Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with the Air Component, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and local hunters, have neutralised 24 Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents in a series of coordinated ambushes and clearance operations conducted across parts of Borno and Adamawa States between July 4 and July 9. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that…
Nigeria would soon become a trillion-dollar economy notwithstanding the initial difficulties, the Minister of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, said yesterday. Tijani said Nigeriaās Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would increase substantially within the next two years, with 21 per cent of the increment coming from the information and communications technology sector (ICT)….
A passenger train traveling from Abuja to Kaduna derailed on Tuesday morning, throwing several carriages off the tracks and sparking panic among passengers. The accident happened shortly after the train departed Abuja around 11 a.m. on its way to Kaduna. Witnesses said the train suddenly shook before some of the carriages overturned, forcing people to…
Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Julius Malema, leader of South Africaās Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has declared that he would gladly seek the hospitality of Nigeria should the United States restrict his visa. Speaking at a recent gathering in Johannesburg, where he outlined his partyās stance ahead of its national…
Controversial street-hop singer, Portable, has furiously denied allegations that he attacked Ogun State officials who sealed his bar and uncompleted building. The outspoken artiste, known for his brash persona, took to social media in a dramatic video to clear his name, insisting that he was being falsely accused. In the emotional video, Portable swore on…
President Bola Tinubu says the 2025 budget forecasts that inflation will decline from current 34.6% to 15% next year. He said this during his presentation of the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday. The President also said that the exchange rate will improve from approximately N1,700…
The former National Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, was absent on Friday when President Bola Tinubu visited Kano due to an ongoing engagements in the United kingdom. The former Chief of Staff to the APC National Chairperson, Muhammad Garba, said this in a statement on Friday. āHe was unavoidably absent during…
Controversial Nigerian singer, Olalomi Habeeb Okikiola popularly know as Portable has met the Nigeria Police Force spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. In a trending video, Portable was in the company of his wife when he met ACP Adejobi in an event. Not knowing who the Police boss is, his wife tried to tell him that’s “ACP…
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday issued a directive to reduce the size of Nigeriaās official delegation to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly meetings holding in New York, United States, this September. Tinubuās Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, revealed the directive on Saturday in Abuja during a one-day retreat organised by the…
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum Resources, has distanced herself from the $52. 8m recently repatriated to Nigeria from the United States of America (USA). Contrary to reports, the ex-minister, who has been in the United Kingdom (UK) since she left Nigeria, said the money does not belong to her. In a statement titled āThere…
