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Scores killed as NAF fighter jet bombs insurgents’ stronghold in Sambisa forest

The Nigerian Air Force on Thursday announced that two coordinated airstrikes had successfully neutralised several terrorists and destroyed their hideouts in Borno State.
The precision strikes, carried out under the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, targeted known insurgent enclaves in Kollaram and Arra—two areas identified as long-standing terrorist strongholds within the Sambisa general area and the Southern Tumbuns.
According to a statement released by the Director of Public Relations and Information at NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the first operation was conducted at approximately 5:30 a.m. in Kollaram, following credible intelligence and surveillance footage that confirmed the presence of high-value terrorist commanders and operational facilities.
“In a bold display of force and precision, the Nigerian Air Force, under Operation Hadin Kai, executed two highly successful air interdiction missions on April 15, 2025, targeting terrorist strongholds in Borno State’s Sambisa general area and the Southern Tumbuns,” the statement read.
“The first strike occurred at approximately 5:30 a.m. in Kollaram, a known insurgent hub. Intelligence reports, corroborated by surveillance footage, confirmed the presence of high-value terrorist commanders and several operational structures, including those equipped with solar panels. NAF assets executed a precision strike, eliminating numerous fighters and disabling key infrastructure.”
Later in the day, at about 3:55 p.m., another strike was carried out in Arra, also within the Sambisa axis.
According to Ejodame, real-time visuals obtained from Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance missions revealed clusters of armed militants actively operating in the area.
“Precision-guided munitions were employed during the mission, resulting in the effective destruction of identified targets and significant disruption of the group’s operational capabilities,” he added.
Ejodame emphasised that the airstrikes form part of an ongoing and intensified aerial campaign aimed at degrading terrorist capabilities, dismantling leadership structures, and eliminating insurgent sanctuaries across the region.
Meanwhile, the Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that troops neutralised a notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Kaura, in a precision airstrike conducted by troops of Operation Fasan Yamma.
Kaura was among the scores of terrorists neutralised by troops between April 10 and 16, 2025, according to the DHQ.
A statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Markus Kangye, said troops, in collaboration with other security agencies and hybrid forces, carried out a series of coordinated operations in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna, Niger, Kwara States, and the FCT among others.
These operations, he said, were marked by fierce engagements with terrorists, leading to the killing of several insurgents, arrests of suspects, and recovery of a cache of arms and ammunition.
“Between 10 and 16 April 2025, troops conducted fighting patrols and made contact with terrorists in Anka, Tsafe, Talata Mafara, Kaura Namoda and Maru LGAs of Zamfara State as well as Gudu, Isa and Tangaza LGAs of Sokoto State. They conducted operations in Giwa, Chikun and Birnin Gwari LGAs of Kaduna State as well as Bida LGA of Niger State.
“During the encounters, many terrorists were neutralised, including an identified terrorist kingpin, Bello Kaura, in an air interdiction, arrested some of them, while 17 kidnapped victims were rescued,” he said.
He also said troops thwarted oil theft worth over ₦262.7m and arrested suspects.
“During the week under review, Operation DELTA SAFE foiled oil theft worth over N262,702,150.00 only.
“The breakdown indicates: 117,395 litres of stolen crude oil, 22,050 litres of illegally refined AGO, 6,000 litres of DPK and 8,060 litres of PMS. Additionally, they discovered and destroyed 102 crude oil cooking ovens, 94 dugout pits, 18 boats, four speedboats, 56 storage tanks, 164 drums and 42 illegal refining sites. Other items recovered include pumping machines, drilling machines, galvanised pipes, tricycles, motorcycles, mobile phones and nine vehicles,” he said.
Kangye assured the citizens of the Armed Forces’ commitment to protecting national sovereignty and ensuring the safety of all law-abiding citizens.
He said to deny the criminals freedom, the military would take the battle to them.
“We are taking the battle to the enemy to deny them freedom of action, making them thirst for surrender.
“I wish to reiterate the untiring commitment of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to dominate and act in defence of our nation’s sovereignty while guaranteeing the protection of all law-abiding citizens to promote the betterment of our society.
“Our operations across all theatres remain focused, intelligence-driven, and in line with the highest standards of professionalism and respect for human rights,” Kangye added.
He called on the civil populace to continue supporting military operations.
Kangye said, “We once again appeal that the civil populace trust us and see us as friends and partners working for the general good and well-being of the nation. We recognise the sacrifices made daily by our gallant troops, and we salute their courage and dedication.”
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Woman bites off manhood of s3x partner over argument

A woman has bitten off her lover’s genitals during a sex argument in Rivers.
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old woman identified as Gift for allegedly biting off the tip of her lover’s penis during a domestic dispute in the Mile 3 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt.
The incident, which occurred on Thursday, sent shockwaves through the densely populated Bishop Okoye Street when news of the act emerged.
According to sources, the altercation began when Gift’s lover, identified only as Sunday, requested to have s3x.
Gift reportedly refused, accusing him of using s3x-enhancing drugs that made their encounters excessively prolonged.
A resident who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “Mr. Sunday became angry and allegedly descended on his female partner for her refusal.
“In the process, Gift managed to get hold of the man’s manhood with her mouth and chop off the cap of the penis.”
The man’s screams reportedly drew the attention of neighbours, some of whom attempted to mob the woman before police intervened.
“The cap of the man’s penis was completely bitten off by the woman,” the source added.
Gift was rescued by officers from the Nkpolu Police Division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, and taken into custody.
The victim, Sunday, was rushed to an undisclosed hospital in the city for urgent medical attention.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Superintendent of Police Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident on Friday.
“Yes, I can confirm the incident. The woman (suspect), aged 43 years, has been arrested and investigation is ongoing,” Iringe-Koko said.
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INEC Releases Details Of 2025 Anambra Guber Candidates

