Why pipeline vandalism, kidnapping, others have reduced — Group

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abass, alongside the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, and the national chai

  The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says airstrikes by the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed 13 illegal refining sites. READ ALSO:I inherited ₦3.2bn debt, ₦500m missing funds on assumption of office — NAFDAC DG This is according to a statement by NAF’s Director, Public Relations and Information, AVM Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday…

The former mayor of Massachusetts, Kim Driscoll, has celebrated the Igbo community in the city for their positive impact in schools, businesses, as well as in their churches. Driscoll celebrated the Igbo community in the state, acknowledging their positive impact in an ‘X’ post that followed images and short videos of the celebration. She wrote…

Russia on Sunday acknowledged Ukrainian forces had pierced deep into the Kursk border region in an offensive that a top official in Ukraine said was aimed to "destabilise" Russia and "stretch" its armed forces. Kyiv has deployed thousands of troops to the surprise operation, a Ukrainian security official told AFP, seizing the battlefield initiative after…

Rwanda's all-powerful President Paul Kagame was sworn in on Sunday for a fourth term after sweeping to victory in elections last month with more than 99 percent of the vote. Several dozen heads of state and other dignitaries from African nations joined the inauguration ceremony at a packed 45,000-seat stadium in Kigali, where crowds had…

A group, under the auspices of the Integrity Advocacy for Development Initiative (IADI), has attributed the significant reduction in pipeline vandalism, kidnapping, and banditry across the country to the proactive approaches adopted by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in addressing security threats. READ ALSO:NSCDC busts human trafficking ring, rescues nine in Oyo…

Swiss police said on Sunday they have arrested a man with mental health issues for allegedly dousing a synagogue in the city of Zurich with petrol. According to the Zurich municipal police's initial investigations, the 32-year-old Swiss national "acted alone and no extremist motives have been put forward" for the attack. The suspect spilt petrol…

Some senior members of one of Nigeria’s most popular social cultural organisation, the Kegites Club, have announced the formation of an association in the U.S. Mr Valentine Olaseinde, the Asoju, Egbe Agba of the association, in a statement on Sunday said the new association is called Universal Archival Elders (UAC). According to Olaseinde, the group,…

Victims whose properties were affected by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company LimitedNigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) demolitions want over ₦160 billion in compensation. The demolitions, which occurred in 2018 along the pipeline and Tanke Road in Ilorin, were carried out to clear the pipeline’s right-of-way. However, the victims claim that the Nigerian Army engineers…

  Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has urged state governors to be sincere to President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to end economic hardship in the country. READ ALSO:Kano: APC charges FG to investigate alleged palliative diversion Oyintiloye said that the sincerity of the state governors to the Renewed…