FANSAN YAMMA: TROOPS CRUSH TERRORISTS, SEIZE WEAPONS IN ZAMFARA RAID
Troops engaged in Operation Fasan Yamma, targeting cross-border terrorists and bandits in Zamfara, have neutralized two terrorists following a fierce shootout. Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi,...
BINANCE USER DEPOSITS HIT $21.6BN IN 2024 — REPORT
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, recorded a significant increase in user fund deposits in 2024, reaching $21.6bn. The digital currency platform made the disclosure...
REPS TO PROBE ALLEGED MISMANAGEMENT OF N350BN WORLD BANK LOAN
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged mismanagement of the N350bn ($232 million) World Bank loan allocated to the Accelerating Nutrition Results...
TRUMP ‘VEHEMENTLY’ OPPOSED TO UKRAINE FIRING MISSILES DEEP INTO RUSSIA
President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview published Thursday that he disagrees “very vehemently” with Ukraine firing US-supplied missiles deep into Russia. But Trump insisted...
MINISTRY CONDUCTS AIRPORT DISEASE OUTBREAK DRILL IN ENUGU
The Enugu State Ministry of Health conducted a two-day simulation exercise at the Akanu-Ibiam International Airport to prepare for potential infectious disease outbreaks. The exercise,...
NSCDC NABS EIGHT SUSPECTED VANDALS IN ABUJA
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has arrested eight suspected vandals. They were arrested over the vandalism of...
WOMAN KILLS 8-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER WITH RAT POISON
A chief magistrates’ court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday, remanded a 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael, in a correctional facility for allegedly killing her daughter...
BIDEN GRANTS CLEMENCY TO NEARLY 1,500 PEOPLE
Outgoing US President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White House...
GOVERNORS ENDORSE CREATION OF STATE POLICE
Majority of the 36 state governors have endorsed the creation of state police in the country, Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has said. This...
‘LET HEAVEN FALL,’ WIKE VOWS TO CONTINUE FCT DEMOLITIONS
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has defended the demolition of properties in the nation’s seat of power, saying he won’t...