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The Citizen Network has strongly criticized the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) over its decision to commence the enforcement of a ban on sachet alcoholic beverages, describing the action as arbitrary, anti-people, and detrimental to the nation’s economy. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, the group’s...

*Rescuing 70 kidnapped victims Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulmalik Mohammed Sarkin-Daji, has commended the Nigerian Army, the Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies for what he described as remarkable successes recorded against bandits in Mariga LGA and parts of the Niger...

The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon Philip Agbese, has dismissed claims by Senator Ali Ndume.(Borno South) that the tax laws recently passed tax laws were falsified, describing it as “sheer mischief.” He insisted that due legislative processes were followed and that issues being raised have already been...

A covert intelligence operation coordinated by the Army Headquarters and the State Security Service (SSS), helped thwart a deadly plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government and assassinate key political figures, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Multiple senior administration insiders said the plot began to unravel in late September 2025...

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have recorded major operational successes against terrorist groups in the North East, killing scores of fighters, recovering heavy weapons and repelling a coordinated drone-supported attack, the military said on Wednesday. In a coordinated dawn operation on 28 January 2026, troops of the Joint Task Force...

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said the state did not experience the recent electricity shortage that affected several parts of Nigeria, noting that Abia was able to sustain power supply because it has control over key electricity assets. The governor explained that a significant part of the state’s power...

Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to urgently investigate the alleged extrajudicial killing of two men by one of its operatives in the Federal Capital Territory. In a statement on Thursday, the rights group said the incident occurred on 19 January 2026 at Karmajiji...

A group, Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly (NEYGA),has called for the prosecution of a politician and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Omoyele Sowore, for allegedly leaking video clips of his lawyer cross-examining a Department of State Services (DSS) operative in an alleged cyberbullying suit...

A Department of State Services (DSS)’ investigator, on Thursday in Abuja, told the Federal High Court how complaints lodged by rescued victims of the 2022 Abuja-Kaduna bound train attack against alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, corroborated investigations by the secret police. The DSS operative, who testified as 6th prosecution witness...

The Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) has said over 3,200 Nigerian men have been trained and certified as feminist allies under the Male Feminists Network (MFN) project, as part of efforts to curb gender-based violence (GBV) and promote gender equality across the country. The MFN project is...