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The Nigerian Army says the military succeeded in killing a total of 10,937 terrorists last year, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba said.   Briefing newsmen on the operations of the military in the year 2024 on Tuesday in Abuja, Buba said that troops reduced the fighting capabilities of terrorists, recording 16,171 surrendered terrorist combatants and their families in the year under review.  Buba said that troops recovered 8,815 weapons, and 228,004 ammunitions and denied the oil thieves an estimated sum over N68.4 billion.   The director gave the breakdown of the recoveries as: 4,332 AK47…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has hit President Bola Tinubu below the belt on issues of governance, daring him to lead by example by identifying himself with the plights of the Nigerian masses. Obi spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday on the state of the nation said the President should treat himself at local hospitals and do well to visit educational institutions in the country to ascertain the level of development in the nation’s educational and healthcare sectors. The former Anambra State Governor jeered at the level of corruption in the…

By Agency Report US President Joe Biden and his family who received tens of thousands of dollars from foreign leaders in 2023 would surrender to the Federal Government upon leaving office, according to an annual accounting published by the State Department on Thursday. The $20,000 diamond received from the first lady Jill Biden was retained for official use in the White House East Wing, according to a State Department document, while the other gifts to the president and first lady were sent to the archives. The 7.5-carat diamond from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was easily the most costly gift…

By Straightnews The sale saga of three refineries to Aliko Dangote by the administration of Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007 has been resurrected. Obasanjo stated that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), now the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), turned down a $750 million proposal from billionaire Aliko Dangote in 2007 to manage three of the country’s refineries. In an interview with Channels Television last Thursday, Obasanjo revealed that the offer covered the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries and was intended as a Public–Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement to revive and operate the facilities. Despite NNPC’s acknowledged…

Popular Afrobeats singer, Ayodeji Balogun, better known as Wizkid, has become the first African artiste to surpass 8 billion Spotify streams. The 8 billion streams include both leads and features. His collaborative hit with Canadian superstar, Drake, ‘One Dance,’ is his most streamed song on the platform with over 2 billion streams. ‘One Dance’ holds the Guinness World Record for the first single to hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. Also read: 2025 Grammys: Tems, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido make list  Wizkid’s most streamed album on the platform is the deluxe edition of his fourth studio album, ‘Made In Lagos’…

By Agency Report Panic enveloped Ben Curion Airport in Israel following intermittent shelling by Houthi rebels, forcing many to flee into bomb shelters, agency has reported.  This is as Yemeni Armed Forces claimed responsibility for multiple attacks on Israeli and US targets, including Ben Gurion Airport, a power station, and the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, in response to ongoing aggression against Gaza and US-led military actions in Yemen. Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesperson for Yemen’s military, confirmed on Tuesday that Yemeni missile units struck Ben Gurion International Airport, located 20 kilometers southeast of Tel Aviv, with a Palestine-2…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has prophesied that 2025 will be “a landmark year.” Pastor Adeboye, who made this statement while speaking at the Crossover Service of the church in Shimawa, Ogun State, remarked that many will never forget, and some people may not survive it. He said: “2025 will be a landmark year, a year nobody will ever forget. The day someone has been waiting for will arrive this year. “The wind that started blowing last year will continue to blow this year, but stronger. Related posts ‘My God consuming…

By News Agency Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno has enjoined people of the state to remain united by shunning politics of division and  personal destruction in 2025. Eno made the call in his New Year Radio and Television broadcast to Akwa Ibom people on Wednesday in Uyo. The governor said he was committed to running an all inclusive government, where everyone would be carried along irrespective of party or religious affiliations. “As we usher in the New Year, I enjoin us to remain united and shun politics of division and personal destruction. “We are committed to running an inclusive government, and…

A self-proclaimed psychic who claims to have foreseen the arrival of Covid-19, has shared his 2025 predictions including a reconciliation between Princes William and Harry, and a chilling World War 3 warning.  Nicolas Aujula, 38, a single past life regression therapist and hypnotherapist who lives in south London, is also predicting advancements in lab-grown organs. He said he realised he had psychic abilities at the age of 17 when he had visions of his “past lives” such as being a “seamstress in China ” and “a nun in the Himalayas.” Since then, he says he has accurately predicted events such…

By Straightnews Arise TV personality, Rufai Oseni, has expressed doubt at the announcement of the resumption of refinery activities at the Warri Refinery in Nigeria’s Delta State.  NNPC boss, Mele Kyari, announced this on Monday, December 30, 2024. Reacting to the news, Rufai wrote in his X handle ‘’Until when the catalytic cracking unit of PH and Warri refinery starts to work then I will take the NNPC seriously. I don’t celebrate half measures.” NNPCL plays old fox game? This came after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) was seen to have played old fox game by telling the…