Nigeria’s military says at least 175 ISIS fighters have been killed in ongoing joint operations with the United States in the North-East. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Samaila Uba, director of defense information at the Defense Headquarters, said the strikes were carried out in coordination with the United States Africa Command. According to him, the operations, which began a few days ago, have significantly degraded ISthe IS presence in the region. “The Defense Headquarters...
Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman who served between 2019 and 2021 under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari has been arrested following his conviction to 75 years. The former minister also supervised Nigeria’s power sector and major hydroelectric projects, including the Mambilla and Zungeru power projects. Mamman was arrested in the Rigasa area of Kaduna State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the early hours of Tuesday, May 19, 2026...
The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome murder of two women and a child in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area in Enugu State. The two separate gruesome murder incidents occurred at about 3:10 pm and 3:18 pm respectively on Friday, 15th May 2026, in Nkporogwu Ukehe and Agu-Ekwegbe, both communities in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area; the first incident was a son who beheaded his mother, while the second incident was a brother who beheaded...
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced Ajiboye Olayinka, the General Overseer of the Mission House of Divine Land of Joy and Prayer Ministry, to life imprisonment for the serial rape of three minors. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, Justice Hammed Gegele found Olayinka guilty of multiple charges, including unlawful sexual intercourse with minors, procurement of illegal abortions, and unlawful possession of firearms. The court heard testimonies of how the cleric...
The Oba Joseph Oloyede, who was convicted in the United States on tax fraud and money laundering charges, has been deposed as the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu in Ife North Local Government Area of the state. Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun approved the deposition as contained in a statement issued in Osogbo by the governor’s spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed. According to the statement, Oba Oloyede’s deposition followed his conviction in the United States on tax fraud...
After surviving the trauma of abduction and expressing hope and victory over terrorism through resilience, 12 female students who survived the 2014 abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents have graduated from the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola. The girls whose tuition fees were paid by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs after their release through the intervention of the Federal Government were among over 250 students kidnapped from Government...
Fresh attack by suspected gunmen on Ngbra Zongo community in the Kwall District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State has claimed the lives of no fewer than 13 persons, including three pregnant women and children. Several people were also reportedly injured in the attack, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, leaving residents in panic across the community. According to some residents, the assailants stormed the area beeen midnight and 2:am shooting...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested two suspects for unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition, impersonation, and cultism in two separate operations. A press statement signed by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe dated 6th May, 2026, states, “On 26th April 2026 at about 11:00 a.m., operatives attached to the Command’s Department of Operations, while on routine patrol at Naira Triangle along Abakaliki Road, Enugu, arrested one Victory Chinecherem Chukwuebuka Anyegbulam, a.k.a....
Kano State Government has ordered the arrest of a trader, Surajo Ibrahim, a dried food seller operating in the Kofar Dawanau area along Northwest Road, accused of selling government-issued free child nutrition supplies meant for distribution to vulnerable families. The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, has ordered the arrest following a routine inspection carried out by a team across health commodity distribution points in Kano on Sunday. During the visit, the...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Olatunji Disu, has recommended the dismissal and prosecution of officers linked to the fatal shooting of Mene Ogidi in the Effurun area of Delta. At a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, the IGP described the April 26 incident as a “criminal and unprofessional” act exhibited by the affected officers, including Nuhu Usman, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), and five other team members. The IGP who ordered the...
