Air strike kills 23 fleeing bandits after Kano attack
Jan. 4 , 2026 Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), supported by the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised no fewer than 23 bandits fleeing Kano State…
Wanted female drug kingpin ‘Mama Kerosine’ arrested in Ibadan
Jan. 4, 2026 Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Oyo state on Monday 29th December 2025 arrested a wanted female drug kingpin who is a major illicit…
Final bow of Dan Agbese, by Tony Iyare
I’ve long struggled with this confession and may even be willing to offer penance and an act of contrition. Of all our revered bosses at Newswatch magazine, where I had…
GNI: NEMA mobilises CCECC to building collapse site
Jan. 3, 2026 The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has mobilised the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC to the site of the Great Nigeria House gutted by fire in…
Troops recover cache of 12.7mm ammunition in Maiduguri
Jan. 3, 2026 Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have recovered a large cache of high-calibre 12.7mm ammunition in the Bulumkutu Railway general area of Maiduguri. The recovery followed sustained,…
Rivers Ijaw People’s Congress abandons Fubara pledge allegiance to Wike
Jan. 3, 2026 The Rivers Ijaw People’s Congress has announced its decision to abandon Gov. Siminilayi Fubara of Rivers State, pledging allegiance to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory…
Gunmen abduct medical doctor, brother in Edo
Jan. 3, 2026 Suspected kidnappers have abducted two brothers, identified as Dr. Abu Ibrahim Babatunde and Abu Tahir, in Auchi, Edo. The incident reportedly occurred on Thursday along City Pride…
Fidelity Bank scores a brace of all-female leadership, triggers investors’ excitement
The appointment of Mrs. Amaka Onwughalu as the new Board Chairman of Fidelity Bank, effective January 1, 2026 completes an all-female leadership brace in the fast-growing bank. Political Economist NG…
NAF sustains airstrikes, cripples terrorists in North-East, North-West in 2 days
Jan. 3, 2026 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has sustained series of intelligence-driven air interdiction operations across the North-East and North-West, neutralising terrorist elements and degrading their logistics and operational…
Army rescues 31 kidnap victims, nabs 17 suspects
Jan. 3, 2026 The Nigerian Army recorded significant operational gains across multiple theatres in the last 24 hours, arresting 17 criminal suspects, rescuing 31 kidnap victims and recovering two pump-action…