Security
NCS Intercepts Arms, Illicit Drug-Filled Containers Worth N13.9bn Without Naming Owner
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said its operatives intercepted nine containers carrying arms, ammunition, illicit drugs, and thrift clothes worth N13.9 billion. Adewale...
Gunmen Kidnap 20 Travellers on Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 travellers along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway yesterday around 9 p.m. The assailants ambushed the travellers between the Sagamu Area...
Insecurity: Death Toll Rises In Borno Female Suicide Bombing
The death toll of the bomb that went off yesterday in Gwoza, Borno State, has increased to 18, leaving 42 others “seriously injured.”...
Suicide Bombers Attack Wedding and Funeral in Borno, Eight Dead, Many Injured
According to reports, tragedy struck in Gwoza town, Borno, earlier today when two suicide bombers detonated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at a wedding...
UN Allocates N16.8bn To Address Food Insecurity In Northeast Nigeria
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated $11 million (16.8 billion) to address Nigeria’s northeast’s increasingly worsening Nigeria’s crisis. This was...
FG Inaugurates Task Force To Curb Illicit Drug Importation Via Non-Commercial Jets
Nigeria’s Federal Government has inaugurated an eight-man ministerial task force to investigate the rising spike in money laundering, drug trafficking, and other illegal...
Insecurity: Bandits Kill University Deputy VC; Boko Haram Abducts High Court Judge, Wife
Bandits have killed Prof. Yusuf Saidu, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Innovation, and Development at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. The incident occurred while...
Security: Woman Caught Transporting Ammunition In Kastina State
Security forces in Kastina State have reportedly caught and arrested a woman, identified as Aisha Abubakar, for allegedly transporting ammunition to terrorists in...
Ukraine Suffers Widespread Blackouts As Russia Attacks Energy Grid
Ukrainians are suffering from widespread power outages as Russia’s recent missile attack hits the country’s energy infrastructure. Recall that Russia recently intensified its...
Mali’s Goita Accuses France Of Printing Counterfeit CFA Francs In Repeat Of 1960 ‘Operation Persil’
Mali’s transitional President, Colonel Assimi Goïta, has accused the French government of attempting to destabilise the country’s economy by injecting counterfeit CFA franc...
Israeli Defence Minister Runs To U.S. For ‘Critical’ Talks As Gaza-Lebanon Conflict Heightens
Israeli Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant has flown to meet top Biden administration officials in Washington on what he described as ‘critical’ talks concerning...
Despite No Conventional War, Over 2 Million Benue Farmers Decries Living Conditions At IDP Camps
Indigenous farmers of Benue State, who, for seven years, have been living in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps after their displacement by herdsmen,...