The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a notorious bandit, Muhammadu Dan Kani, popularly known as “Akki”, and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition in a series of coordinated operations across the state. Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Balarabe Maikaba, disclosed this during a press briefing at the police headquarters in Gusau on Tuesday,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will deliver a national address on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 7:00 a.m., in commemoration of Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary. According to a statement issued by presidential media aide, Bayo Onanuga, all television and radio stations, as well as other electronic media platforms, are requested to connect to the network services…
Tension gripped Zaki-Biam, in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, on Monday, September 29, 2025, after unidentified gunmen shot and killed a repentant bandit, Kyoga Joka, in the town’s main market. According to eyewitnesses, the attackers stormed the bustling marketplace and opened fire on Joka, who was reportedly serving as a member of the…
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI have arrested a 54-year-old suspected Boko Haram fuel supplier in Borno State. Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer for the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI, disclosed in a statement that the troops have sustained significant momentum in the fight against…
The Federal Government has strongly dismissed as false, baseless, divisive, and malicious the reports alleging that terrorists operating in Nigeria are carrying out a systematic genocide against Christians. In a statement issued by the Minister of Communications, Idris Mohammed, the government emphasized that portraying Nigeria’s security challenges as a targeted campaign against a single religious…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dissolved the state’s pensions board with immediate effect—only two weeks after it was inaugurated. The board, established on September 12 under the leadership of former Sole Administrator Ibok-Ete Ibas, has now been declared defunct. A statement released on Friday in Port Harcourt by the Head of Service, Inyingi Brown,…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Abuja–Kaduna passenger train service will resume operations this week, following comprehensive repairs and safety inspections on the damaged section of track near Asham. In a statement released on Saturday, September 26, NRC’s Chief Public Relations Officer, Callistus Unyimadu, confirmed that while the exact date and schedule…
The standoff between the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) intensified sharply on Saturday, September 27, as the union ordered an immediate halt to crude oil and gas deliveries to the $20 billion facility. In a directive issued on September 26 and signed by General Secretary…
The Trump administration has put forward a sweeping 21-point peace proposal aimed at ending the war in Gaza, according to a source familiar with the plan. Central to the proposal is the immediate release of all Israeli hostages and a comprehensive framework for Gaza’s post-conflict governance. President Donald Trump expressed optimism about the prospects for…
Cuba has announced the death of Assata Shakur, the American-born Black militant who lived in exile for more than four decades after escaping from a U.S. prison in the late 1970s. Shakur, born Joanne Deborah Byron and also known as JoAnne Chesimard, died in Havana on September 25, 2025, at the age of 78. In…
