Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), working alongside the Nigeria Police Force, have rescued 12 kidnapped victims and arrested two suspected kidnappers during a joint security operation in Nasarawa State. Security sources said the operation was launched following a distress...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has distributed 48 vein-finding devices to general hospitals under the Hospitals Management Board (HMB) to enhance healthcare delivery across the territory. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Senior Special Assistant to the FCT...
The Lagos State Government has arrested 144 beggars across various parts of the state as part of an ongoing enforcement operation to clear public spaces. The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a...
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has called on kidnappers holding schoolchildren and their teachers to release them, urging compassion and humanity. In a statement shared on his X platform on Wednesday, Obi...
The Kogi State Police Command has identified a female student found dead along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway as a final-year student of the Federal University Lokoja. The deceased, Sarah Idoko, was discovered on Saturday night near the Crusher area along the...
United States President Donald Trump acknowledged having called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu crazy ​in an expletive-filled phone exchange over fighting in Lebanon. In an interview broadcast on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, Trump was asked whether he had called the...
Parts of Nasarawa and Plateau states have been thrown into darkness following the collapse of six transmission towers along a major power line, with vandalism and heavy rainfall blamed for the disruption. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) disclosed that...
A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado-Ekiti has ordered the remand of the Vice Chairman of Ilejemeje Local Government Area, Grace Ogunleye, over her alleged involvement in a staged kidnapping. Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun issued the remand order on Wednesday following...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced four of the five defendants being prosecuted for their involvement in the 2022 terror attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State, to death by hanging. Delivering judgement on...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has launched an upgraded version of its Med Safety App, a digital platform designed to enable healthcare professionals and members of the public to report suspected substandard and falsified...