Tuesday, 16 December, 2025

Category: Security


The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, says the ministry is looking into the clash between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and a naval officer, A. M. Yerima, over a disputed piece of land in Abuja. Badaru Read more…


Dozens of Israeli settlers launched an arson attack on an agricultural area in the occupied West Bank Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian activists in the area, marking the latest such attack in what has been a surge of settler violence. The attack took Read more…


The Federal Government said yesterday that ongoing diplomatic engagements between Nigeria and the United States were producing positive results towards easing tensions in both countries’ relations. The government spoke on a day United States Congressman, Bill Huizenga, expressed disappointment in Read more…


A former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (retd.), has warned that the confrontation between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and a Nigerian Navy officer in Abuja on Tuesday poses “a Read more…


President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday he wants to order 25 Patriot air defense systems from the United States, as Ukraine desperately tries to fend off relentless Russian aerial attacks that have brought rolling blackouts across Ukraine on the brink of winter. Zelenskyy acknowledged that Read more…


One officer was reportedly shot on his chest, while others sustained injuries. Soldiers at a checkpoint along Onitsha Road opened fire on police officers returning from official duty in Anambra State. The police officers, according to Sahara Reporters, were returning Read more…


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, November 10, 2025, declared former Minister of Petroleum Resources and ex-Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, wanted over an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion involving $14.86 million. According Read more…


The Enugu State Ministry of Health has arrested a fake doctor and sealed an illegal hospital in Obollo-Etiti in Udenu Local Government Area for operating without a licence and putting patients’ lives at risk. The ministry, in a statement made Read more…


The APC deputy governorship candidate in Anambra State, Sen. Uche Ekwunife, has accused the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) of masterminding the tension that erupted in Nri, Anaocha local government area of the state during yesterday’s election. Ekwunife, at Read more…


The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has strongly rejected the designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” by former United States President Donald Trump. The council described the claim of “Christian genocide” in the country as Read more…


Former Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has denied reports claiming that he accused Vice President Kashim Shettima of creating Boko Haram. In a statement issued on Saturday and titled “A Lie Taken Too Far: Shettima, Ali Modu Sheriff Read more…


Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed November 20 for judgment in the terrorism charge brought by the federal government against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The court fixed the Read more…