COAS Storms Kebbi, Orders Massive Manhunt For Abducted Schoolgirls
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, on Monday stormed Kebbi State in…
COAS Storms Kebbi, Orders Massive Manhunt For Abducted Schoolgirls
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, on Monday stormed Kebbi State in a decisive show of force, directing troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA to leave no stone unturned in the ongoing search-and-rescue operation for students abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area. The COAS,…
Multiple S3xual Partners Increases Cervical Cancer Risk – Foundation
The Access to Basic Medical Care Foundation has warned that engaging in sexual activity with multiple partners significantly heightens the risk of cervical cancer, as the Human Papillomavirus—responsible for more than 95 per cent of cervical cancer cases—is primarily transmitted through sexual contact. The warning was issued during a sensitisation programme for secondary school students…
45 Kidnapped Victims Reportedly Regain Freedom Under Peace Accord With Bandits In Katsina
Forty-five kidnapped persons have been released from captivity in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State following engagements under the Operation Safe Corridor peace accord. The victims, comprising men and women abducted from Guga in Doguwar Dorawa Fulani settlement camp and Gidan Danmayaki villages, were freed on Monday through a negotiation channel linked to a…
Massive Glitch Fraud Hits Alpha Morgan Bank, N230 Million Swept Away
Two customers of Alpha Morgan Bank Plc-NEM Insurance Plc and Extension Publications Limited, have joined the bank in suing 19 financial institutions over the alleged disappearance of N230,978,536 during what the bank described as a system glitch. The suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeks urgent orders to block multiple bank accounts…
UNICAL’s Cyril Ndifon Jailed Five Years For S3xual Harassment
Cyril Ndifon, suspended law faculty dean at University of Calabar (UNICAL), has been sentenced to five years imprisonment without an option of fine. James Omotosho, the presiding judge in the case, handed down the sentence at the federal high court in Abuja on Monday. In 2023, Ndifon was removed as a UNICAL dean over alleged…
PDP’s New Leadership, Wike’s Faction May Clash As Two Groups Schedule Meetings At Same Venue
Kabiru Turaki, the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced that his leadership will hold its inaugural National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on Tuesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Mr Turaki, a former Minister of Special Duties, disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the FCT Police Command…
Traditional Rulers Deserve Share In New Minimum Wage – Sultan Tells Govt
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on the Sokoto State Government to include traditional rulers in the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage. The appeal was made on Sunday during a Town Hall meeting organised by the State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning ahead of the submission of the state’s 2026…
PDP Cannot Nominate Adeleke, PDP National Deputy Chair Laments
Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke may have to seek an alternative platform for re-election in 2026, Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Engr. Kamoru Ajisafe has stated. He said this is because the PDP cannot nominate a candidate for the governorship poll owing to internal crisis. Ajisafe, while featuring on a private radio…
VeryDarkMan, Mr Jollof To Face Law Over In-Flight Brawl
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has vowed sanctions against Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, and comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, alias Mr Jollof. The duo fought aboard a United Nigeria Airlines flight at Asaba International Airport on Monday morning. NCAA spokesperson Michael Achimugu described the altercation as “unacceptable behaviour” that endangered passengers and crew. “There is no…
Education Key To Reducing Poverty, Tinubu Tells Duke Of Edinburgh
President Bola Tinubu said his administration’s economic and institutional reforms are designed to equip Nigerian youths with globally competitive skills to secure their future. “Our goal is to use education to drive down poverty,” Tinubu said when he received the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, at the State House, Abuja, on Monday. Special Adviser to…
