AKWA IBOM CP DECORATES 613 NEW ASPs, URGES PROFESSIONALISM
RismadarVoice ReportersFebruary 17, 2026 Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, has decorated 613 Inspectors recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police II…
ALLEGED $6BN MAMBILLA POWER FRAUD: FEC DIRECTED AGUNLOYE TO WITHDRAW CONTRACT AWARD — WITNESS
RismadarVoice ReportersFebruary 17, 2026 Federal Executive Council (FEC) under former President Olusegun Obasanjo directed former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, to withdraw the memo awarding the Mambilla Power…
ICPC ARRAIGNS WORKS MINISTRY DIRECTOR OVER ALLEGED ₦2M MONEY LAUNDERING
By Micah JonahFebruary 17, 2026 The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arraigned a Director in the Federal Ministry of Works, Blessing Lere-Adams, before the Federal High…
HAMAS REJECTS ISRAELI 60-DAY DISARMAMENT ULTIMATUM
By Micah JonahFebruary 17, 202 Hamas has rejected a reported 60-day ultimatum issued by a senior Israeli government official demanding that the Palestinian group disarm or face a renewed military…
IRAN TO PARTIALLY CLOSE STRAIT OF HORMUZ FOR MILITARY DRILL
By Micah JonahFebruary 17, 2026 Iran will temporarily close parts of the Strait of Hormuz for a few hours on Tuesday as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conducts military drills…
ALLEGED ₦10BN KOGI FRAUD: EFCC DENIES THREATENING ALI BELLO, CO-DEFENDANT
RismadarVoice ReportersFebruary 17, 2026 Witnesses in the trial of Ali Bello, nephew of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello, and his co-defendant, Dauda Sulaiman, denied claims that the Economic…
LEBANON SETS TIMELINE FOR 2ND PHASE OF HEZBOLLAH DISARMAMENT
By Micah Jona, February 17, 2026 Lebanon’s government has announced that its military will need at least four months to carry out the second phase of its plan to dismantle…
THOUSANDS OF WESTERN NATIONALS SERVED IN GAZA WAR; LEGAL QUESTIONS EMERGE
By Micah Jona, February 17, 2026 Thousands of foreign nationals holding Western passports enlisted in the Israeli military during the war in Gaza, raising fresh legal and diplomatic questions over…
CYCLONE GEZANI KILLS 59 IN MADAGASCAR, OVER 16,000 DISPLACED
By Micah JonahFebruary 17, 2026 At least 59 people have been confirmed dead after Cyclone Gezani tore through Madagascar, leaving widespread destruction and displacing thousands across the Indian Ocean island…
LASSA FEVER KILLS ONE, INFECTS TWO IN KANO
RismadarVoice ReportersFebruary 17, 2026 Kano Centre for Disease Control (KCDC) has confirmed one death and two additional infections following a Lassa fever outbreak in the state. Director-General of the agency,…
