…Organisers arrested, protesters claim live fire was used Security operatives in Nigeria’s capital on Monday foiled a planned demonstration calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), resulting in arrests and accusations of undue force. The protest, organised under the hashtag #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, was led by human-rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher Omoyele Sowore and was intended to march to the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Security agencies had mounted heavy deployments across major routes...

Troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/ Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in conjunction with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted and apprehended two fake policemen at Takum Junction in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. The breakthrough is in continuation of the ongoing operations across Taraba State code-named OPERATION LAFIYA NAKOWA, aimed at flushing out bandits and other criminal elements in the state. According to a statement by...

Nigeria’s media industry was plunged into grief Monday morning after ARISE News announced the tragic death of one of its promising broadcast journalists, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu. The 29-year-old news anchor, reporter and producer, fondly called “Sommie” by colleagues, was killed in an armed robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A statement issued on Monday by Hadiza Usman-Ajayi, on behalf of ARISE News management, confirmed the incident. “Sommie...