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President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to immediately rescue the 25 female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko-Wasagu area of Kebbi State. The gunmen attacked the school in the early hours of Monday, killing the Vice Principal, Hassan Makuku, and injuring a security guard, Ali Shehu. He sustained gunshot wounds to his right hand. …

The Brigade Commander, M Uba, earlier declared safe by the Nigerian Army after fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) ambushed his team along the Damboa-Biu axis in Borno State, has now been reported dead. The terror group, ISWAP, has announced that it captured Mr Uba and killed him. The group also shared photos to prove its criminal act. …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration’s intentions in South America as it conducts military strikes against vessels suspected of transporting drugs. The arrival of the USS …

By Williams Adesoji Abuja, Nigeria – The lid on the internal crisis rocking the Baptist High School Benin Old Students’ Association (BHOSA Worldwide) has been blown open—this time with a blistering broadside from the Nigeria Good Governance Research Centre (NGGRC). Amid this crisis is the battle for the soul of the Alumni Association. In the forefront of the battle is …

A 54-year-old father in Asaba, Delta State, Edward Odega, has confessed to defiling his three children. Odega, who has been arrested by the police, in an interview with the PUNCH, disclosed that he had been sleeping with his children for the past seven years. In the short interview at the police headquarters in Asaba on Saturday, Odega said, “I have …

At least 120 people – 100 of them police officers – have been injured in clashes during anti-government protests in Mexico City, police said. Thousands of demonstrators marched in the Mexican capital on Saturdayto protest against violent crime and President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government. Sheinbaum said the marches, which also took place in other cities, had been funded by right-wing politicians …

…charges universities on employability-focused curriculum President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has raised concerns over the rising number of graduates entering the labour market, emphasising the need for university curricula to be aligned with employability, entrepreneurship, and job creation. The President, who stated this during the 36th Convocation Ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, noted the rising …

Beth Johnson is accustomed to the uncertainty that comes with being a military wife – picking up and moving her family every three years. The crippling anxiety that comes with a US government shutdown, however, is not something she is used to. She is one of the millions of Americans who sighed a deep breath of relief when politicians in …

The Department of State Services (DSS) said its operatives have disrupted an alleged arms-supply network connected to attacks in Plateau State and nearby regions, leading to the arrest of a suspected arms dealer. In a statement released on Sunday, the agency said the suspect allegedly produced and supplied weapons and ammunition to armed groups operating in Plateau and other northern …

In a statement issued on Sunday by Barrister Onyedikachi Ifedi, the defence team alleged that the proceedings have derailed from established legal standards and now pose “a grave threat to the future of justice in Nigeria.” The Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium has raised the alarm over what it described as “dangerous and unlawful” irregularities in the ongoing trial …