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The Defence Headquarters has attributed the recent resurgence of terrorist attacks in North East and North West to the alleged influx of foreign fighters providing reinforcement to local terror groups.   The Director, Defence Media Operation, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja on Thursday, January 16.   …

  Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has lauded six accomplished Nigerian scientists and engineers who have been named among the 400 recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States. The award, established in 1996 by former US President Bill Clinton, is the highest honour granted by the US government to outstanding scientists …

A High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State on Wednesday, ordered that a 25-year-old man, Oghenevwede Friday, should be remanded to the Warri Correctional Center for allegedly r3ping a 14-year-old girl.      The magistrate case adjourned the case till the 4th of February 2025 pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.      …

 American actor and film producer, Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $1 million donation toward operations helping firefighters battle the ongoing Los Angeles fires.  ‘The Los Angeles wildfires are devastating our city,’ the A-lister, 50, said Wednesday on Instagram Stories. ‘I am committing $1 million in partnership with @rewild’s Rapid Response Program to support both urgent needs and post-fire recovery efforts.’ The Los Angeles native listed a …

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior, says 90 percent of expatriates doing jobs meant for Nigerians lack proper work permits. Tunji-Ojo disclosed this when he appeared before the joint national assembly joint committees on interior to defend the budget of the interior ministry on Wednesday, January 15.   Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of the senate committee on interior, had accused the Ministry …

Ojomachenwu Adaidu, the mother of Salome Adaidu, the youth corper who was hacked to de@th and then dismembered by Timileyin Ajayi, in Nasarawa state last weekend, has recounted her last moment with her daughter.   Speaking recently with BBC Pidgin, mother of the deceased said “I called her on Saturday and asked where she was. She told me she was …

Brazil superstar and Al Hilal attacker, Neymar is reportedly in preliminary talks about joining a new club in the US. According to Jeff Carlisle of ESPN, Neymar is in preliminary discussions with three teams in the league. Of the three clubs, the only one with reportable interest was the Chicago Fire, a team that finished second-bottom in the league and just hired former United States men’s national …

The Federal Government says it does not need the Emir of Kano, His Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi II’s stamp of approval, to carry out all of its ‘’laudable policies”.   The Emir was at the 21st Memorial Lecture of Chief Gani Fawehimi in Lagos where he said he would not offer any advice to President Bola Tinubu’s led federal government on …

A Kenyan man, Hannise Simani Juma, has committed suicide after k!lling his wife, Winnie Akusuha.      It was gathered that the incident happened at Kabwareng village in Nandi South.     Hannise st@bbed Winnie to d3ath at her parent’s home before taking rat poison and slitting his neck, police say.   Their bodies were taken to Jumuia Friends Kaimosi …

The Kano State Police Command has arrested six suspected notorious mobile phone thieves operating within the Kano metropolis.    The spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday January 15, 2025 said the suspects specialized in disguising as tricycle riders and stealing passengers’ mobile phones.   According to the PPRO, 15 stolen …