community leaders in Florida, where he described Israel as the only country capable of protecting Christians globally. “I…
