Category: News
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YOBE BOAT DISASTER: DEATH TOLL HITS 29, SEARCH FOR MISSING ONGOING
Saturday’s nightmare on Yobe River just got deadlier toll jumps from 25 to 29 as four more bodies surface from the Nguru LGA wreck. Rescue ops grind on for 8-10 still missing. YOSEMA boss Dr Mohammad Goje dropped the grim update Monday from Damaturu: 13 injured folks treated and home. Overloaded canoe from Jigawa’s Adiyani…
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MAKINDE AXES SSG ADEYEMO, SHAKES UP OYO CABINET IN SWIFT MOVES
Oyo Gov Seyi Makinde just dropped a bombshell reshuffle SSG Prof. Olanike Adeyemo’s out effective immediately, with Prof. Musibau Babatunde stepping in. Media aide Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju confirmed Monday from Ibadan: Seun Ashamu shifts from Environment to Budget & Economic Planning. Ademola Aderinto (ex-SSA Public Works) tapped as commissioner-designate—House screening next. New blood: Abiodun Adedoja…
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NYCN DEMANDS RANSOM BAN: CRIMINALIZE PAYMENTS TO CRUSH KIDNAPPINGS
Kidnappers thriving on your cash? Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) says enough urging security bosses to make ransom payments illegal, enforceable, and the end of bandit bucks. In an open letter from Prez Isah Abubakar (Jan 3, Kaduna), copied to NSA, Defence Minister, Service Chiefs, and IG: Ransoms are bandit “oxygen,” funding guns, goons,…
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MOROCCO EDGES TANZANIA 1-0: DIAZ DELIVERS QUARTER-FINAL TICKET
Hosts Morocco grinded out a 1-0 nail-biter over stubborn Tanzania in Rabat, sneaking into AFCON 2025 quarters—Brahim Diaz’s sly second-half strike sealed it after a possession fest turned frustrating. Atlas Lions bossed the ball early under Hakimi, but Tanzania parked the bus tight. Saibari’s 24th-min screamer? VAR offside buzzkill. Post-break urgency ramped up—Diaz and El…
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CÔTE D’IVOIRE VS BURKINA FASO: ELEPHANTS STAMPEDE INTO AFCON CLASH
Defending champs Côte d’Ivoire face gritty neighbors Burkina Faso in AFCON 2025’s final Round of 16 thriller—Tuesday 8pm Nigerian time at Grand Stade Marrakech. Quarter-final glory on the line—who claims West African bragging rights? First-ever knockout showdown between these border buddies (just 545km apart), but Côte d’Ivoire owns the head-to-head: 8 wins, 9 draws, 3…
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LAGOS ISLAND FIRE DEVASTATION: FAMILY MOURNS, URGES BUILDING CHECKS
Christmas Eve turned nightmare on Lagos Island—a raging fire torched Shitta-Bey Court, spread to family homes and mosque, leaving heartbreak in its wake. Now, the Sunmonu Animashaun Family’s calling for urgent safety scans. Joint statement from Acting Chair Rafiu Jawando and Sec. Otunba Hakeem Oladipo Animashaun: Blaze hit Dec. 24, 2025, gutting five family buildings,…
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PASTOR CHRIS OKAFOR SUMMONED BY LAGOS POLICE OVER RAPE ALLEGATIONS
Lagos cops aren’t playing— they’ve called in Pastor Chris Okafor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries for questioning on multiple rape claims and other heavy charges. Will he show up? SP Abimbola Adebisi confirmed Sunday: CP Olohundare Jimoh ordered SCID’s DCP to dig deep. The pastor got an official invite via his lawyer and…
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NO STRIKE PLANS FROM KADUNA HEALTH WORKERS—FAKE NEWS BUSTED
Social media buzzing with strike scares in Kaduna’s health sector? Chill—MHWUN (Medical and Health Workers Union) just shut it down hard, confirming zero plans for any walkout. In a statement to the Head of Service, signed by Sani Yusuf Saulawa for the Chairman, they called out the bogus reports. “We’ve got no intention of striking,”…
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TINUBU UNLEASHES SECURITY HUNT: NO MERCY FOR KASUWAN DAJI KILLERS
Terrorists hit Kasuwan Daji in Niger State hard, slaughtering villagers and snatching women and kids as they fled a US airstrike in Sokoto/Zamfara—President Tinubu’s firing back with a full-throttle manhunt. He’s ordered the military, police, and DSS to hunt these monsters down, deliver swift justice, and rescue every last abductee. No hiding: “They’ve tested Nigeria’s…
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ARMY SMASHES BANDIT PUSH IN KOGI: 3 DOWN, GUNS SEIZED, SUPPLIER BUSTED
Bandits thought they could sneak through Kogi unchecked? Think again—Nigerian Army troops from 12 Brigade Lokoja turned the tables, gunning down three suspects, grabbing AK-47s, and nabbing their supply guy in bold ops across Kabba/Bunu and Yagba West. It all kicked off January 3, 2026, on solid intel. First, troops ambushed bandits heading from Adankolo…
