YEYE News BLOG

07/02/2026

Security operatives have successfully neutralised an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by suspected terrorists along the Danjibga-Kuncin Kalgo axis in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The operation was carried out by a combined force of the Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal...

07/02/2026

Vice President Kassim Shettima on Saturday arrived in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to condole with the government and people of the state over Tuesday’s attack on the Woro community in Kaiama Local Government. ‎ Shettima’s aircraft landed at the General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport...

07/02/2026

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has replaced Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, with ex-Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, as Chairman of the National Convention Central Coordination Committee ahead of the party’s March 27 and 28, 2026, convention. Disclosing this in a statement via X...

07/02/2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday met with key segments of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as the party disclosed plans to organise an inclusive national convention and congresses, in line with its growth and expanding membership. The meeting, held at the State House, Abuja, with t...

07/02/2026

07/02/2026

The Enugu state high court has ordered the British government to pay £20 million to each of the families of the 21 coal miners killed on November 18, 1949. According to NAN, Anthony Onovo, who presided over the case on Thursday, ruled that the killings were unlawful and constituted an extrajudicial...

05/02/2026

In a strategic move to bolster Nigeria’s security through international cooperation, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Wednesday met with the French Defence Attaché to Nigeria, Colonel Stéphane Useo, at the Army Headquarters in Abuja. During the meeting, Lieuten...

05/02/2026

Reaffirms commitment to delivering euro standard fuel to Nigerians Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals (DPRP) has firmly denied reports suggesting that it imports finished petroleum products, describing the claims as incorrect and based on a misunderstanding of global refinery operations. As...

05/02/2026

The Federal Government (FG), yesterday, urged International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria to take concrete steps to ramp up crude oil production, following the country’s ambitious target of reaching 2.5 million barrels per day by 2027. Nigeria’s daily average oil production stood at ...

05/02/2026

In a statement released shortly afterwards, the presidency announced the dismissal of the two officials. South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, has dismissed his Press Secretary, David Amour Major, and the Chief Administrator at the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Valentino Dhel Maluet, following ...