Day: January 3, 2026

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have uncovered a substantial cache of high-calibre ammunition in the Bulumkutu Railway area, underscoring the effectiveness of ongoing intelligence-led security operations in the North-East. The discovery followed sustained military presence and follow-up actions after a recent cordon-and-search operation, aimed at restricting the freedom of criminal and terrorist elements, particularly in the wake of multiple suicide bombers being neutralised or apprehended over the past week. According to Lt. Col. Sani Uba, Media Information Officer at OPHK, troops received a distress call at around 3:00 p.m.…

A civil society organisation, the Civil Rights Network on Accountability (CRNA), has called on the leadership of the National Assembly to pass a vote of no confidence on the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamsedeen Babatunde Ogunjimi, over what it described as a total failure in implementing the 2025 budget. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, CRNA accused the two top fiscal officials of presiding over a collapse of budget execution several months into the 2025…

Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted 30.1 kilograms of cocaine at the Apapa Port in Lagos, foiling an attempted smuggling operation at the start of the new year.   The seizure was confirmed in a press release issued on Friday, 2 January 2026, by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs Isah Sulaiman. He disclosed that the illicit drug, packaged in 30 slabs, was discovered onboard the MV Aruna, a Marshall Islands-flagged…