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THE Department of Security Services (DSS), has rescued 25 children recently abducted by gunmen in Sabon Layi community of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau. Mr Samuel Jatau, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) received the victims from the DSS on Saturday in Jos. He explained that the victims were kidnapped at about 7:00p.m. on Dec. 21, 2025. “If …

MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says nobody can push him and his supporters out or derail them from supporting the reelection of President Bola Tinubu for a second term in Rivers. He stated this during his “thank you” visit to Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. Wike recalled how the people of …

COMMISSIONER of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Miller Dantawaye, has pledged extensive and discreet investigation into the death of a female lawyer, Ms Princess Ochigtbo in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Adeh said the CP made the pledge during …

THE United Kingdom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the return of more than 9.5 million dollars in looted funds to the Federal Government of Nigeria. A statement by the British High Commission on Friday in Abuja said the UK’s Attorney General for Jersey, Mark Temple, signed the agreement with the Nigerian government in December 2025. The …

AT least four people were killed and 19 others injured in Kiev after Russia pummelled Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight, using its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile to target western Ukraine. Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Friday that a doctor was among the dead, while four medical workers were injured. Critical infrastructure had been hit in the attack, and some …

The governor’s directive came less than one month after the Deputy Governor of the state, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, slumped and died while working in his office in December. Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has directed the Commissioner for Health in the state, Seiyefa Brisibe, to carry out a “compulsory medical check-up” on every member of the state executive council. The …

Some of the affected soldiers disclosed this during an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters on Friday morning, alleging that thousands of troops have been affected and left stranded in the bush. Some Nigerian soldiers deployed to fight Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East under Operation Hadin Kai have accused their commander of withholding their operation allowances, SaharaReporters has learnt. Some of …

ALGERIA coach Vladimir Petković says the Fennecs have the quality and mindset to extend their unbeaten run against Nigeria at the AFCON 2025 quarter-final clash in Morocco. Petković made the remarks during a pre-match press conference in Marrakech on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Algeria will face Nigeria in a decisive AFCON 2025 encounter at the …

Ultimately, the question confronting the APC is larger than Rivers State. It tests whether party rules will prevail over personal power. The political feud between Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, now FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, did not stem from ideological or governance disagreements. It arose from a broken succession pact. Mr Wike engineered Mr Fubara’s emergence, apparently …

IRAN’S supreme leader has sharply condemned the nationwide anti-regime protests, with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denouncing “troublemakers” and people who are “harmful to the country” in a speech published on Friday. “There are also people whose work is destruction,” he said. They cause destruction “just to make the president of the United States happy,” the head of state said, referring to …