Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, Joint Task Force North East troops have killed 38 ISWAP militants. According to a statement released by Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, the Joint Task Force’s Media Information Officer, the operation took place on Saturday morning. Terrorists were vanquished by troops after attacking FOB Mandaragirau in Sector 2, Borno State. The soldiers … Read more
The new policy on diaspora remittances implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria has received strong support from Aminu Gwadabe, head of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria. You might remember that the central bank ordered IMPS to use specific Naira settlement accounts for all of its transactions. CBN also instructed IMTOs … Read more
Sabi, a singer well known for his smash hit “Show Your Style,” has passed away. Reportedly, on Tuesday night, unidentified assailants opened fire at a Lagos State hotel, killing Sabi (actual name: Sabinus Chukwuebuka Nelson). This was revealed to the Daily Sun on Thursday by Kingsley, the singer’s younger brother. Until now, information regarding the … Read more
Tijani Fatai, the recently appointed commissioner of police in Lagos state, has pledged to increase the state’s security by cracking down harder on cultism and other violent crimes. This promise was made by Fatai on Thursday during his inauguration address as the 42nd Commissioner of Police of the Lagos State Police Command. In his address, … Read more
Despite claiming to have a multi-party system in theory, Dengiyefa Angalapu, a senior analyst at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), is worried that Nigeria is becoming more and more of a one-party state in practice. In an exclusive interview with 460PLAY on Wednesday, Angalapu claimed that the current political scene resembles a dominant-party … Read more
Reverend Uma Ukpai, an evangelist from Abia, passed away at the age of 80 on Thursday, and a state funeral service was organised by the Abia State Government to honour her. To ensure that they would be remembered for good, Governor Alex Otti urged the people to live virtuously during his speech at the event, … Read more
With donor funds dwindling, Nigeria’s illness detection and surveillance systems are coming under more scrutiny, according to health professionals and government officials. This has prompted new worries about the country’s overall structural flaws. During the official presentation of A System in Transition: Nigeria Country Report, a landscape assessment on the state of the country’s public … Read more
A group of women demanding equal representation in state and federal legislatures have stormed the offices of two Abia State representatives, Mascot Ikwechegh and Obi Aguocha, in order to make their voices heard. The ladies represented a wide range of organisations, including the League of Women Voters, the National Association of Muslim Women, FIDA, and … Read more
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for 2023, Peter Obi, has stated that they are working along with Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to help Nigeria, and specifically northern Nigeria, recover. He assured the crowd that the gathering was not about politics but about celebrating Sallah with Kwankwaso. However, he did say that they were planning … Read more
There have been allegations of high-handedness, extortion, and corruption involving operatives of the unit, and the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has summoned CSP Adetayo Akerele, the Chairman of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce), to appear at the Force Headquarters. This comes after numerous Lagosians demanded Akerele’s ouster from … Read more