Troops of 3 Division of the Nigerian Army under Operation Joint Task Force, Operation Enduring Peace (OP Enduring Peace), have arrested a suspected gunrunner and recovered arms and ammunition in Bokkos and Mangu Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The operations, conducted on Thursday, December 18, 2025 were part of ongoing efforts to…
The Federal Government has imposed a nationwide ban on the export of wood and allied products, revoking all previously issued licences and permits. The announcement was made on Wednesday, Dec. 17, by the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, during the 18th meeting of the National Council on Environment in Katsina State. Lawal said…
Ghana Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dennis Fiakpui, has stated that denying a partner s3x can lead to emotional abuse charges under Ghana’s Domestic Violence Act 732 of 2007. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the Oti Regional Deputy Commander revealed that women who refuse their husbands s3x could be charged for emotional…
Pope Leo XIV has issued a strong warning over the increasing deployment of artificial intelligence in military operations, saying the transfer of life-and-death decisions to machines undermines the moral foundations of civilisation. The pontiff made the statement in his first World Peace Day message, released on Thursday, December 18, expressing deep concern about the expanding…
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) attached to Mopol 12 in Niger State, Isah Abdullahi (also known as Kunkuri), has shot himself d3ad amid allegations of involvement in the supply of arms and ammunition to bandits and other hoodlums in the state. Until his d3ath, the late DSP Isah Abdullahi was the head of…
China is set to impose a tax on contraception for the first time in more than 30 years as the government looks for ways to reverse the country’s declining birth rate. Under newly released tax regulations, contraceptive drugs and products; including condoms will lose their exemption from China’s 13% value-added tax starting January 1, 2026.…
The Federal Government has reopened all 47 Federal Unity Colleges that were shut down over escalating insecurity across the country. The schools were closed in November 2025 following a wave of mass abductions of schoolchildren and violent attacks in parts of the North West, North East, North Central and some southern states. The reopening…
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of a suspect, Okitipi Samuel, over his alleged involvement in a cyberattack on the database of multinational technology company, Microsoft. The Force Public Relations Officer,CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Thursday, December 18, 2025 in Abuja while briefing journalists on the outcome of investigations carried out…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said he met more than ₦600 billion in the state’s coffers after the end of emergency rule, stressing that his administration remains committed to prudent and transparent management of public funds. The governor stated that before President Bola Tinubu declared emergency rule in the state, his administration…
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission following the resignation of the heads of both agencies. The request was conveyed in separate letters sent to the Senate on Wednesday, December 17. Farouk Ahmed…
