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The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has achieved significant economic gains in less than three years in office. He cited a recent assessment by The Economist. Onanuga, in a post on his verified X handle, @aonanuga1956, drew attention to the January 29 edition of the magazine, which reviewed the state of Nigeria’s economy before and after President Tinubu assumed office in 2023. He stated: “President Tinubu has not spent three years yet, and he has a lot to show for his stewardship.” He then shared excerpts from the…

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, a military offensive in the Northeast, have killed the Second-in-Command of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abu Khalid, in the Sambisa forest in  Borno State. The news came barely 24 hours after a top ISWAP commander, known as Julaibib, was neutralised by the troops during a fierce battle around Kimba in Damboa Local Government Area of the state. A military source told Newsmen yesterday that Khalid was killed alongside 10 others during the Saturday night operation. According to the source, Khalid was a key figure within the terrorist hierarchy, coordinating operations and…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil-based Nigerian businessman, Uche Franklin Onyekwere, at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, for allegedly concealing parcels of cocaine in his private parts and the soles of his footwear. The NDLEA said Onyekwere was arrested on Thursday, January 29, 2026, during the inward clearance of South African Airways passengers arriving from Brazil via Johannesburg, following processed intelligence. According to the agency, the 47-year-old suspect was taken for a full body scan, which confirmed illicit drug concealment. He was subjected to a strip…

The Sokoto State Government, in collaboration with the Nigerian Army, has inaugurated the newly renovated Magajin Rafi Model Primary School, Tudun-Wada, Sokoto, as part of efforts to strengthen basic education and deepen civil–military cooperation. Governor Ahmed Aliyu, who was represented at the event by his deputy, Dr Idris Gobir on Saturday, described primary education as the foundation upon which every successful career is built, urging pupils to take their studies seriously and aspire to greatness. Gobir noted that Magajin Rafi Primary School has a rich legacy of producing prominent Nigerians across sectors, including senior military officers, politicians, technocrats and community…

The Anambra State Internal Revenue Service has arrested five persons for engaging in illegal revenue collection in Nnewi. The suspects identified as Edwin Okonkwo, Sunny Obasi, Christian Oziri, Christian Chinedu, and Nnamdi Nworie, were apprehended while collecting money ranging from N300 ro N500 from tricycle riders at different locations in Nnewi. Parading the suspects in Awka on Saturday, the AIRS Special Commander, Nathan Obikwelu, said the suspects contravened Anambra State Government’s law banning illegal revenue collection from tricycle riders and commercial bus operators. Obikwelu added that the arrest was in line with the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo’s directive against…

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has issued arrest warrants against the United Bank for Africa Plc and four of its senior officials over the alleged illegal operation and maintenance of bank accounts in the name of the 30 local government councils in the state. The case, marked MOS/601c/2025 and filed by the Osun State Government, was heard on Friday in Osogbo. In a Certified True Copy of the order titled “Warrant for Arrest of Defendant Who Has Disobeyed Summons (General Title – Form No. 1)”, addressed to the Osun State Commissioner of Police, the…

Nollywood actor and director Stanley Amandi has been taken into custody alongside several military officers accused of planning a forceful overthrow of President Bola Tinubu’s government. According to a source in the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Amandi, who is also the former chairman of the AGN, Enugu State chapter, was arrested in September 2025. The filmmaker was allegedly engaged as a media propagandist by the suspected coup planners, who were said to be working towards the assassination of senior government figures. Government officials familiar with the investigation had earlier revealed that the accused officers allegedly mapped out a violent…

Four persons have been killed in Okporojo-Oso Edda in Edda Local Government Area in a renewed boundary dispute between the community and neighboring Amasiri in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Several houses were also razed by the assailants in the attack which took place on Thursday night. The two communities have been at war since decades over land with many lives lost and property worth billions destroyed. Efforts have been made by previous administrations in the State and the present government to end the war to no avail. Sources in the area alleged that the assailants in the…

The Governor of Abia State has said that the state is no longer experiencing power failure caused by frequent collapse of the National Grid system, as his administration is now investing in converting organic waste products into electricity. He disclosed this while addressing the media at the state’s government house on Thursday. According to him, waste products are now being converted from biogas into renewable energy for Abians, adding that the state is no longer under the control of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). He also disclosed that the new arrangement had been negotiated and accepted by the utility…

Indigenes of Ebonyi State trading in Anambra State have distanced themselves from any planned protest over the closure of the Onitsha Main Market, declaring full support for Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo’s insistence on full commercial activities on Mondays. The Ebonyi Town Union in Anambra State made its position known in a statement issued by its President-General, Moses Igwe, in Onitsha on Friday. Igwe urged Ebonyi traders to avoid actions capable of disrupting public peace or endangering their lives and businesses. He said the Monday business policy of Soludo was designed to protect traders’ interests and strengthen the state’s…