35 Individuals Including Footballers Arrested In Turkey Over Betting 

In a wide-ranging investigation into illegal betting on Turkish matches, Istanbul prosecutors on Friday ordered the arrest of 46 individuals, including 29 football players. The prosecutor’s office said 27 of the players are suspected of placing bets on games involving their own teams. So far, police have detained 35 of the 46 individuals named in the arrest order, with five confirmed to be outside the country. The investigation has shaken Turkish football, with six referees...

Over ₦122bn Safe School Budget Fails to Stem Student Abductions

When 276 schoolgirls were snatched from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on 14 April 2014, the attention of the international community zeroed in on Nigeria. Almost immediately, the Nigerian government, alongside global and local partners, launched the Safe School Initiative (SSI) to stop such horrific attacks. Ten years later, the nightmare has not ended. Two School Attacks in One Week In just one week in November, over 300 pupils were abducted from two...

Kogi Govt Condoles With Families Of Victims Of Tragic Accident

The Kogi State Government condoles with the families of victims of a tragic accident involving a bus conveying some citizens who were returning from the commemoration of the 2025 International Day of Persons with Disabilities held earlier on Wednesday at the Government House, Lokoja. In a press statement signed by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Commissioner for Information and Communications, the government described as unfortunate the accident which occurred along the Lokoja–Okene road, claiming six precious lives....

38 Abducted Kwara Church Worshipers Reunite With Families After Rescue

The 38 worshipers abducted on 18 November 2025 in Christ Apostolic Church, Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have safely returned home after more than a week under medical care and debriefing in Ilorin, following their rescue by security forces. The rescued worshipers were formally handed over to the Executive Chairman of Ekiti Local Government Council, Gabriel Awelewa, on Tuesday in Ilorin.  They arrived in Eruku at about 6:30 p.m., where relatives and...

40 Malian, Ivorian Trafficking Victims Rescued By Police In Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued 40 victims of human trafficking, including 33 males and 7 females, from a bungalow in Orange Market, Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area of the State. Mohammed Shetima Jauro, the state Police Commissioner, made the disclosure while briefing Journalists in Lafia, the state capital. “The victims, mostly Malian nationals, were lured to Nigeria with promises of job opportunities in France. “They were allegedly held captive and forced to contact...

Security Guard Stages Self-Kidnap In Enugu, Demands N35million Ransom

The Enugu State Police Command has taken into custody a 26-year-old male security guard for staging his own kidnap and demanding ransom of thirty-five million naira from his family. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, in a press release states that the male suspect, Chibuike Joshua Ugwuja, sent a message across to his family through their neighbor’s Facebook account claiming his abduction. Meanwhile, Chibuike’s father had reported the disappearance of...

Gunmen Storm Kogi Church, Kidnap Pastor, Wife, Others 

Gunmen on Sunday stormed the newly established Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State, kidnapping a pastor, his wife, and several congregants during an early Sunday service. The community was said to have been thrown into confusion as the attackers stormed the worship centre, prompting residents to flee in search of safety. Confirming the development in a statement, Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi commissioner for information, described the attack...

Enugu State Police Raid Criminal Hideouts, Arrest 4, Recover Drugs

The Enugu State Police Command’s drive against crime, cultism, and illicit drug activities through the raiding of criminal hideouts in the state has led to the arrest of 4 male suspects and the recovery of large quantities of Ghanaian loud and other variants of cannabis sativa. A press release signed by SP Daniel Ndukwe, the Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed the various operations of the Command and the names of the arrested offenders, including Ani...

Gunmen Abduct 12 Female Farmers In Borno 

Suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists have kidnapped 12 females in Mussa district, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The Borno State Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Daso, who confirmed the incident on Sunday, said the female farmers were returning from their farms on Saturday evening. Daso said the command had launched an investigation into the matter, with a view to rescuing the victims unharmed. “There was an abduction yesterday, the abduction of 12...

50 Children Kidnapped in Niger State Break Free from Terrorists

Fifty of the schoolchildren abducted from St Mary’s co-educational school in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, have escaped and have reunited with their families, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday. “We have received some good news as fifty pupils escaped and have reunited with their parents,” CAN stated, adding that the students regained freedom between Friday and Saturday. The mass abduction, carried out by gunmen on Friday, involved 303...

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