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Troops have neutralized 185 kidnappers and arrested 212 others, the Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, have announced. The DHQ also said Nigerian troops arrested 44 perpetrators of oil theft in the Niger Delta region, and rescued 71 kidnapped hostages.  These figures were reeled out by Major General Edward Buba, Director of...

Our attention has been drawn to a fake news circulating in some corners to the effect that the Osun State government has received about One Hundred and Forty Eight Billion Naira from the Federation Account. This is a lie from the pit of hell. On the verge of mutually assured...

Some staff members of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, have asked President Bola Tinubu to quickly redress the recent employment of a Manager at the ExxonMobil Nigeria Ms. Olaide Shaw as a director in the services of the commission. They described the recruitment of Shaw’s employment as an...

A group known as the Nigeria Transparency Council, NTC has dragged the Mele Kyari-led Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL management and the retail group to the House of Representatives Committee on Downstream Petroleum over alleged shoddy acquisition deal between the company, Nueoil and OVH Energy which runs into hundreds...

The former governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim has died. He died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at age 75. Another source close to the family posted on his Facebook page: “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. Born in 1949, Bukar Abba...

The Archbishop of Abuja Diocese of the Catholic Church Abuja, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has extolled John Cardinal Onaiyekan for his contributions to national unity. Kaigama made the commendation in Abuja on Saturday during a mass to celebrate Onaiyekan’s 80th birthday organised by the Church to honour him. According to...

Troops of 114 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security forces, on Saturday destroyed multiple bandits’ hideouts and  rescued 4 kidnap victims in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba. This is contained in a statement signed by Lt Olabodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered a total of N70,556,658,370.5 within 100 days, specifically between October 2023 and January 19, 2024. Details of the recovery outlined in an EFCC document entitled, ‘Operations and Recoveries’, was obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. The document revealed that between October...