Troops of 8 Division Nigerian Army, conducting Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have neutralised 11 terrorists during a precision ambush in Kurawa Village, Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter that the operation was executed at about 0645 hours, on Sunday following credible human intelligence on the movement…
President Bola Tinubu has visited surviving victims of last Friday’s brutal attack in Yelewata community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Tinubu visited the North-Central state following the attack which left over 59 people dead and several others injured. The President went straight to the hospital after arriving at the Tactical Air…
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to deepening ties with Caribbean nations during an address to a joint session of the Senate and House of Assembly of Saint Lucia. Fredrick Nwabufo, senior special assistant to the president on public engagement, disclosed this in a post on X. According to Nwabufo, Tinubu said Nigeria “remains…
The monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the monetary policy rate (MPR), which benchmarks interest rates in the country to 27.50 percent — from 27.25 percent. Olayemi Cardoso, CBN’s governor, announced the committee’s decision at a press conference on Tuesday after the panel’s 298th meeting in Abuja. He…
Jerry Gana, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says steps are being taken to bring Peter Obi back into the party. The former minister of information and ex-presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) spoke on Friday when he featured on Focus Nigeria, a programme on AIT. Obi, the former governor…
The Nigerian Army has announced a major update regarding the 89 Regular Recruit Intake (89RRI) recruitment exercise. In a newly released statement, authorities confirmed that the exercise has been rescheduled to take place from June 8 to June 21, 2025, as against the previously scheduled dates of June 2 to June 16, 2025. All shortlisted…
The Minister of Education, Mr. Tunji Alausa, has announced that tertiary institutions with fewer than 2,000 students will no longer be eligible for funding from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. Speaking on Friday at a one-day engagement with heads of institutions, bursars, and procurement directors in Lagos, Alausa said the Federal Government was repositioning the…
Many men don’t admit that they’re in a relationship with a woman. Relationships can occasionally suffer as a result, with women questioning why men are avoiding acknowledging the obvious. There are numerous explanations for why some men choose not to disclose that they are seeing a woman. Here are the six reasons some men never…
The management of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi, formerly known as the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, has ordered the closure of the institution. This was contained in an internal memo titled “Security Situation on Campus”, issued on Wednesday and signed by the Registrar, Dr John David. The institution confirmed the abduction of…
The Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday said four lives were lost in multiple road accidents that occurred in Ikeji-Arakeji, a town along the Ilesa/Akure expressway in Osun State. Also, 20 other commuters were said to have been injured in the accidents which involved three vehicles. In a 2-minute 5-second video recorded at the scene…