By Francis Atume, Makurdi Former Deputy Governor of Benue State, Engr. Benson Abounu, has described the third term ambition for the Benue South Senatorial seat as evil and capable of breeding disunity and hatred among the Idoma people. Abounu, who served under the Samuel Ortom administration, stated this yesterday during an exclusive interview in Makurdi. He said his position is not borne out of hatred for the incumbent Senator, Comrade Abba Moro, who is seeking a third term, but in the interest of equity, fairness and peace. “We the people of Benue South allowed Abba Moro to go for the…
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By Miriam Humbe The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has pledged the full support of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for the realisation of Nigeria’s ambition to build a $1 trillion economy, stressing the need for institutions to translate national aspirations into concrete, measurable results. CGC Adeniyi committed on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, while delivering a keynote address at the New Nigeria Festival at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Conference Hall, Abuja, saying the economic target was achievable if the plans and strategies developed to achieve it were properly implemented. The CGC said the Customs had moved beyond ideas and…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on 6 October 2026 marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a sensitisation programme at its Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja. The event was held to promote awareness, early detection, and prevention of breast cancer among officers and stakeholders. The programme, themed: “Inspect, Detect, Protect,” brought together officers, medical professionals and partners to strengthen the fight against the disease. The Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of Information and Communication Technology and Modernisation, Oluyomi Adebakin, who represented the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, said cancer should not be regarded as a stigma or the end of…
By Miriam Humbe Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have crushed a coordinated multi-directional assault by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Kukawa, Borno State, neutralising over 25 terrorists and recovering arms and ammunition during a fierce counter-offensive. Captain Mohammed Goni, the Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The terrorists, who attacked troops of 101 Special Forces Battalion in large numbers from four different flanks, met stiff resistance as the troops responded decisively with superior firepower, tactical manoeuvre and effective battlefield coordination. Supported by…
By Prof., Mike Ozekhome, CON There are men whose passing does not merely end a life but it interrupts a conversation that has been running for decades. On Monday, 31st August 2026, that conversation stopped. Chief Daniel Osikheme Orbih, died at the age of sixty-four. For a man who had spent nearly three decades embedded in the machinery of Nigerian party politics, the news travelled with a peculiar speed and weight. To speak of Dan Orbih (famously called Kuluku I) only in the vocabulary of politics would be to tell half the story and perhaps the smaller half. He was,…
By Miriam Humbe The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Monday, paid his maiden official visit as Inspector-General of Police to the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon, France, as part of efforts to deepen international police cooperation and strengthen the Nigeria Police Force’s response to transnational crime. CSP Ani Iniedu, the Force Public Relations Officer disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. The IGP met with the INTERPOL Secretary General, Mr Valdecy Urquiza, and other senior officials of the organisation, with discussions focused on enhancing cooperation in cybercrime, counter-terrorism, financial crime, organised crime, fugitive tracking, intelligence sharing…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening weather and climate information services for farmers as part of efforts to build a more productive, resilient and food-secure agricultural sector in Nigeria. The Director General/CEO of NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike, stated this in his goodwill message at the National Strategic Dialogue on the Preparation of the AGROW Component 2.2 – National Implementation Strategy and Digital Agriculture Architecture, organised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security under the World Bank-supported Nigeria Sustainable Agricultural Value Chain (AGROW) Project. The dialogue, held under the theme: “Building…
***As Defence Minister Calls for Adaptive, Sustainable Regional Response By Miriam Humbe The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has convened a High-Level International Forum on the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF). The Defence Minister, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd), called for the repositioning of the Task Force to effectively confront evolving security threats in the Lake Chad Basin and the wider Sahel. General Musa made the call on 6 October 2026, as the Special Guest of Honour at the opening of the two-day Forum held at the National Defence College, Abuja. Major General Samaila Uba, the Director Defence Information disclosed this in…
By Miriam Humbe The Tukur Yusufu Buratai, Humanity Care Foundation has mourned the crash of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft, NGR 931, near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State. The aircraft was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos on Monday, October 5, 2026, when it crashed. The manifest released on Tuesday by the Nigerian Air Force revealed that 25 persons were on board the ill-fated plane, with 20 passengers and five crew members, who all died in the incident. The condolence was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman of the Foundation, Ibrahim Dahiru Danfulani.…
By Miriam Humbe The leadership of the Action Alliance party has said that the 2027 election cannot be credible if INEC continues to recognize as candidate of AA, Mr Rufai Adekunke Omo’Aje a man who is currently working for the Social Democratic Party, (SDP). In a statement signed on Tuesday by the National Chairman, Chief Kenneth Udeze, the Action Alliance called on INEC to immediately delist Rufai Adekunle Omo-Aje as Action Alliance Presidential Candidate who has by his own action disqualified himself. The Action Alliance therefore urged INEC to publish and recognize the authentic Presidential Candidate of Action Alliance, Mr.…
By Miriam Humbe The authentic National Leadership of the Action Alliance (AA) led by Chief Barr. Kenneth Udeze has said that it was shocked and dismayed by the World Press Conference organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which excluded the Action Alliance party. The event was held under the Chairmanship of Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, on Tuesday, October 6th at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, purportedly to reel out INEC’s preparations ahead of the 2027 General Elections and inviting “critical stakeholders.” In a statement signed by the Court of Appeal-Affirmed Action Alliance National Chairman, Chief Kenneth…
By Miriam Humbe President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning in honour of personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) who died in the military aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State. The President also directed that the Nigerian national flag be flown at half-mast across the country throughout the mourning period as a mark of respect for the deceased personnel. The Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft crashed on Monday morning near a naval base in the Igbokoda area of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State while on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos. The…