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A 40-year-old woman, identified as Patience Omonete, and her three children, aged 14, 12 and 10, were reportedly kidnapped at Onomi Farm in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. The Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, who disclosed this in a statement, said the victims were abducted from the farm on September 3, 2026. Ikoedem, however, said the woman and her three children have been rescued by a combined team of security operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Okpella. She said the DPO mobilised police operatives, the Edo…

Al-Ittihad has mocked Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr following their 2-1 victory at home in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday. The defeat ended Ange Postecoglou’s team’s flawless start to the league season. All three goals were scored before half-time, with George Ilenikhena giving the home team a two-goal lead within the first 22 minutes, before Angelo Gabriel managed to reduce the deficit for the defending champions. Towards the end of the match, the Al-Ittihad coaching staff sent a note with tactical guidance for defender Danilo Pereira. Recommended Ronaldo was seen on camera attempting to sneak a peek at the note, which led…

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has begun making a fresh case for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, urging Northern youths to support the administration’s economic reforms and policy continuity. Akpabio made the appeal on Saturday while receiving a high-level delegation of the Northern Ethnic Groups Assembly in Abuja. He said the reforms introduced by the Tinubu administration, including fuel subsidy removal and foreign exchange reforms, were painful but necessary measures to reposition the economy. According to him, the policies have now crossed a critical threshold and are beginning to produce tangible benefits for Nigerians. Recommended “I stand before you…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue South Senatorial District has distanced itself from the purported endorsement of the Senate Minority Leader and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senatorial candidate, Abba Moro, for the 2027 election. The party said it remained committed to its senatorial candidate, Dr Francis Ottah Agbo, insisting that it had no alliance with the PDP in Benue South. The APC was reacting to a banner bearing the name and identity of the party in Benue South, which was reportedly displayed at the flag-off of Moro’s 2027 senatorial campaign. In a statement issued on Saturday, the APC Zonal…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with United States President Donald Trump’s envoys in Moscow as Washington launches a fresh diplomatic push aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Trump’s representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, arrived in the Russian capital on Saturday for discussions with Putin before their planned trip to Ukraine, where they are expected to advance a possible peace proposal. The meeting is the first direct engagement between Putin and the US delegation in several months as Washington seeks to identify a possible route towards ending the conflict. Ahead of the meeting, Putin directed Russian forces to suspend…

​Popular Davido associate, Igho “Tiny” Ubiribo, famously known as Ego, has died following complications from a penis enlargement procedure in Thailand. Ego underwent the procedure at an unnamed clinic in March 2026 while on a luxury vacation with his wife, Danielle Simba Allen, in Thailand. According to TMZ, an inquest at the Inner West London Coroner’s Court heard that the wealthy British-Nigerian businessman and influencer had 40 millilitres of hyaluronic acid and lidocaine injected into his penis. Following the procedure, the 43-year-old was staying at a Marriott hotel in Bangkok with his wife when he complained of chest pain and…

The Osun State Police Command has called for renewed trust and cooperation between the police and residents of Ayedaade, Irewole and Isokan Local Government Areas to promote peace and security in the communities. The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, made the call through the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, at a peace and community engagement organised by the Area Commander, Ikire, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, Kalat Shamang. Zungura said the engagement was part of efforts to strengthen the relationship between the police and members of the communities they serve, stressing that policing should be a collective…

Former CIA Director ​​David ​Petraeus ​has admitted that maintaining functioning United States bases in the eastern Gulf states ​i​s ​”no longer viable.​” In an interview with ​​Global Gambit, the retired Army general cited Iran’s attacks on U.S. bases, saying the military locations and critical infrastructure were used as “leverage.” ​Petraeus, however, noted that America has used “perhaps half of our missile interceptors” in the Iran conflict, urging a shift to inexpensive drones. “We need to learn from the Ukrainians, who are using 10,000 cheap drones per day,” he said. “The exchange that they’re getting for those is absolutely massive.” Recommended…

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has confirmed that it has governorship candidates in all 28 states where governorship elections will be held in the 2027 general elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Osa Director, made the clarification in a statement on Saturday. Director said the party was shocked to discover what he described as a false report and deliberate propaganda circulating in sections of the media and on social media, claiming that the NDC does not have governorship candidates in 12 states ahead of the 2027 general elections. He stressed that the claim was false, malicious and “a lie…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Saturday said the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential running mate, Rotimi Amaechi, would ask his supporters to boycott the presidential election before 11am on election day. Wike explained that Amaechi would call for the election to be boycotted because he could not defeat the Rainbow Coalition in Rivers State. The minister spoke during a grand reception held in his honour in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. According to Wike: “On election day, before 11am, Amaechi will tell his people to boycott the election because he knows there’s…