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NewsNigeriaAirstrike Hits Zamfara Community, Kills 16 Vigilantes and Residents

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 12, 2025

An airstrike by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Tungar Kara, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, has reportedly killed at least 16 people, including vigilantes and residents. The victims, members of the Zamfara Community Protection Guard and residents, were said to have responded to a bandit incursion when the airstrike occurred. Intelligence sources revealed that the vigilantes were mistaken for bandits after the actual attackers had fled the scene. “So far, 16 dead...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria21 Vigilantes Killed in Bandit Ambush in Katsina

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 12, 2025

No fewer than 21 members of the Katsina State Community Watch Corps and local vigilantes have been confirmed dead following an ambush by suspected bandits in Baure, a village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The attack happened on Tuesday around 4:30 p.m. as the victims returned from a condolence visit to the family of a dead colleague. Police spokesperson, Sadiq Abubakar, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, saying, “Sadly, 21...

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BusinessNewsNigeriaNBS to Capture Prostitution, Drug Trade in Nigeria’s GDP Calculation

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 10, 2025

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced plans to include illegal and hidden activities such as prostitution and drug peddling in the calculation of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This disclosure was made at a sensitisation workshop on GDP and Consumer Price Index (CPI) rebasing, organised in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). Speaking at the event, the Statistician General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, explained that the rebasing exercise is...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTwo Officers Killed in Boko Haram Attack on Nganzai Police Division

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 10, 2025

…IGP Orders Clampdown on Attackers Two officers of the Borno State Police Command were killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on the Nganzai Police Division in the early hours of Wednesday. The attack, which happened at about 12:10 a.m., was confirmed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, in a statement released on Thursday. “At about 12:10 a.m., unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists attempted to invade Nganzai...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsNnamdi Kanu Rejects Federal Government’s Request to Resume Trial

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 9, 2025

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has rejected the federal government’s request for the resumption of his trial. It will be recalled that on 24 September 2024, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court recused herself from the case following an oral application by Kanu. She had stated, “I hereby recuse myself and remit the case file back to the chief judge” after Kanu directly expressed his lack of...

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National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Armed Forces Rank 39th Worldwide, 4th in Africa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 8, 2025

The Nigerian military has been ranked 39th in the latest Global Firepower (GFP) rankings out of 145 countries reviewed, marking a decline from its 36th position in 2023 and 35th in 2022. Among African nations, Nigeria also dropped from third to fourth place, ranking behind Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa. Egypt remains Africa’s top-ranked military power, followed by Algeria, South Africa, and Nigeria. Other African nations in the top 10 include Ethiopia, Angola, Morocco, the...

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National SecurityNewsNigeriaNAF Revives Dornier DO-228 Aircraft Grounded for 23 Years

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 8, 2025

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced the successful reactivation of a Dornier DO-228 aircraft that had been grounded for 23 years. This accomplishment, according to NAF, underscores the ingenuity and expertise of its engineers and technicians In a statement issued on 8 January 2025, Olusola Akinboyewa, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, said, “The reactivation of NAF-039 after 23 years is more than an engineering achievement; it showcases the NAF’s ingenuity, resilience,...

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NewsNigeriaReligionCardinal Okpalaeke Reveals Why There’s Increase In Failed Marriages

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 8, 2025

The Bishop Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia, Peter Ebele Okpalaeke, says failure from parents, community and the Church are reasons why there’s increased in marriage crashes in the world today. Cardinal Okpalaeke, disclosed this while speaking to Journalists during the 45th Wedding Anniversary ceremony of Chief and lolo Paulinus Nwafor in Ezioko village-Oko, Orumba North local government area of Anambra State. The Prelate said training of children on the ways of God from infantry to the...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsMubarak Bala Walks Free After 4 Years in Prison for Blasphemy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 8, 2025

…Activists Condemn Nigeria’s Blasphemy Laws Mubarak Bala, an atheist and former President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, has regained his freedom after spending nearly four-and-a-half years in detention for blasphemy. Bala was arrested on 28 April 2020, at his residence in Kaduna following complaints of blasphemous Facebook posts deemed critical of Islam, Allah, and Prophet Mohammed. He was subsequently transferred to Kano State, where he faced accusations of incitement and breaching public peace. In...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBomb Explosion Kills 2, Injures 2 at Abuja School

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 8, 2025

A suspected bomb explosion at the Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Kuchibuyi Village, Byazhin area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has left two people dead and two others injured. The incident, which happened on Monday at about 11:00 a.m., has been confirmed by the FCT Police Command. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, three men from Katsina State, who were visiting the school, were suspected to have brought the...

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