Pandemonium broke Jabo, a town in Tambuwal Local Government Area on Thursday night following the U.S. military strikes.

President Donald Trump had announced a major operation in Nigeria, signaling the killing of terrorists causing mayhem in the country.

One of the missiles reportedly landed in Jabo and bursted into flame, a development that caused panic across the area.

Ekwutos learnt that several residents abandoned their homes and took cover in nearby villages over fear of being killed.

Although details of the airstrikes are still sketchy, it was learnt that no innocent citizen was killed.

Meanwhile, the development has been generating mixed reactions from Nigerians across all social media platforms.

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United States President Donald Trump said US forces conducted deadly strikes against Islamic State terrorists in northwestern Nigeria, and vowed more attacks if the militants keep killing Christians.

“I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding that “the Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes.”

Trump stated that the Department of War “executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper.”

The US president wished everyone Merry Christmas, “including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.”

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Obinwanne Okeke, a Nigerian entrepreneur popularly known as Invictus Obi, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for fraud in the United States, has been released from prison.

Checks on the website of the US Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) show that Okeke was no longer in custody as of Wednesday, December 23, 2025.

The result indicates that Okeke was “Not in BOP Custody as of: 12/23/2025”.

In February 2021, Okeke was sentenced to a 10-year jail term over $11 million fraud after he pleaded guilty to the charges.

Based on the sentence, the Nigerian entrepreneur was due to leave prison custody on September 3, 2028.

However, TheCable cannot independently confirm the full details of Okeke’s sentencing as it is possible that he may have been issued some years of supervised release or other reprieve.

The assumption that the Nigerian entrepreneur would have been moved to a state prison appears not feasible as he was sentenced on federal crimes.

Okeke was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at Dulles International Airport while leaving the US over $11 million internet fraud in 2019.

Okeke and others engaged in an email compromise scheme targeting Unatrac Holding Limited, the export sales office for Caterpillar heavy industrial and farm equipment.

In April 2018, a Unatrac executive fell prey to a phishing email that allowed conspirators to capture login credentials. The conspirators sent fraudulent wire transfer requests and attached fake invoices.

The Nigerian was once listed by Forbes as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans.