Category: News
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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: U.N. CHIEF ADVOCATES PROTECTION OF FORESTS, LAND
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for protection of forests, land, and seas to ensure the conservation and restoration of terrestrial ecosystems. He made this call in his message to mark the 2026 World Environment Day, globally marked on June 5. Guterres urged countries to help communities adapt to the devastating impacts of drought…
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POLICE RESCUE ADELABU’S SISTER, TWIN SONS, AS TWO SUSPECTS DIE IN GUN BATTLE
The Nigeria Police Force has rescued Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, following a tactical operation that resulted in the death of two suspected kidnappers. Mrs Olaide John-Paul is a younger sister of former Minister of power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu. The victims were freed unharmed on Saturday June…
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KWARA POLICE ARREST SUSPECTS, RECOVER TWO AK-47 RIFLES
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a group of suspects and recovered two AK-47 rifles in Baruten Local Government Area. According to a statement issued on Wednesday June 3 by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, operatives attached to the Okuta Divisional Headquarters arrested a group of suspected criminals during a raid…
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ARMY RESCUE NURSING MOTHER, INFANT, AS KIDNAPPERS ABANDON VICTIMS IN KOGI
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued a nursing mother and her six-month-old baby after suspected kidnappers abandoned them during a pursuit operation in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. The rescue followed a late-night attack on a residence near Solid Rock School in the Ijalu area of Egbe on Wednesday June 3,…
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KWASU DON URGES URGENT MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD ILORIN ROYAL DANCE TRADITION
A Professor of Fine Arts and Arts Education at Kwara State University, Professor Binta Ajibola Sulyman, has called for urgent and deliberate steps to preserve Ilorin’s revered royal dance tradition, Ijo Ọlọ́mọ Ọba. She made the appeal on Wednesday June 3 while delivering the university’s 21st Inaugural Lecture. According to her, Ijo Ọlọ́mọ Ọba remains…
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PODCAST EPISODE: NIGERIA’S CRISIS AND RECOVERY
Paul: NewsUltra360 has been doing something unusual lately — writing about Nigeria’s crisis with the kind of clarity that makes comfortable people uncomfortable. Mara: Today we’re covering two substantial pieces that sit together as a diagnosis and a prescription — the human and economic cost of pervasive insecurity, and then a detailed blueprint for what…
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THE CURE FOR CHAOS: A NATIONAL COMPACT TO SECURE NIGERIA’S FUTURE
The diagnosis, laid bare in this space yesterday, is grim. Nigeria is haemorrhaging from a thousand wounds, and the twin pillars of its future—economic productivity and mass education—are being systematically dismantled by the most acute insecurity crisis since the Civil War. Yet a diagnosis, however painful, carries within it the seeds of a prescription. To…
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THE HIGH COST OF CHAOS: INSECURITY IS HOLLOWING OUT NIGERIA’S ECONOMY AND STEALING ITS FUTURE
It is no longer alarmist to say that Nigeria is bleeding out. Not from a single wound, but from a thousand deep cuts inflicted by a metastasizing insecurity complex that has overwhelmed the state’s capacity to guarantee the most fundamental promise of any government: the protection of life and property. As of mid-2026, the daily…
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SENEGAL CLINCH 2026 U-17 AFCON TITLE AS EGYPT SECURE THIRD PLACE
Senegal has emerged champions of the 2026 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations after defeating Tanzania in the final to lift the continental trophy. The victory capped an impressive campaign for the young Senegalese side, who navigated the tournament with determination to claim Africa’s top youth football prize and underline the country’s growing reputation as a…
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N.I.M.C WARNS NIGERIANS AGAINST FAKE N.I.N CORRECTION PORTAL
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has alerted Nigerians to a fraudulent social media post promoting a purported free portal for correcting National Identification Number (NIN) records. This was contained in a public advisory on the commission’s X handle on Tuesday June 2. The commission in the advisory described the message and its accompanying links…
