Author: Vincent Osuwo

India has deported 32 Nigerians linked to a transnational drug network barely two weeks after security operatives arrested about 50 suspects in a multi-state narcotics raid. It was gathered that the arrests were part of one of India’s largest coordinated crackdowns on a foreign-run drug and hawala syndicate operating across major cities. Recent reports from the Times of India on Wednesday indicated that investigators linked the network to a Nigeria-based kingpin known only as “Nick,” who is allegedly sought in multiple drug-trafficking cases. Senior officials from the Elite Anti-Narcotics Group for Law Enforcement police unit stated that all Nigerians detained…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has sealed the Abuja house of former Bayelsa State governor Chief Timipre Sylva. Julius Bokoru, Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to former Minister of Petroleum, has condemned the sealing of his principal’s Maitama residence in Abuja by the Commission. Bokoru expressed his displeasure in a statement issued on Monday, titled “A Grave Breach of Decency: EFCC’s Attempted Raid and Defacement of Sylva’s Family Home.” In November, the EFCC declared Sylva wanted over an alleged $14.8 million fraud. Earlier, agents of the military intelligence raided his Abuja home, arresting his brother and…

The Burkina Faso government says a Nigerian Air Force aircraft carrying 11 soldiers was forced to land in the country on Monday after allegedly violating its airspace. The Agence d’Information du Burkina, the state-run news agency, reported the development, citing a statement from the Confederation of Sahel States. The statement, translated from French, read, “The Confederation of Sahel States informs the public that a C130 aircraft belonging to the Air Force of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was forced to land today, December 8, 2025, in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, following an in-flight emergency while operating in Burkinabe airspace. The…

Popular TikToker Habeeb Hamzat, also known as Peller, has denied that the country’s restriction on TikTok live streaming at night will affect him financially. Chronicle NG reports that TikTok temporarily blocked access to its LIVE feature for Nigerian users during late-night hours, issuing an in-app alert to producers as part of an ongoing safety inquiry. At midnight (Nigerian time) on Sunday, the site sent out a system notification headlined “LIVE Notices – TikTok LIVE Update in Nigeria.” The message read, “We’re temporarily limiting LIVE late at night in Nigeria as part of our investigation to ensure our platform remains safe…

US Congressman Riley Moore has expressed strong support for Tiv and Christian leaders from Benue State following a meeting in Nigeria. In a statement on his X handle on Monday evening, Moore said the discussions centered on what he described as an ongoing genocidal campaign in the region. “It was an honor and deeply moving to meet with His Excellency Bishop Wilfred Anagbe, Bishop Isaac Dugu, and His Royal Highness James Ioruza, traditional ruler of the Tiv people, to discuss the ongoing genocidal campaign by the Fulani in Benue State,” Moore wrote. Moore, who has been vocal about attacks on…

President Bola Tinubu reiterated his administration’s commitment to developing democratic institutions on Monday, stating that the endeavor is important to preserving Nigeria’s democracy and supporting stability in the West African sub-region. Tinubu spoke in Abuja on the 28th anniversary of the death of General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, with the topic “The Union We Hope to Become.” The president was represented by Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federal. The president paid tribute to Yar’Adua, saying the late soldier and politician exemplified conviction, patriotism, sacrifice, and a dedication to national service over personal gain. Tinubu stated that the…

The World Health Organization reported on Monday that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed in “senseless” attacks on a hospital and kindergarten in Sudan’s South Kordofan state last week. According to local official Essam al-Din al-Sayed, chairman of the Kalogi administrative unit, Thursday’s paramilitary drone attack on the army-held town hit “first a kindergarten, then a hospital, and a third time as people tried to rescue the children”. Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been fighting since April 2023, killing tens of thousands and displacing roughly 12 million people. Following their late-October seizure of El-Fasher,…

The Adamawa State Police Command has initiated an inquiry into the murder of Ojajuni Ayomiposi, a 27-year-old law student at Nigerian Law School’s Yola campus. According to a statement made on Sunday night by the command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, Ayomiposi, an Ondo State native, was discovered unconscious after climbing over the school fence. “The Adamawa State Police Command confirms the report of an unfortunate incident involving a 27-year-old student of the Nigerian Law School, Yola Campus, identified as Ojajuni Ayomiposi,” the statement read. According to the authorities, on December 6, 2025, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Ojajuni returned to campus…

Ahmadu Fintiri, the Governor of Adamawa State, has announced a 24-hour curfew in Lamurde Local Government Area in response to a recent outbreak of communal violence. Hussaini Hammangabdo, the Deputy Governor’s Press Secretary, issued a statement on Monday instructing security services to quickly deploy to impacted regions to restore peace and order. According to the statement, Fintiri asked security services to move to regions threatened by the increased communal clashes in order to restore peace and order as soon as possible. The statement reads, “The Adamawa State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Lamurde Local Government Area with immediate…

Gunmen stormed St. Andrews Anglican Church, Isiokwe, in the Lilu village of Anambra State’s Ihiala Local Government Area, killing two people and setting fire to vehicles and the cleric’s house. Our journalist, who visited the church premises on Monday, discovered that the wife of the church’s priest was one of the two people slain and that some elements of the church building were also burned. The premises and surroundings were vacant, and various properties were seen cluttering the area. Some eyewitnesses and locals in the vicinity verified that the incident, which occurred in the early hours of Sunday, disrupted church…