Security forces operating under the Nigerian Army’s Operation Whirl Stroke have disrupted an alleged arms trafficking ring in Taraba State with the arrest of two suspects. The Nigerian Army announced the development on Monday via its official X handle, explaining that the arrests followed a carefully planned intelligence operation involving troops of 6 Brigade, Sector…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, its personnel, for allegedly marrying a minor (name withheld) and forcefully converting her to Christianity. In a statement on Friday, DSS Deputy Director of Public Relations, Favour Dozie, said the allegations against the officer are currently under investigation. “It is hereby confirmed that, an active…
Nigeria entered the new year amid sustained insecurity across multiple regions, with coordinated attacks, mass killings, military ambushes, and kidnappings recorded between late December and the first week of January. The incidents underscore persistent weaknesses in rural security and the expanding geographical spread of armed violence. In Kaduna State, bandits attacked a community in Lere…
The Rivers State House of Assembly has begun impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Oduh. At a plenary presided over by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, aired live on Channels Television on Thursday, the Majority Leader, Major Jack, read out the notice of allegations and gross…
The senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Sunday Katung, on Thursday visited the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, at the Government House, Kaduna, in a bid to strengthen unity within the All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the 2027 general elections. Katung, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the…
A former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd) has approached a Kaduna State High Court, seeking ₦1 billion in damages over defamatory allegations made against him by a fellow retired military officer, Maj Gen. Danjuma Hamisu Ali Keffi. The suit, filed on Thursday arose from statements allegedly made by Ali Keffi…
