Last week our military underwent what would be described as a period of tumultuous mixed emotions. They had just endured a day of horror when they...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says some of the challenges left behind by the colonial administration are still affecting Nigeria. Obasanjo spoke on Saturday in...
The chieftaincy tussle bedeviling Isienu Amofu in Nkerefi Community in Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State at the weekend took a new twist following...
In a ground-breaking effort to combat water scarcity and elevate the standard of living for underserved communities, The Alternative Bank has announced the launch of the...
As Easter Sunday unfolds across the globe, Christians are engaging in festivities marking this significant date in the religious calendar. Falling in either March or April...
A Nigerian man, Kemuna Una, has used a story from the bible to counter an advice proposing that men who conduct DNA tests and find out...
In what could be described as a tragedy, the driver of a Toyota Camry crushed a five-year-old girl to death in Lagos while attempting to reverse...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, on Wednesday disclosed that deploying soldiers on missions which may claim their lives is his toughest job....
A pregnant woman from Umuosiegbo village, Umunya, in Oyi local government area of Anambra State, Mmesoma Odili, is currently experiencing immense sorrow after suffering a miscarriage...
When Lt. Colonel Abdullahi Hassan Ali, 49, assumed duties as Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army, all his mother, Hassana, could...
The Presidency on Thursday urged Nigerians to report those the military declared wanted over the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama community, Delta State. President Bola...
The Presidency on Thursday urged Nigerians to report those the military declared wanted over the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama community, Delta State. President Bola...
The military high command on Thursday morning declared eight persons wanted in connection with the killing of 17 soldiers and officers in Okuama Community of Delta...
The Bauchi State government has recognized the Daben Kasuwa community in Ganjuwa Local Government Area (LGA) for their exemplary conduct in safeguarding a fallen trailer loaded...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has granted pardons to 33 inmates across various correctional facilities within the state. Naija News reports that the development was...
Hanatu Hamman, mother of Late Lance Corporal Peter Hamman, one of the 17 troops of the Nigerian Army, who was killed in Delta State, says her...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday made good his pledge to honour the 17 military personnel killed in Okuama community of Delta State. He described the fallen...
On March 14, 2024, 17 soldiers attached to 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State while on peace mission to Okuoma Community were...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, on Wednesday disclosed that deploying soldiers on missions which may claim their lives is his toughest job....
The 17 military personnel who met their demise in the Okuama community of Delta on March 14 have been buried. The bodies of the soldiers, which...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered elders in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State, to fish out the culprits involved...
The 17 military personnel killed in Okuama community in Delta on March 14 have been laid to rest. The corpses of the soldiers, which arrived at...
The 17 military personnel killed in Okuama community in Delta on March 14 have been laid to rest. The corpses of the soldiers, which arrived at...
The remains of the military personnel killed in the Okuama community in Delta State have arrived at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja, for burial. Naija News...
The remains of the military personnel killed in Delta State on March 14, 2024 have arrived the National Military Cemetery, Abuja, Daily Trust reports. The bodies,...
The remains of the 17 soldiers killed by hoodlums in Okuama community in Ughelli North local government area of Delta state will be buried at the...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Wednesday, 27th March 2024 President Bola Tinubu has approved the...
The recent massacre of 16 soldiers allegedly involved in a peacekeeping operation in Okuama and Okoloba Communities in Delta State has drawn sharp criticism from Ohanaeze...
Ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor (retd.), has stressed the importance of the military avoiding the “see-finish” syndrome during non-kinetic operations. He also suggested further...
Edidiong Mbong, founder of Triple Gold Entertainment and Mbolingo, has carved a niche in technology and his ventures. Let’s explore this niche. Determined to make a...
The Nigerian Army has announced details of the burial ceremony for the officers and soldiers killed recently during an ambush in Delta State. According to a...
The Nigerian Army says it has concluded all arrangements to give some of its personnel, who were killed-in-action in Okuama Community, Delta State, a befitting burial...
Two people were reportedly killed and several others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between a Toyota bus and a tricycle on the Itobe-Anyigba Road in...
Two persons died on Monday while one other sustained injury as a Toyota car popularly known as Muscle crashed into the bush. The incident occurred at...
The Ministry of Religious Affairs in Kebbi State has initiated a survey of Islamiyya and almajiri schools within the state. It said the survey aims to...
The Federal Government has been called upon to obey the recent judgement of a Niger State High Court sitting in Minna, which ordered it to pay...
A young Nigerian lady reveals how her aunt improvised with a handkerchief to fix her dress for showing too much skin after running into each other...
Traditional rulers in Delta State have pledged to assist security agencies to fish out those involved in the killing of officers and men of the Nigerian...
Stakeholders of Abomege and Ishinkwor community, both in Onicha local government area of Ebonyi State, have signed peace pact to end the age-long land dispute that...
There is unarguably a progressive value erosion in our country. This is happening increasingly, and there is no hope of it abating soon. This cankerworm is...
A military base in Gujba town, located in the Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, was attacked by suspected terrorists shortly after midnight on Saturday,...
No fewer than nine persons were reportedly killed during a communal clash between the Montol and Taroh ethnic groups in the Ponglong community of Mikang local...
Traditional Rulers in Delta State have pledged to assist security agencies in smoking out killers of military officers in Okuama community in Delta State. The monarchs...
Traditional Rulers in Delta State have pledged to assist security agencies in smoking out killers of military officers in Okuama community in Delta State. The monarchs...
Hauwa Ali, the wife of the late Lt Col A.H Ali, says she will not allow any of her children to join the military following the...
Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has condemned the recent killing of 17 Nigerian Army officers in Delta State. Naija News recalls that...
