Niger State Command’s Niger State Command, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, confirmed an attack on its checkpoint along the Wawa–Babanla Road in the Borgu Local Government Area.
The incident occurred on Monday, December 22, 2025, between 12:28 and 1:00 a.m., according to a statement from the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSC Abubakar Muti.
A group of heavily armed bandits stormed the checkpoint and opened fire on officers who were on duty, according to the statement. The personnel evaded the scene without incident and quickly departed.
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However, the attackers removed one G3 rifle from the officers’ possessions, vandalized a functioning Hilux vehicle, and took their personal belongings.
The 221 Armoured Brigade Barracks is located approximately nine kilometers from the checkpoint and three kilometers from Wawa town.
No casualties were reported during the attack, according to DSC Muti.
He continued, noting that the NSCDC is currently working with other security organizations to find the perpetrators and restore peace and security there.
Dauda Lawal, the governor of Samfara State, has urged the state’s top security officials to work together more effectively to combat insecurity.
The governor’s two-day end-of-year tour of security formations across the state included the assurance on Wednesday.
Officers and personnel on the frontlines of the security battle were greeted by Governor Lawal and Abubakar Nakwada, the Secretary of State for the People of Zamfara State, Abubakar Nakwada.
He also offered condolences and offered prayers for the souls of officers who paid the ultimate price in the service of the public.
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The governor assured security agencies of the state government’s continued support and assured them of their effective performance by calling for more concerted efforts from all security agencies to address the state’s security challenges.
The Zamfara State Government was honored for the initiative by the heads of the various security organizations present, as well as the state’s residents, who praised their cooperation, which they said was essential to the successes in the fight against crime.
The Zamfara State Community Protection Guards, the 1 Brigade Command, the 207 Air Force Quick Response Group, the Garrison Command, the Department of State Services, the Federal Road Safety Corps, the Federal Security and Civil Defense Corps, and the 207 Air Force Quick Response Group are just a few examples of the security formations that have been visited during the tour.
Officials describe the state’s two-day end-of-year tour as a first-of-its-kind initiative.
The tour, which included visits to the headquarters of various security organizations, was intended to honor the hard work, sacrifices, and resilience of Zamfara State’s security personnel who were protecting lives and property.
In keeping with the spirit of this year’s Christmas holiday, Bishop of the Katsina Catholic Diocese, Most Reverend Gerald Mamman Musa, has urged the Federal Government to support micro, small, and medium businesses with grants and soft loans.
He also urged the government to cut government excesses before tightening the belts for the poor, and avoid taxes that lack a human and compassionate face. He urged them to recover lost revenue from oil theft, reckless borrowing, and waste.
Bishop Musa stated that taxation should not be imposed on those who are poor in his Christmas message, “LET PEACE BE BORN AGAIN IN NIGERIA,” which he delivered at a press conference on Wednesday.
While communities continue to clamor for food, security, and jobs, public funds are being subdued into political machinery. These leaders must remember that God chose the poor over the powerful, and that ignoring the weak is against the holiday spirit.
In light of this, Christmas urged us to remember the poor, which included the farmers, market women, artisans, independent contractors, and small business owners, who constitute the country’s backbone.
These groups continue to suffer from inflation, inflation, and the effects of the elimination of fuel subsidies.
Therefore, the government must support farmers and rural workers with targeted assistance, strengthen micro, small, and medium businesses with grants and soft loans, prevent taxes from having a human-like face, recover revenue from oil theft, reckless borrowing, and waste, and tighten the belts for the poor before tightening the belts for the poor. Being poor shouldn’t lead to it becoming a punishment.
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Most Reverend Musa, who has transitioned from the political to the religious sphere, argued that divide-and-rule serves as a sobering reminder for those in power that tyrants, not shepherds, prefer to follow.
Leadership is viewed as a sacred trust that needs to be honored rather than a chessboard to be manipulated. Additionally, he noted that it is troubling that some people in our beloved country have turned themselves into “instruments of darkness.”
The Bishop said, “Equally concerning is the behavior of many political actors, who have already abandoned governance for early campaigns before the 2027 elections.
The cleric lamented that communities continue to clamor for food, security, and jobs while public funds are being defensibly diverted to political machinery.
According to Most Reverend Musa, kidnapping, banditry, assassination, and organized violence are now profitable for the few at the expense of the many.
No one profits from blood without bringing it to their own, let it be known. The preacher remarked that “There is no peace for the wicked” (Isaiah 48: 22), and that this is true for those who profit from the tears of farmers, traders, travelers, and vulnerable citizens.
The rising presence of foreign miners, who don’t work as partners but as predators, is what adds to this tragedy, which is igniting conflicts that destroy our people.
Something is wrong when the visitor begins to harvest more than the host, according to another African proverb.
Pastor Chris Okafor, the spiritual director of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry, has threatened legal action over accusations that he is the father of Chidera Okafor.
Chidera claimed that the Lagos-based cleric is her father in a now-viral conversation with VeryDarkMan, whose real name is Martins Vincent Otse. She claimed that the preacher had abandoned her.
Pastor Okafor’s attorneys disputed the allegations at a press conference, calling them “damaging, misleading, and unacceptable.”
