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Cameroon Biodiversity Journalists Congratulates Nigerian Environmental Media Association President, Seeks Cross-Border Climate Partnership

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By Aviashima Toom The Cameroon Biodiversity Journalists Association has congratulated the newly elected president of the Environmental Media Correspondents Association of Nigeria, expressing readiness to strengthen cross-border collaboration between environmental journalists in Nigeria and Cameroon to address climate change, biodiversity loss and other shared environmental challenges. In a congratulatory letter dated October 10, 2026, and signed by Robert Abunaw, a founding journalist of CTV and climate action strategist, the association called for joint environmental reporting, data sharing and professional training to improve climate action and protect vulnerable communities across the two countries. Abunaw said Nigeria and Cameroon, which share rainforests, rivers and climate-related risks, needed a common approach to addressing environmental challenges affecting communities on both sides of their borders. He noted that environmental threats, including flooding, deforest...
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Stopping Cross-Border Arms Flows Key to Secure 2027 Elections — IGP Disu

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By Aviashima Toom The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has identified the disruption of illicit cross-border arms trafficking as critical to ensuring peaceful, free and fair general elections in Nigeria in 2027. Disu stated this on Monday in Abuja while declaring open a five-day Small Arms and Light Weapons Identification and Tracing (SALW-IT) Simulation Programme involving security personnel and experts from 12 African countries. The programme, scheduled for October 12 to 16, 2026, brings together participants from Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, Mali, Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Niger, Libya, Benin and the Republic of the Congo. According to the IGP, the initiative is designed to strengthen participants' capacity to identify, mark, register and trace small arms, light weapons and ammunition through technical instruction and practical exercises at the Nigeria Police Simulation Centre. He warned that the prolife...
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Journalism, Responsibility and Press Freedom: Lessons from the Rufai Oseni–Abike Dabiri-Erewa Exchange

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By Aviashima Toom The exchange between Rufai Oseni, co-host of Arise Television’s The Morning Show, and Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has reignited debate about journalistic standards, professional responsibility and press freedom in Nigeria. Speaking during a panel session in Lagos marking Kike Abati’s 20th anniversary in the media industry, Dabiri-Erewa reportedly expressed concern about declining journalistic standards, emphasising the need for journalists to be responsible and accountable. Her concerns raise an important question: Has journalism lost its professional values, or has the changing media landscape simply transformed how journalists perform their duties? There is little doubt that journalism has evolved significantly. Unlike the era when traditional broadcasting organisations dominated news production, today’s media environment includes private television stations, online newspapers, independent publishers ...
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Military Kills 25 ISWAP Terrorists in Borno, Arrests Senior Commander in Ondo

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By Aviashima Toom, Abuja  The Armed Forces of Nigeria have neutralised 25 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists during an attempted attack on Kukawa town in Borno State, rescued abducted victims across several states and neutralised a senior ISWAP commander in Ondo State. The military also rescued 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Imo State, alongside a woman reportedly kidnapped while on her way to the market. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Michael Onoja, disclosed these developments in a statement on ongoing military operations across the country between October 2 and 8, 2026. According to the statement, troops of Operation Hadin Kai, supported by the Air Component, repelled an attempted ISWAP infiltration of Kukawa town on the night of October 6. The engagement lasted several hours and continued into the morning of October 7, resulting in the neutralisation o...
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Cross River Police Arrest Suspect Over Alleged Abduction of 11-Year-Old Boy in Ikom

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By Aviashima Toom, Abuja  The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Abashi John, over the alleged abduction of an 11-year-old boy who was later found with a head injury in Edor Community, Ikom Local Government Area of the state. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eitokpah Sunday Akata, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police said the incident was reported on October 5, 2026, at about 10 p.m. at Edor Police Outpost by the boy’s father, 57-year-old Raphael Eyo. According to the report, Eyo alleged that the suspect had taken his son under the pretext of helping him get home safely, but the child could not be accounted for afterwards. The police said that when the suspect was contacted, he allegedly claimed to have dropped the boy in front of his father’s residence. However, the following day, Eyo and some community members reportedly visited the suspect’s residence, where the boy was found in the suspect’s room with...
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NLC Gives FG Two-Week Ultimatum to Reduce Petrol Price, Renegotiate Minimum Wage

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By Aviashima Toom, Abuja  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to take urgent measures to reduce the price of petrol and commence the renegotiation of the national minimum wage. The ultimatum was contained in a communiqué issued after a joint meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) and Central Working Committee (CWC) of the NLC held at the Olaitan Oyerinde Hall, Labour House, Abuja, on Wednesda. The meeting, presided over by NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, reviewed the economic situation in the country and what the union described as the worsening hardship confronting Nigerian workers and the wider population. The NLC expressed concern over rising inflation, the depreciation of the naira and the increasing cost of basic necessities, saying the purchasing power of workers had been severely eroded. According to the Congress, the current national minimum wage has been rendered inadequate by the rising cost o...
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Nigerian Navy Uncovers 40,000 Litres of Suspected Crude Oil in Delta

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By Aviashima Toom, Abuja  The Nigerian Navy has uncovered about 40,000 litres of substance suspected to be crude oil in a large dugout reservoir in the Oteghele general area of Delta State. The discovery was made on Wednesday, by the Nigerian Navy Ship DELTA (NNS DELTA) during an intelligence-led operation targeting crude oil theft and other illicit activities within its Area of Operations. According to a statement by the Director of Naval Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, the operation followed credible intelligence on suspected illegal oil activities in the area. He said the recovered substance and the dugout reservoir were handled in accordance with established procedures. The latest discovery is coming barely three weeks after NNS DELTA uncovered another 30,000 litres of suspected crude oil in the same Oteghele area on September 21, 2026. The repeated discoveries highlight the Navy's sustained efforts to disrupt illegal crude oil storage and deny crimina...
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