In a coordinated US–Nigeria military operation, the United States and Nigerian security forces on Thursday carried out precision airstrikes against identified terrorist targets in northwest Nigeria, including in Sokoto State and parts of neighbouring Zamfara State, authorities said. The joint…

President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has announced US military strikes in Nigeria. Trump, who made the announcement on Christmas day, said that was the beginning of more of such attacks. He said the powerful and deadly…

South Korean prosecutors on Friday sought a 10-year prison sentence for ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, for offences linked to his attempt to impose martial law last year. Yoon briefly suspended civilian rule in South Korea for the first time in…

Nigerian government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has confirmed the military air strikes carried out by the US government on terrorists in north west Nigeria on Thursday. In a press release, the government confirmed its structured security cooperation and…

The Presidency on Thursday dismissed as false claims suggesting that President Bola Tinubu has replaced his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, with his Principal Private Secretary, Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,…

A hit-and-run driver has killed a yet-to-be-identified male pedestrian along the Sagamu–Ijebu-Ode Expressway on the morning of Christmas Day. PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday from the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, that the…

Reverend Aminuson Anderson Ayuka, the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has extended Christmas greetings to Nigerians, urging them to embrace the core values of love, peace and compassion exemplified by Jesus Christ.…

Residents of Jabo village in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State were thrown into panic on Thursday, Christmas Day night, following a loud explosion suspected to be caused by an explosive device. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred suddenly, with…

The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission, N-HYPPADEC, has warned members of the public against an invitation for a technical and practical screening exercise for recruitment into the Commission. In a statement issued by Nura Tanko Wakili, Head, Press…

Former governor of Kano State and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has hosted over 300 PhD holders produced through the Kwankwasiyya scholarship programme at the maiden annual convention of Kwankwasiyya scholars held in Kano. Kwankwaso described education…

The presidency has announced that Femi Gbajabiamila remains the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu and has not been replaced. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said this in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES. Read the full statement below. The…

The Presidency has denied a widely circulating report that President Bola Tinubu has replaced his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila with his Principal Private Secretary, Hakeem Muri-Okunola. It described the report as false, urging Nigerians to disregard such claims. A…

A team of Nigerian Immigration Service personnel in Jigawa State has intercepted six suspected trafficking victims at the Babura Plantation Border Patrol Base, foiling an attempt to smuggle them to Europe via Libya and Niger Republic. Arewa PUNCH recalls that…

The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has confirmed that all pupils and staff abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, have been rescued and reunited with their families, bringing formal…

Former governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame, has praised the incumbent governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, for continuing and renovating projects initiated during his administration, describing the act as uncommon and commendable. Nyame said unlike some past administrations that abandoned…