The House of Representatives has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, after he failed to appear before its Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to address audit queries involving over N26 billion. The Committee Chaired by Representative Bamidele Salam has now given him a 72-hour…
Amid alleged plans by terrorists to attack the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja and its environs anytime soon, the Military High Command on Thursday dismissed the threat and reassured residents that the nation’s capital city “is safe and secure”. Fielding questions from Defence Correspondents in Abuja at the bi-weekly briefing on ongoing military operations across…
The Defence Headquarters, on Thursday, said troops deployed across the country rescued 318 kidnapped victims and arrested 74 suspects involved in terrorism, oil theft and other criminal activities in November. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Michael Onoja, who released the figures in Abuja during a briefing on military operations, said 69 terrorists and…
The lawmaker representing Yagba East, Yagba West and Mopamuro Federal Constituency, Leke Abejide, had raised a motion of urgent public importance at the House of Representatives following the abduction of worshippers in Ejiba, Kogi State. The attack, which occurred on Sunday, November 30, 2025, saw terrorists abduct several residents, including a presiding pastor, a two-week-old…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Wale Oriade, has been abducted by armed men in Ibadan, the state capital. It was gathered that the incident occurred around 7:06 pm on Wednesday at his office located at PJ Square Shopping Complex, beside the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited station, Elewure, along Iyana…
