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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has visited Darajamal, a community in Bama, to condole with families of the 63 people killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Friday night.The victims comprise 5 soldiers and about 58 civilians that were earlier displaced by the insurgents but have been resettled in Darajamal for two months now....

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed recent contributions from donors since warning that operations would be forced to shut down in July. This includes new funding from the United States of America to support emergency food and nutrition assistance for communities affected by conflict in Northeast Nigeria. The conflict has pushed...

Some Chinese expatriates were saved from kidnappers by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Okpella village of Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State after gun duel that lasted for about three hours.A statement on Saturday by spokesman of the NSCDC, Afolabi Babawale read that: In a gun duel that ...

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) Ogun State Branch has issued a vehement call for the immediate removal and prosecution of ACP Ogundele Olorunwa, the Area Commander of Zone 2, Abeokuta, over damning allegations of corruption, abuse of power, and systemic human rights violations within the Nigeria Police Force....

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the killing of its eight personnel in a brutal by gunmen and abducted an unspecified number of Chinese expatriates.The unprecedented attack, which also led to the death of a civilian and wounded some operatives, occurred on Friday, September 5, 2025, at about 10:...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo State Command, has arrested 26 suspected drug traffickers, with a total of 41,410.53 kilogrammes of various narcotic drugs.The Commander, NDLEA Edo State Command, Mitchell Ofoyeju, who disclosed this in Benin City, Edo State, while presenting the August 2025 progress report, noted that the command inten...

Tanker drivers under the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers have threatened to stop fuel loading over the seeming cold war between them and the management of the Dangote refinery.The crisis is arising from the plan by the Dangote refinery to import 4,000 compressed natural gas-powered trucks for the direct distribution of fuel to retailers....

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has sued the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, over the tinted glass permit policy, labelling the move as illegal.In April 2025, the IGP introduced a policy, instructing the public to apply for and get annual motor tinted glass permits from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for a stipulated amount....

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed terrorism charges against two senior commanders of Ansaru, a terror group reportedly linked to Al-Qaeda, over their alleged role in violent attacks across Nigeria.The suspects are Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a Abbas/Mukhtar, who is described as the Emir of Ansaru, and his deputy, Mahmud Al-Nig...

The Edo State Government has called on parents and guardians to seize the opportunity provided by its free education policy to enroll their children and wards in public primary and secondary schools as the 2025/2026 academic session begins on Monday, September 8, 2025.‎The appeal was made during a state-wide sensitization campaign led by the Edo State ...