The Federal Government has banned open grazing by cattle rearers as part of efforts to curb the persistent farmers-herders conflicts across the country. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Mukhtar Maiha, during the inauguration of the 1st National Council on Livestock Development in Yola, Adamawa State. The minister…
Bandits, in a new offensive, have reportedly attacked the Isapa community in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducting a pregnant woman, 10 children, two nursing mothers, and several other residents. Eyewitness accounts suggest that between 20 and 30 armed bandits stormed the community, moving alongside a large herd of cattle while sporadically…
Discussions and engagements held last week between a high-level Nigerian Delegation and US Officials will help strengthen security partnerships between the two Countries and open new avenues for cooperation to protect Nigerian Citizens. The Delegation, led by the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, met with Senior Officials across the US Congress, the White House…
SOURCE: THE PUNCH No fewer than 100,000 Police Officers attached to Very Important Persons and Politicians will be withdrawn and redeployed to core policing duties, including counter-insurgency operations, as part of a strategy to rout the Terrorists rampaging across the Country. President Bola Tinubu ordered the withdrawal of Police Officers at a security meeting held…
ARMED men have reportedly abducted an unspecified number of students and teachers during an attack on St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The attackers, said to be riding on more than 60 motorcycles and accompanied by a van, stormed the private Catholic boarding school in the…
Eugenia Abu is one of Nigeria’s most distinguished broadcast journalists, celebrated for her professionalism, poise, and longevity in the media industry. Over decades of service, she became a familiar and trusted face on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), shaping public discourse and setting high standards for broadcast journalism in the country. A Long and Illustrious Career…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has condemned the alleged illegal takeover of a disputed land in Abuja by military personnel reportedly acting on the orders of a former Chief of Naval Staff, describing the act as lawless and unacceptable. Wike, who personally visited the site on Tuesday after receiving reports…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reappointed Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), extending his tenure for another five years in recognition of his groundbreaking achievements in Nigeria’s fight against drug trafficking and abuse. Marwa, first appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021, will now…
The Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) has raised the alarm that the present economic realities in the country have put the media in distress. The Guild also called for the repeal of laws that inhibit press freedom. The President of the NGE, Mr Eze Anaba, stated this in his welcome address at the All Nigeria…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday, finally ended his long feud and political hostility with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.Fayose met Obasanjo at his residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. A post by Fayose’s former media, Lere Olayinka, disclosed that the former governor visited Obasanjo after near…
