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The crowd stormed the police station, set it on fire, and severely beat the DPO, who later died in the hospital from his injuries. Baba Ali, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Rano Divisional Headquarters in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State, who was killed by an angry mob over the alleged torture and death of a suspect, …

The directive was issued by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in a cable sent out to diplomats worldwide on Tuesday. The US government has suspended the scheduling of new interviews for student visa applicants worldwide as it considers strict vetting of applicants’ social media profiles. The directive was issued by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike has dismissed reports of suicide bombing in respect of Monday’s explosion around the Nyanya axis. Speaking during a project inspection on Wednesday in Abuja, Wike said the victim had ignorantly carried an explosive material from a quarry site which exploded on him. He said: “What happened there was that somebody went …

No fewer than 100 heavily armed bandits on Tuesday stormed three communities in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, killing an unspecified number of villagers, burning homes, and looting properties, including rustling over 200 cattle. The affected communities—Zagzaga, Chibani, and Kuchi—were attacked in a coordinated operation that lasted from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., during which the bandits moved …

However, the prime suspect, a well-known native doctor identified as High Chief Levi Onyeka Obu, popularly known as “Ezeani” and “E-Dey-Play-E-Dey-Show,” escaped during the raid and is currently on the run. Enugu State Police Command has said that its operatives, in collaboration with Neighbourhood Watch personnel and vigilant members of Ishiagu community, have rescued a 13-year-old girl allegedly kidnapped by …

An acrid smell hangs over the town of Rodynske. A couple of minutes after we drive into the city we see where it’s coming from. A 250kg glide bomb has ripped through the town’s main administrative building, and taken down three residential blocks. We’re visiting a day after the bomb struck, but parts of the wreckage are still smoking. From …

CNN — A top Kremlin aide has accused Donald Trump of being “not sufficiently informed” about the situation in Ukraine after the US president said Russian leader Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire.” Putin aide Yury Ushakov was reacting to Trump’s Truth Social post on Tuesday, in which the president said: “What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to match bold policy declarations with decisive implementation, stressing that the regional bloc must begin delivering tangible results—especially for youth and women, who form the majority of its population. Speaking in Lagos on Wednesday at the 50th anniversary celebration of ECOWAS, President Tinubu, …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Bola Tinubu’s two years in office as a “massive disappointment”, accusing his administration of inflicting hardship on Nigerians through poor economic decisions, worsening insecurity, and unchecked corruption. In a strongly worded statement on Tuesday ahead of Tinubu’s second anniversary in office, the opposition party declared that the last 24 months under the …

In a scathing criticism against the shameful conduct of a professor jailed for rigging an election for Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Court of Appeal, Calabar, has said that the rank of a university professor is not meant for fools. “The rank of (a) university professor is not one easily attainable and is certainly not a rank attained by fools,” the …