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Nine killed in fresh Plateau attacks
Passengers, pastor among victims By Golok Nanmwa JOS — At least nine persons have been killed in separate attacks in Barkin Ladi, Riyom and neighbouring communities in Plateau State between
Drones hit Moscow as Russians go to polls
Russians headed to the polls on Sunday for a third and final day of tightly controlled parliamentary elections set to strengthen the Kremlin’s grip on power, as Ukraine launched a
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ blood transfusion policy still ‘confusing’ and deadly – Humanist group says
By OLAYINKA LATONALAGOS, Nigeria — The Humanist Enabling Life Project (HELP) has accused Jehovah’s Witnesses of maintaining a contradictory and dangerous blood transfusion policy, saying the organization’s decision to allow
NSCDC arrests five over alleged sale of dead cattle in Yobe
By Maryam Abdul-aziz Usman, Damaturu The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Yobe State Command, has arrested five persons, including a 42-year-old woman identified as Nancy Benedict, over the
North Korea fires ballistic missile into East Sea – Seoul
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, days after Pyongyang reaffirmed its status as a nuclear-armed state. The launch came eight
Miners’ Deaths: Call for sack of NSCDC boss misguided, unnecessary distraction — CSOs
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — The Coalition of Civil Societies for Transparency and Accountability (COSTA) has condemned the call for the termination of the tenure of the Commandant-General of the
APC wins Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency bye-election
By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Engr. Usman Maijama’a Kallamu, has won the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency bye-election held on Saturday, September 19, 2026. Kallamu polled 41,121
2027: Over 6,000 NDC members defect to PDP in Enugu
By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU — More than 6,000 members of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State ahead of the 2027
I was offered N250m to support Obasanjo’s 3rd term agenda — Farouk Aliyu
Former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Farouk Aliyu, has alleged that he was offered N250 million to support former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s controversial third-term agenda in 2006. Aliyu made the
Gombe Diphtheria Outbreak: 332 cases recorded in four LGAs
By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe The Gombe State Government has commenced an emergency vaccination exercise following a diphtheria outbreak that has recorded about 332 cases across four local government areas of
