Author: Vincent Osuwo

President Bola Tinubu has ordered security agencies to ensure the swift release of the remaining 115 and their teachers who were kidnapped in Niger state. The president praised the security agencies for their painstaking efforts to ensure the release of 100 kidnapped students. He expressed his satisfaction at the students’ safe return. Tinubu informed the parents that the federal and Niger state governments are working together to reunite all abducted pupils with their families. “I have been briefed on the safe return of 100 students from the Catholic School in Niger State. I rejoice with Governor Umar Bago and commend…

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has voiced concern that the battle against Boko Haram in Nigeria has endured longer than the nation’s civil war from 1967 to 1970. He addressed the audience on Sunday during the ‘Toyin Falola Interviews’ discussion, which was broadcast live on social media. Additional panelists include Catholic Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese and Mr. Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. In response to inquiries about insurgency in Nigeria, the former president stated that leadership must recognize that Nigeria requires a mix of training, equipment, intelligence, and technology to combat insurgency…

The Imo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for gunmen who killed a driver and abducted motorists in the Amala area of the Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement by the command spokesperson, Henry Okoye, on Monday, the incident occurred around 5:50pm on December 7. According to the PPRO, the armed men were said to have emerged from a bush path and opened fire on a Toyota Highlander with number plate SMK 514 BD, killing the driver. He also disclosed that the gunmen whisked away the occupants of a Lexus RS300, marked FSD 334…

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,…