The attorneys stated during the briefing that they wanted to make it clear that those claims, as made by the so-called Ms. Chi Okafor, are frantically untrue, deceptive, malicious, inciting, and injurious to our client’s personality and character.
They demanded an apology in two national newspapers, along with the immediate retraction of all false, defamatory, and misleading statements about our client that had been published online or elsewhere, and that a copy of the apology be sent to the appropriate authorities.
In the absence of the prior DNA certificate, the impostor was asked to avoid “any further presenting or implying any familial relationship with our client.”
Additionally, Pastor Okafor’s attorneys requested that “all material that falsely associates him with claims of paternity or abandonment be removed.”
At the press conference, the attorneys said, “TAKE NOTICE that failure to comply with these demands may leave our client with no choice but to pursue appropriate legal remedies to protect his reputation and integrity.”
VDM’s Commentary, Chidera’s Allegations, and VDM’s Commentary
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Chidera had argued with VeryDarkMan that the preacher had treated her unfairly while she was staying with him.
The woman claimed to be “the daughter of Prophet Dr. Chris Okafor.” I once shared a home with him, but I left soon after, as a result of a planned breakdown.
I am the only one from my mother, and the other four from a different mother, while my mother was living there as well.
Chidera claimed that while I was residing in the house, I used to receive unfair treatment because it was so clearly visible to even the house’s workers.
This disturbing testimony from one of your daughters, your own flesh and blood, was stated in a caption that came with the audio, VeryDarkMan (VDM).
Your three adult daughters have all written troubling accounts. It’s shocking at that age, but after listening to this particular testimony, I was literally ill.
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Pastor Okafor threatens legal action.
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Pastor Okafor’s attorneys, however, criticized VDM for failing to “have the decency to reach out to our client before publishing such malicious, self-serving content all over the internet.”
They added that the social media critic is only concerned with “creating content and cheap popularity, having known that our client, a pastor, may not respond to him on social.”
The lawyers claimed that while the woman and Pastor Okafor were married at some point, the union was disbanded because of alleged infidelity by the woman. The lawyers narrated how Chidera’s mother and the cleric met.
Following a DNA test that proved conclusively that the impostor’s children were not his biological children, the attorneys claimed that our client and the impostor’s mother had ended the sworn marriage and had severed personal ties.
The woman left the marriage’s children with them.
“Despite this finding, our client has continued to support the children’s education and general welfare, despite this finding, purely out of compassion and goodwill,” according to the client. a gesture that is not meant to convey paternity in a misleading manner.
Let us reaffirm for clarity that the publication of statements alleging abandonment and the ongoing public portrayal of Ms. Lilian Okafor and her sibling as our client’s clients constitute libel and misrepresentation. They claimed during the briefing that these actions were “damaging, misleading, and unacceptable.”
Actress accuses a Cleric and demands compensation.
In response to allegations made by Nollywood actress Doris Ogala, Pastor Okafor recently tied the knot with his lifelong partner, Pearl, at a gathering attended by family, friends, and well-wishers.
Ogala claimed to have been dating Okafor since 2017 and has been dating her since then. After the cleric’s engagement video went viral, the allegations grew even more serious.
After years of assurance and intimacy, she claimed to have left her previous marriage at the request of the preacher.
The actress alleged that Pastor Okafor’s marriage to her or her financial settlement resulted in her experiencing emotional distress as a result.
During a midnight enforcement operation along Airport Road in Lagos, the Lagos State Mobile Courts ordered the remand of six of seven suspected miscreants for assaulting Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) employees and other sister agencies.
Olalekan Bakare-Oki, the general manager of LASTMA, collaborated with other government departments, including Lagos State Task Force, Lagos State Task Force, and security operatives.
Adebayo Taofiq, the director of LASTMA’s Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, stated in a statement that the exercise was necessary in response to formal complaints from the Nigerian Airport Authority (NPA), lamenting the ongoing and unlawful encroachment on its facilities by criminals and business bus operators, in violation of current laws.
According to Taofiq, the NPA’s management acknowledged the miscreants’ and illegal operators’ activities, which had allegedly caused nuisances at the airport, with frequent reports of harassment, intimidation, and the sequestering of unsuspecting passengers’ personal belongings.
Taofiq asserted that despite severe provocation and an imminent threat to their lives and public assets, its officers held a restraint during the assault, leading to an arrest.
The statement stated that the suspects were charged with four counts of arraignment on Tuesday in front of the Lagos State Mobile Court on the heels of their arrest.
One of the defendants, he claimed, was later granted bail while the remaining six were kept in custody.
The hearing has been moved to February 19, 2026.
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Bakare-Oki reiterated the State’s unwavering commitment to uphold law and order in the city and safeguard critical public infrastructure, ensure the safety of all road users, and protect critical public infrastructure.
He urged the government to not tolerate violent acts against criminals, stressing that the law’s full force would be used against them in all cases.
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) can call four telephone numbers to report uncleared refuse in their localities, according to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).
By ensuring that waste management contractors perform their duties when they were due, this was intended to address the FCT’s growing waste problem.
Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister for Public Communications and Social Media, urged people to send pictures and videos of uncleared refuse to the phone numbers via WhatsApp in a succinct statement on Tuesday.
He claimed that it was important to specify who the contractors who were working in the areas were.
