As the war on illegal refining intensifies, the Nigerian Air Force on Sunday hinted that its Operation Delta Safe destroyed 12 illegal refining sites and two reservoirs in airstrikes in Abia and Rivers states. This was revealed by the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja….
A 49-year-old Nigerian national awaiting deportation from Australia and another man have been charged after police busted an alleged $9 million drug operation running out of an immigration detention centre in Sydney. NWS Police in a statement on Saturday, July 27, 2024, said they stormed Villawood Detention Centre, where they allegedly found two kilograms of…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last general elections, has expressed his support on Sunday for the nationwide protest scheduled for August, saying protest is allowed in the country’s constitution. According to Obi, the Nigerian Constitution allows room for protest as it is the right of citizens. The former…
The first set of twins in Big Brother Naija House have been unveiled with two duos coming as identical twins in this year’s No Loose Guard edition. The first set introduced were two female housemates who are sisters and go by the pair name Wanni x Handi, while the second introduced are two brothers to…
The Plateau State Police Command has arrested Sulaiman Yakubu for inciting violence and urging residents to burn down police stations, military barracks, and business areas during the nationwide protest planned for August 1st. In a viral TikTok video, Yakubu called on residents to “test the ground” on Monday before the Thursday protest. He stated that…
An Anambra-born septuagenarian, Sir Osita Nzewi, has banned his son from contesting for any political position at all from now on, until further notice. This is coming in reaction to the shocking death of the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial Zone and 2025 governorship hopeful in the state, Senator Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah who passed…
Damilare Adenola, Director of Mobilisation for the Take It Back Movement, has reaffirmed plans to hold the #EndBadGovernance protest at Eagle Square in Abuja on August 1, despite Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike’s claims of not receiving a letter requesting use of the facility. Adenola attributed the delay in Wike receiving…
A coalition of pro-Biafra groups has cancelled the South East sit-at-home protest during the planned nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance, citing concerns about potential violence from security agencies. The groups are the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Eastern Peoples Congress (EPC), Billie Human Rights Initiative (BHRI), Biafra…
A notorious terrorist Mohammed Bello Turji Kachalla, popularly known as Turji, has reiterated his accusation that the current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, supports terrorism in Nigeria’s Northwest region. In a recent video, Turji alleged that Matawalle, the immediate former governor of Zamfara State, has ties to bandits. In August 2023, President Bola…
A relative of the 17-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a police officer at the Ogudu Area H Command, in Lagos identified only as Anderson, has accused the suspect’s family of pressuring the girl’s mother, Aramida Olupona, to forgive the accused officer. Anderson revealed this information during an interview with Punch newspaper on Saturday….
