After coup attempt, Burundi President fire 3 ministers

Troops of the 1 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have apprehended a notorious bandit leader and arms dealer, Bako Wurgi, alias Baka NaGarba, suspected to be behind the murder of the Emir of Gobir, Alhaji Isa Mohammad Bawa, in Sokoto State. The operation, conducted on December 14 at around 10 p.m., followed intelligence reports that Wurgi was…

Professor of agricultural economics at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU) Abia State, Dr Raphael Ndubuisi Echebiri, has expressed doubts over the data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). He said this while presenting the 57th Inaugural Lecture of the university he tagged "The Mirage Of Plenty: Facts But Fiction In…

The Federal Government has commenced construction of Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery in Zaria, Kaduna State to address shortages of human resources in the health sector. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that other three institutions to be constructed are; Federal College of Education, Federal Open University and Federal College of Legal Studies.…

Residents of Qusayr in central Syria are finally returning home after the departure of Hezbollah fighters, who helped Bashar al-Assad's forces seize the city a decade ago and left with his fall. Many of the houses are now in ruins, after years under the control of the Lebanese armed group, a key Assad ally which…

  President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mr Musikilu Mojeed, editor-in-chief of PREMIUM TIMES, and other newly elected leaders of the Nigeria chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI). Members re-elected Mr Mojeed as President of the IPI Nigeria alongside Media Trust's Ahmed Shekarau (Secretary) and Fidelis Mbah of Al Jazeera Television (Deputy President). Members also…

The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has reopened the Kidandan Market in the Kidandan District of Giwa Local Government Area (LGA) after an improvement in the security situation in the area. The Guardian reports that the market was shut indefinitely in 2019 following security challenges caused by attacks on traders. The market had been…

  The Federal Government of Nigeria has secured the conviction of more than 200 terrorists successfully prosecuted during the just-concluded Phase Six Terrorism Trials held at the Kainji Detention Facility from December 9 to December 13. This is contained in a statement from the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Office of the National Security…

Chief Edwin K. Clark, the National Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on the deplorable state of roads in the South-South region as part of the 2025 budget. In an open letter, Chief Clark described the dire conditions of critical road…

  A group of Nigerian investors in the diaspora has criticised the Ministry of Works for diverting the coastal road at Chainage 16-17, claiming the move endangers President Bola Tinubu's Renewed Hope agenda. In a statement signed by Dr. Olubokun Basorun, Engr. Femi Adekoya, Dr. Kimberly Stark and Dr. Arinze Onwumelu, the investors revealed that…

The West African bloc ECOWAS on Sunday backed the creation of a special court to judge crimes committed during the dictatorship of Gambia's former strongman Yahya Jammeh. The Special Tribunal for Gambia "will ensure justice and accountability for gross human rights violations committed between July 1994 and January 2017", said a statement from ECOWAS. This…