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Kidnapping: Edo family of five freed after paying N15 million ransom

The family of five kidnapped by gunmen on November 1, 2025 at Ivianokpodi, Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Area of ​​Edo State, regained their freedom after allegedly paying a ransom of N15 million. DIARIO POST reported that the victims, all...

Peace talks in Katsina: Locals claim they were hired to pose as bandits

A peace dialogue organized for communities in Batagarawa and Charanchi Local Government Areas of Katsina State has sparked controversy following claims that some of the alleged bandits at the event were actually hired locals. According to reports shared by Katsina...

Yobe: Police arrest man for alleged sexual abuse of a minor

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man over an alleged case of defilement and child abuse involving a nine-year-old girl in Nayi-Nawa area of ​​Damaturu metropolis. The command, through its Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, stated...

Troops neutralize ISWAP fighters in Borno

Operation Hadin Kai troops neutralized a suspected ISWAP fighter during an ambush operation in the Kirawa area of ​​Borno State. The operation, carried out on Thursday night along the Gakara-Kirawa axis, was carried out in collaboration with hybrid forces and...

Police arrest six suspects in child robbery and trafficking in Abia and rescue victims

The Abia State Police Command says it has arrested six suspects in connection with the robbery and trafficking of three young children, adding that it also rescued the three children. A press release issued by the command’s Police Public Relations...

71-year-old man arrested for allegedly killing his 67-year-old wife

Jeriel Clifford Peter, a 71-year-old man, has been arrested for allegedly killing his 67-year-old wife, Miltha Jeriel. ‎The Adamawa State Police Command arrested the man after he allegedly beat his wife to death during a dispute in Demsa Local Government...

Police take custody of kidnapping victim found tied in Adamawa

Officers of the Adamawa State Police Command on Thursday took over the case of a kidnapped victim, Abdullahi Usman, a resident of Unguwan Abuja in Viniklang, a community in Girei Local Government Area near the capital Yola, who was...

Niger police arrest woman for trying to traffic three minor children

The Niger State Police have arrested a 40-year-old woman, Victoria Ebunoha Chukwumezie, for allegedly trafficking three children in Diko Junction, Suleja Local Government Area of ​​State. The Command Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, said in a statement that on...

Thieves break into LGA president’s office in Kano, make off with valuables

Unidentified thieves broke into the office of Gaya Local Government Chairman Mahmoud Tajo Sani in Kano State and carted away valuable items including solar equipment used for the council's daily operations. Confirming the development in a statement on Wednesday, Senior...

‘Fulani terrorists imported to Plateau to kill Christians’ – cries Reverend Dachomo

Outspoken Plateau State cleric, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has alleged that due to the designation of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” by the United States President, Donald Trump, some politicians have imported Fulani terrorists into the state to...

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Banks await CBN clearance as audit delays leave investors without key earnings data

Investors in some of Nigeria's largest listed banks are facing a growing information gap as delays in the completion...