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...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed terrorism charges against two top commanders of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group. The suspects are Mahmud Muhammad Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a, Abbas, or Mukhtar, who is described as the self-styled Emir of Ansaru; and his deputy, Mahmud al-Nigeri, also called Malam Mamuda. They were arrested recently during operations by Nigerian security forces. According to the DSS, the charges against them include leading a terror organisation,...