By Wole Mosadomi Minna— Niger State Police command has rescued six teenagers stolen by human trafficking syndicates in different parts of the state within a month. The suspects include a couple, caught with two of the children. Nemesis caught up with one Usman Adamu 40yrs of Sabon-Wuse, Tafa, who was sighted with four children around […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,475 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,467 per dollar on Tuesday. But the naira appreciated to N1,451 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the exchange rate for the naira fell to […]

A 17-year-old secondary school student, Emmanuel Okonkwo, who was abducted alongside 14 other passengers by armed bandits in Kogi State, has regained his freedom after days in captivity.

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA, on Wednesday, disclosed that deadly water contamination has hit Lagos, Kogi and Kebbi States.

The EFCC said preliminary findings linked the cleric to the incident, prompting her invitation and subsequent detention.

“Every day brings chaos yet the government remains silent. How did we get here? and must outsiders come to fix what our leaders refuse to confront?

“The people were abducted inside the church; there are about ten, but it could be more than that. The three corpses are still inside the church as we speak,” he told Vanguard.

“We started struggling with them. Then one of them pulled out his gun and shot my husband. Then they dragged me by my hand outside the house.

By Evelyn Usman The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of a soldier, who was attacked by a mentally unstable man on Sunday, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. A video that went viral on social media showed the lifeless body of the soldier lying in a pool of blood. The […]

By Emma Unah FIVE persons have reportedly died in Ogoja, Cross River State after an intra-city mini bus they were traveling in from Igoli to Abakpa plunged into a river. It was gathered that the driver was the only one who managed to escape before the bus went under the water. “It’s unfortunate. Abakpa River […]

By Ebel Daniel Lafia—Luck ran out on Mr. Maro Ebojoh, a 40 year old man from Ogbara Inland area, Etiope East Local Government Ares of Delta State, who was arrested in Lafia, Nasawara State, to source for potential organ donors and prepare them for immediate kidney transplant. Maro was arrested by Yahaya the security unit […]

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Tuesday night dismissed a viral social media video alleging that its officers engaged in a physical confrontation and blocked the Governor of Bauchi State from accessing the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, in Abuja on Tuesday, 18 November 2025.

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, on Tuesday said the Church has no objection to the rising international scrutiny over attacks on Christian communities, insisting that global pressure may be the push the Federal Government needs to finally act. He made the remarks in […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Suspected bandits have reportedly hijacked a commercial vehicle along the Ogobia-Adoka road in Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State, killing the driver and abducting about five passengers on board. The incident has thrown communities in the area into panic, with residents describing the route as “increasingly unsafe.” A local […]

One of the schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Kebbi, on Sunday has escaped and returned home. According to the Associated Press (AP), the school principal, Musa Rabi Magaji, said the girl broke free minutes after the attack. He added that another student, who was not among the 25 confirmed abducted, also managed […]