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the personal particulars of candidates for the 2025 Anambra State governorship election.
The publication of the particulars followed the conclusion of party primaries by 16 political parties and the upload of candidates’ nomination forms for the election by the deadline of 6 pm on May 12, 2025, when the dedicated portal automatically shut down.
This was disclosed in a statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, on Saturday, titled ‘PUBLICATION OF PERSONAL PARTICULARS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE 2025 ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION’.
The Anambra State governorship election is scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 8, 2025.
The statement read, “Following the conclusion of party primaries, 16 political parties have uploaded their candidates’ nomination forms for the Anambra State Governorship Election by the deadline of 6 pm on Monday, May 12, 2025, when the dedicated portal automatically shuts down.
“As provided in Section 29(3) of the Electoral Act 2022 and listed as item 4 on the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election, the Commission has published the personal particulars of each candidate and his running mate by displaying copies of the Form EC9, along with all the accompanying academic credentials and other documents submitted by them, at our state headquaters and the 21 local government offices across Anambra State.”
INEC called on Nigerians to assess the candidates’ documents.
The candidates documents displayed by INEC
The candidates’ documents displayed by INEC. Credit: INEC/X
It also urged aspirants with reasonable grounds to believe that a candidate provided false information to challenge the nomination of the candidate in court.
It also disclosed that the final list of candidates would be published on June 9, 2025, which is at least 150 days before the election.
This, it said, was in line with the provision of Section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022.
It said, We appeal to Nigerians to scrutinise the documents. Any aspirant who participated in his/her party primaries with reasonable grounds to believe that the information provided by a candidate is false can challenge the nomination in a Federal High Court as provided in Section 29(5) of the Electoral Act 2022.
“The final list of candidates will be published on June 9, 2025, which is at least 150 days before the day of the election, in line with the provision of Section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and listed as item 7 on our Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election.”
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Alleged $1m, £34,537 Scam: EFCC Presents First Witness, Peter Okoye against Ex-P-Square Manager

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 16, 2025, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Peter Obumuneme Okoye,( a.k.a Mr P) against Jude Chigozie Okoye, elder brother and former Manager of Paul and Peter Okoye, before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
Okoye is standing trial alongside his company, Northside Music Ltd., on a four-count charge bordering on alleged stealing to the tune of $1m and £34,537 .
Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Mohammed Bashir, the PW1 told the court that his brother’s wife, Ifeoma, owned 80 per cent of Northside Music Ltd, while Jude retained the remaining 20 percent shares.
He said: “ I went to the EFCC with my lawyer to submit the petition on January 22, 2024. I initially wrote Northside Music as the respondent. But upon various investigations carried out by the Commission, it was discovered that Jude’s wife, Ifeoma, is the owner of the company because she owes 80 per cent shares, while Jude retains the remaining 20 per cent.
“I submitted the petition and I never spoke to either Paul or Jude until early April in 2024 when the EFCC asked if my twin brother was involved and I said I did not know.
“The Commission discovered there were over 47 bank accounts used by Jude to receive royalties.”
He also told the court that though both Paul and Jude were later invited by the Commission, the latter was detained.
In his further evidence, he said: “Jude never denied that he committed the crime. However, my twin brother told me during a meeting at the EFCC office that our elder brother owns P-Square.
“Paul told me Jude owns 40 per cent, while the two of us owe 30 per cent each.
“Ifeoma was never part of our engagement and I was not aware when Northside Music was registered.
“Northside Music, according to my findings, was registered in 2015 and had been operating illegally two years prior to our break-up.”
The prosecution, thereafter, sought to tender the petition dated January 22, 2024.
There was no objection to its admissibility by the lead counsel to the defendants, Clement Onwuenwunor, SAN.
Earlier in the proceedings, the witness had told the court that he and his twin brother, Paul, started their music career in 1999.
He had also told the court that between 2005 and 2006, they floated a company, Northside Entertainment Ltd, where they were directors and shareholders.
He, however, said Jude was the sole signatory to the company’s three accounts domiciled in Eco Bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Zenith Bank.
“ They were both Naira and Dollar accounts and Jude was the sole manager of all the accounts.
“In September 2017, P-Square broke up and we came back together in November 2021.
“Within the period, I never received any royalty paid into our company.
“Before we broke up in 2017, every royalty was being paid into Northside Entertainment Ltd., where the three of us were shareholders.
“We have two aggregators (streaming platforms that generate income): I-rocking.com and Free me digital, which I was aware of.
“When people play our songs on their mobile phones, it generates income: and so, we receive funds from these two aggregators prior to our split.”
The PW1, who said he went solo as Mr P after the group broke up and got a different manager, further told court that “ When we got back without him being our manager, I discovered a similar company was run by our brother known as Northside Music.
“I started seeing some discrepancies in the way royalties were sent to me and my twin brother . When I went for a tour in London, some individual approached us if we would like to sell our catalogs, but they needed to see the back-end.
“After so much attempt to get the back-end from Jude, I discovered that he had tampered with the original one, which made over seven companies to have a rethink of purchasing the catalogs.”
The case was adjourned till May 23 for continuation of trial.
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