Fintiri Donates Motorcycles to Security Agencies

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFintiri Donates Motorcycles to Security Agencies

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 26, 20261

…Warns those providing information to insurgents Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has vowed that anyone found providing information to insurgents will face the full wrath of the law. Governor Fintiri, who gave the warning on Tuesday in Hong while handing over 40 motorcycles to support security operations in the Hong Local Government Area, said that intelligence gathered by security agencies indicated that some individuals were leaking security information to insurgents. Fintiri, therefore, called...

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Two Suspected Electricity Cable Vandals Arrested In Adamawa 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTwo Suspected Electricity Cable Vandals Arrested In Adamawa 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 26, 2026

The Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has warned vandals, scavengers, and others involved in the illegal removal, purchase, or disposal of critical infrastructure to desist from such activities. NSCDC spokesman in the state, DSC Amidu Baba Nyako, gave the warning while parading two suspects on Tuesday at the Command headquarters in Yola, who were arrested for allegedly vandalizing critical electricity infrastructure along the 33KV network line from Hong...

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Eid-el Maulud: Police Ban Tricycle Operations In Jos, Bukuru

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEid-el Maulud: Police Ban Tricycle Operations In Jos, Bukuru

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 25, 20261

To prevent any unforeseen breakdown of law and order during the 2026 Eid-el Maulud celebration, the Plateau State Police Command has temporarily banned the operation of commercial tricycles, popularly known as KEKE-NAPEP, in Jos and Bukuru Metropolis. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Plateau State Police Command Public Relations officer, SP Alfred Alabo. The statement said the restriction, which takes effect on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, was aimed at preventing...

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Insecurity: Atiku Slams Tinubu Over Borgu Bloodbath

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsecurity: Atiku Slams Tinubu Over Borgu Bloodbath

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 25, 2026

 … Says President Counts Security Billions While Nigerians Count Corpses Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the reported massacre and mass abduction in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, describing it as another bloody indictment of Nigeria’s failing security architecture. In a statement on Monday issued by his media office, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), said reports that more than 40 Nigerians were slaughtered and scores abducted represent a...

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Tinubu Mourns Passing Of Veteran Nollywood Actor, Ogogo

NewsNigeriaTinubu Mourns Passing Of Veteran Nollywood Actor, Ogogo

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 25, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has expressed condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Taiwo Hassan, the veteran Nollywood actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter, following his demise. The president, in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, described Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, as a distinguished artist whose career spanned several decades and made remarkable contributions to the growth of Yoruba-language theatre and Nigerian cinema. He noted that through his...

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US Govt. Awards $125K Grant for Preservation of Lejja Iron-Smelting Site in Nsukka

NewsNigeriaPoliticsUS Govt. Awards $125K Grant for Preservation of Lejja Iron-Smelting Site in Nsukka

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 24, 2026

The government of the United States of America has awarded a $125,000 grant to preserve the Lejja iron-smelting site in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, South East of Nigeria. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grant will be implemented by the Center for Memories-Ncheta Ndigbo under the Nchekwaba projects, to support digital documentation, conservation, and physical preservation of the historic iron-smelting site in Lejja. The Enugu State Government, at the award...

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Post Election Reconciliation: Adeleke Hails Oyebamiji Over Call For Peace

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPost Election Reconciliation: Adeleke Hails Oyebamiji Over Call For Peace

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 22, 2026

Governor Ademola Adeleke has hailed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Bola Oyebamiji over his call for peace in Osun State after his visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A statement on Friday by the governor’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, noted that Adeleke described the peace advocacy as a positive tone after weeks of heated campaigning and the election season. The governor who also met with President Tinubu on Thursday, stressed...

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Afenifere Denounces Rising Attacks On Farmers In Southwest

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAfenifere Denounces Rising Attacks On Farmers In Southwest

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 22, 2026

…Decries Surge In Banditry, kidnapping, Warns Of Deepening Poverty The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed concern over incessant attacks and kidnapping of farmers and other innocent citizens in the southwest region of the country. The organisation condemned the recent killing of a female farmer in Ondo State, abduction of a 33-year old poultry farmer, Mr. Ooreoluwa Osonuga in Ikenne, Ogun State, killing of four farmers in Okeogun area of Oyo State, abduction of Debo...

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Tinubu Suspends Three Permanent Secretaries  Over ICPC Discovery

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Suspends Three Permanent Secretaries  Over ICPC Discovery

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 22, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate arrest of Prince George Buchi Nwabueze in connection with the discovery of the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office. The President has also ordered the immediate suspension of three Permanent Secretaries: M.S Danjuma, Engineer Nadungu Gagare, and Richard P. Pheelangwah, over the discovery. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC, uncovered the purported fake agency in the office of the Secretary...

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FCT Minister Orders Demolition Of 30 Buildings On Ring Road

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFCT Minister Orders Demolition Of 30 Buildings On Ring Road

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2026

No fewer than 30 buildings allegedly encroaching on the Right-of-way of the Ring Road 3 corridor linking Karsana, Gwarinpa, and Kubwa in Abuja have been ordered to be demolished. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday ordered the immediate demolition of ongoing road infrastructure projects during an on-the-spot inspection across the FCT. The order followed a briefing by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr Richard...

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