Gunfire erupted in Bissau on Wednesday as Guinea-Bissau’s President, Umaro EmbalĂ³, said he was arrested around 1 p.m. inside his office at the presidential palace, describing the incident as an unfolding coup d’état, according to The Africa Report. EmbalĂ³, who contested last Sunday’s presidential election and claims, by his own tally, to have secured 65…
Operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos, have intercepted 300 rounds of ammunition and intercepted a container carrying 300 rounds of 9mm ammunition concealed inside a Nissan Frontier pickup truck. The consignment also included two Toyota Sienna vans, one SCION XA vehicle, 24 bags of foreign rice, seven bales of used…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated non-career ambassadors for the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The three nominees are Ayodele Oke, Colonel Lateef Are (retd.), and Amin Dalhatu. A post by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on X revealed that the postings would be finalised following Senate screening. According to…
A parent who has three children among the pupils abducted from St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State, has died of heart attack. Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the Northern region and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rev. John Hayab, disclosed this in an interview with ARISE Television. He said the…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed the complete list of referees and video assistant referees for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. No Nigerian was included in the list by CAF. CAF included 28 centre referees and 14 VAR officials. Host nation Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Mauritania provided two centre referees. Algeria’s Lahlou…
The Oyo State government has confirmed that at least 16 lives were lost in an accident involving an 18-seater bus and a stationary truck along the Oyo/Ogbomosho Expressway in Oyo town. The Special Adviser on Fire Reform and Chairman of Fire Services Agency to Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Akinwande, confirmed the incident in a statement…
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke, have arrested two herders accused of trespassing on community farmlands and destroying crops during a routine harvest-season patrol in Makurdi, Benue State. The incident occurred on November 20, 2025, when troops deployed at Zongo Akiki intercepted the herders after they allegedly led their cattle into cultivated…
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has revealed that 221,996 applicants failed the 2025 computer‑based test (CBT), even after successfully completing earlier stages of the recruitment exercise. The nationwide recruitment exercise is for its four paramilitary agencies, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), the Federal Fire Service…
The Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan on Tuesday sentenced a 28-year-old man to three months’ imprisonment for stealing four pieces of dry meat and eggs. The court president, S.M Akintayo, convicted and sentenced him after he had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and stealing. Delivering judgment, the…
The Police in Katsina State have arrested a woman, Zainab Muhammad, for allegedly killing her husband three days after their wedding in Jibia Local Government Area. Assistant Superintendent of Police Abubakar Aliyu, the spokesperson for the Katsina command disclosed on Tuesday, November 25. According to Aliyu, the couple had been married for barely three days…