BY GODWIN OBI Troops of Exercise Enduring Peace III has made a first major breakthrough in Benue state with the rescue of seven kidnapped victims in Ogumula village in Ohimini Local Government Area, (LGA), of the state. The Security Adviser to Governor Hyacinth Alia, Chief Joseph Har, PSP, disclosed thisContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead and some others injured during a fire incident that occurred at Kabong, Gada Biyu in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The fire incident, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, was attributed toContinue Reading
…As NIMASA Act Amendment Bill Passes Senate First Reading BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR has said he and his executive management are committed to the continuous development of human and infrastructural capacity growth of the NigerianContinue Reading
Israeli soldiers detain a man while on patrol on October 12, 2023 near Kibbutz Beeri, the place where 270 revellers were killed by Hamas militants during the Supernova music festival on October 7. – Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian HamasContinue Reading
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed no fewer than 50 terrorists om various ongoing military operations across the country. Also arrested were 114 suspected insurgents, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba said on Thursday while briefing journalists at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. He explainedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Suppliers of life-threatening materials will soon be in trouble, as the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) is currently reviewing its Act to ensure that such dealers are jailed and not fined. The Director General of SON,Pharm Farouk Salim dropped the hint yesterday in Lagos during the inspectionContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS The Abuja division of the Federal High Court, has disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, from contesting the November 11 election in Bayelsa State. In a judgment that was delivered last night, Justice Donatus Okorowo held that Sylva, having beenContinue Reading
The Lagos State High Court sitting in the Ikeja area has convicted two members of a group of pipeline vandals for the 2015 murder of seven operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) in the Ishawo area of Ikorodu. Justice Hakeem Oshodi in his judgment held that the prosecutionContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to save Nigeria and himself from what he described as “protracted embarrassment and undue anxiety” over the controversy surrounding his certificate. He was speaking in light ofContinue Reading
Over 1,500 people have been confirmed dead in the conflict with fears that the death toll could increase. BY GODWIN OBI The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Wednesday condemned the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that has claimed many lives. On October 8, HamasContinue Reading