Day: June 4, 2025

FG Launches Crackdown on Boko Haram in North-East Region

Shidali Khadijat Ajechi

The Federal Government has confirmed actively tackling a resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in the North-East, particularly in Borno State, as part of the insurgents’ broader push to destabilize the Sahel region including Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic. Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, addressed journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday after concluding a two-day working tour of military institutions in the state. He assured Nigerians that the government has taken decisive steps to confront the renewed threat. “In the past two weeks, our armed forces have intensified operations…

Read More

FG Warns 1,249 Communities in 30 States, FCT Are at Risk of Niger Flood

Shidali Khadijat Ajechi

The Federal Government has warned that 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) face imminent flood risks, similar to last Thursday’s devastating flood in Mokwa, Niger State, which claimed over 200 lives. Floodwaters swept away numerous homes and displaced thousands of residents, while more than 500 people remain missing. The high-risk states include Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, and Edo. Others are Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara, and…

Read More

APC Rejects LP’s Allegations of plan to crush opposition”

Shidali Khadijat Ajechi

The Labour Party (LP) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of attempting to destabilize opposition parties and erode Nigeria’s democracy. During the African Democratic Congress Global Award and Dinner Night on Monday in Abuja, LP’s acting National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, alleged that the APC has consistently used state institutions to harass, intimidate, and manipulate opposition figures in a bid to tighten its grip on power. Delivering her speech through her Senior Special Adviser on Media, Ken Eluma Asogwa, Usman claimed the ruling party has weaponized national institutions…

Read More

DSS and Military Neutralize 45 Bandits Loyal to Dogo Gide in Niger State

Shidali Khadijat Ajechi

Tactical teams from the Department of State Services (DSS), backed by the Nigerian military, launched a daring surprise raid and killed at least 45 bandits around Kuchi town in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. The joint operation, carried out stealthily, dealt a significant blow to bandits loyal to notorious kingpin Dogo Gide and marked another victory in the ongoing offensive against terrorism in the region. Security sources confirmed that DSS operatives tracked the bandits with precision and foiled their plan to invade villages in Kuchi. The bandits, reportedly…

Read More

Fubara visits Tinubu in Lagos amid ongoing reconciliation efforts

Shidali Khadijat Ajechi

Suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, visited President Bola Tinubu at his residence in Lagos on Tuesday. The visit comes as efforts intensify to reconcile Fubara with his estranged political mentor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, confirmed the meeting in a Facebook post on Tuesday evening. “Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers, now on suspension from office, visited President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Tuesday,” Onanuga wrote. In March, President Tinubu declared a state…

Read More