Nigeria is an agrarian country with over 70 million hectares of agricultural land area and 44% of it under cultivation. The Nigerian agricultural sector absorbs over...
The killing of 17 soldiers in the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State on Saturday, March 16 2024, is a despicable...
Shamsiya Murtala, a female hostel of the Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, lost her life, on Saturday, after fired destroyed a complete block of 29 rooms,...
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa said the military is pondering having on standby a special security force to address insecurity in the FCT....
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has described the killing of soldiers as a national tragedy. The Minister made the declaration during a visit...
Many art spaces, primarily nonprofits, are at the forefront of communal development. They foster creative expression in the communities they reside in. Ọlọ́runjẹ̀dálọ community art studio...
Outlawed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has sternly disparaged the Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo over the deployment of military personnel to...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has berated the Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, over the deployment of soldiers to the Ogbaru Local Government Area of...
Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has, on Thursday, warned traditional rulers in the state against hiding persons involved in the killing of three military officers and...
Former military administrator of Delta State, Air Commodore Luke Oculor (rtd) has called on the Federal Government to set up an investigative panel to curb the...
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has cautioned the traditional rulers against protecting any of their subjects involved in the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, issued a stern warning on Thursday to kingdoms and traditional rulers within the state, urging them not to protect individuals implicated...
The 36 state governors of the federation have stated their position on the issues surrounding the new minimum wage and things that must be considered before...
Former Minister of Communications, Maj. Gen. Tajudeen Olanrewaju, retd, issued a warning on Thursday regarding the killing of some army officers and soldiers in Okuama, Bomadi...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has demanded major reforms to the nation’s security architecture and crackdown on illegal international adoption rackets involving Nigerian children. These were...
More revelations have emerged over the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State by some alleged youths. The...
A young man has released a video claiming to be one of the killers of the 16 soldiers attacked in Okwuma community while on peacekeeping mission...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it received the news of the killing of 16 Nigerian military men in Delta State with...
Governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa State in the last election, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has appealed to the Nigerian Army to identify,...
Pensioners and labour unionists in Abia State have welcomed the termination of pension payment to former governors and deputy governors of the state by the state’s...
In this interview with Daily Trust, Folorunso Fatai Adisa, a native of Abeokuta, Ogun State, who recently bagged a Master’s in Media and Communication from the...
The Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, has appealed to the military to identify, arrest and deal decisively with only persons...
Authorities have apprehended at least three individuals linked to the recent deadly attack on members of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Otuama,...
Elder statesman and leader of the Ijaw Nation, Edwin Clark says it is difficult to believe the recent killing of the slain soldiers in Delta State...
Elder statesman and leader of the Ijaw Nation, Edwin Clark, has ruled out mercenaries in soldiers’ killings in the Okuama community in Ughelli South local government...
Fear has gripped Bayelsa communities as the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) intensified manhunt for killers of 17 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army, who were murdered...
Olorogun Sleek Oshare, a community leader in Delta State, has said that a land dispute resulted in the killing of military personnel in the state. Oshare...
The killing of troops of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army who were on a peaceful mission, in Okuama, Delta State continues to elicit...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said the Senate would constitute a committee to investigation and ascertain whether the killers of the murdered military officers in Delta...
The governors of Nasarawa and Benue have agreed to address insecurity and food crisis, and also attract investments for economic growth in the two states. To...
The Senate has asked the Federal Government to immediately compensate the families of the 16 murdered army officers and soldiers. The request was made during a...
In the wake of the tragic incident that led to the death of 16 military personnel in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State,...
Residents of Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State where 16 military personnel were killed have opened up on the alleged...
The Adamawa State Police Command said 58 suspected criminals have been arrested for their involvement in armed robbery and kidnapping. Parading the suspects, the state’s Commissioner...
The Nigerian Senate condemned the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuama community which happened on Thursday last week while attempting to restore peace among the warring...
Lady desiring a ‘baby-girl’ treatment has blasted guys who are asking her out without sending her transport fare with which to come for the date. The...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has blamed the government for the confidence some youths in Delta State had to...
Taking advantage of the full authority granted it on Sunday by President Bola Tinubu to go after killers of its men, the military high command, on...
The presidency, on Tuesday, reacted after the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) released the details of sixteen officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army who were killed recently...
The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) began a three-day national mourning period on Monday to commemorate the 17 soldiers who were killed by angry youths in...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, joined Muslims at the Central Mosque in Maraba-Nyanya in Abuja to participate...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Tuesday, 19th March 2024 Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has denied reports of reprisal attacks on Okuama community in Delta State following the killing of 16 Army personnel of the 181...
Activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has apologised to the Nigerian Army (NA) for posting a video purportedly showing...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), on Monday, revealed the identities of the 16 Army personnel of the 181 Amphibious Battalion ambushed and killed by suspected youths in...
The Nigerian Army has released the identities of the 16 Nigerian Army officers and soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Bomadi Local Government Area of...
A retired Major General, Cecil Esekhaigbe, has raised concerns about the recent military operation in Okuama community, Delta State that resulted in the death of 16...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta State that they should brace themselves for the full force of legal repercussions. This follows after...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta state, to “be ready to face the full wrath of the law”. In a statement signed...
The Nigerian Army has accused residents of Okuama community in Delta State of being complicit and engaging in media propaganda rather than supporting the military to...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta state, to “be ready to face the full wrath of the law”. This follows the killing...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta state, to “be ready to face the full wrath of the law”. This follows the killing...
Former Niger Delta agitators totaling 183 have initiated legal proceedings against the Nigerian government over allegations of unpaid entitlements under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Led...