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AFCON: Gueye reflects on Senegal walk-off, Morocco missed penalty
By Deborah Nnamdi Senegal midfielder Pape Gueye has spoken about the dramatic walk-off by his team and Morocco’s missed penalty during last week’s Africa Cup of Nations final, describing the incident as a human error in a highly charged moment. Gueye, who scored the decisive goal as Senegal edged Morocco…
Read More »NDLEA arrests Brazilian woman with N3bn worth of heroin at Abuja airport
By Deborah Nnamdi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 30-year-old Brazilian woman, Ingrid Benevides, with 30.09 kilograms of heroin concealed in factory-sealed coffee packs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The agency disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who…
Read More »Troops foil bandit attack in Kaduna, neutralize suspected terrorist
Troops of 1 Division/Sector 1 of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have foiled a bandit attack and neutralized one suspected terrorist during a snap ambush in the Maraban Rido general area of Kaduna State. The operation followed a distress call received late on January 22, 2026, reporting that armed bandits had rustled…
Read More »Suspected Boko Haram attack, kills pastor, four others in Borno community
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed a senior pastor of the Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN) and four other residents during an attack on Tarfa community in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The attackers reportedly struck the community around 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, firing sporadically into the air,…
Read More »Landslide kills eight, leaves over 80 missing in Indonesia
At least eight people have been confirmed dead and more than 80 others declared missing after a landslide struck villages in Indonesia’s West Bandung region on the island of Java early Saturday, disaster officials have said. The landslide, triggered by heavy and prolonged rainfall, occurred in the early hours of…
Read More »Shettima returns to Abuja after diplomatic, economic mission to Guinea, Switzerland
Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Abuja after a week-long diplomatic and economic mission to Guinea-Conakry and Switzerland, saying Nigeria has regained a prominent place in global and regional policy discussions. A statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Stanley Nkwocha, said the Vice President…
Read More »Fresh bloodbath in Niger: Bandits ambush, kill 7 farmers
Terror attacks in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State have continued unabated as suspected bandits ambushed and killed no fewer than seven farmers in another deadly attack. The latest incident occurred on Friday in Gbere community, Wawa District, where the victims reportedly ran into an ambush while on a…
Read More »Nigeria nurse loses licence for sleeping on duty
Nigerian-born nurse, Chimzuruoke Okembunachi, has had her nursing licence cancelled in Australia after a tribunal found she repeatedly slept during night shifts at an aged care facility, putting elderly patients at risk. As reported by Daily Mail on Friday, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal on January 20th ruled that…
Read More »Kano, Defections and the road to 2027
Photo: Gov Abba Kabir Yusuf By Didimoko A. Didimoko By the time history settles its dust, the resignation of Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) may be remembered not just as another defection, but as a loud warning bell for Nigeria’s opposition politics.…
Read More »National blackout as power grid suffers first collapse of 2026
Nigeria’s national power grid on Friday recorded its first collapse of 2026, barely weeks after a similar incident on December 29, 2025, which plunged large parts of the country into darkness. Electricity generation reportedly fell sharply from over 4,500 megawatts to as low as 24 megawatts by about 1:30 p.m.,…
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