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POLICE ARREST MAN OVER MOTHER’S ALLEGED MURDER IN ABIA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Abia State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old man, Livingstone Iheanacho, over the alleged murder of his mother, Mrs Nwikpa Iheanacho, in Osaa Ukwu, Obingwa Local Government Area.
NIGER IMPOSES 24-HOUR CURFEW, SUSPENDS MINING ACTIVITIES The Niger State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state and suspended all mining activities indefinitely. The directives take effect immediately after Friday’s Juma’at prayer and are part of measures to address the
NSCDC SUSPENDS NIGER COMMANDANT OVER MINERS’ DEATHS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has suspended the Niger State Commandant, Suberu Siyaka Aniviye, following the deaths of suspected illegal miners in the agency’s custody. The suspension comes
NIGERIA, INDONESIA STRENGTHEN DEFENCE COOPERATION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Nigerian Army has pledged to deepen defence cooperation with Indonesia in professional training, technology and operational effectiveness. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Waidi Shaibu, made this known on Thursday when
NIGERIA STRENGTHENS FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Nigeria is intensifying efforts to combat human trafficking as the crime continues to take different forms, including the trafficking of women and children, forced domestic labour and the illegal sale of babies.
KOSIEC ASSURES READINESS FOR OCTOBER 17 KOGI LG ELECTIONS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) has assured residents of its readiness to conduct the October 17, 2026 Local Government elections in a peaceful, transparent and credible manner.
NEMA LEADS RESCUE OPERATION AFTER ENUGU BUILDING COLLAPSE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is coordinating rescue operations after a four-storey uncompleted building collapsed at Independence Layout in Enugu State. The incident occurred around 6:00 a.m. on Sunday,
POLICE RESCUE ABDUCTED CLERIC, RECOVER GUN AND STOLEN PHONE IN EBONYI By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Ebonyi State Police Command has rescued a Methodist cleric, Reverend Sunday Ede, who was abducted in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The Command also
ARMY DENIES ABDUCTION OF IMAMS AT SENATOR YARI’S RESIDENCE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports claiming that a group of Islamic scholars was abducted at the Talata Mafara residence of Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari in Zamfara State. The
OPERATION FANSAN YAMMA TROOPS ARREST TERRORIST KINGPIN, AMMUNITION COURIER IN KADUNA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have arrested a suspected terrorist kingpin, an ammunition courier and a logistics supplier during separate operations in Kaduna State. The operations, conducted