The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has commenced efforts to establish contact with a young woman who alleged in a viral TikTok video that she was sexually assaulted by a neighbour in her residence. In a statement released on Tuesday, the agency said it had taken note of widespread public reactions and multiple tags drawing its attention to the video circulating on social media. According to the agency, its officials have begun reaching out to the woman through available communication channels to provide urgent assistance and determine her location for appropriate intervention. “The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual…
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At least three residents were killed, several others injured, and multiple homes razed following an attack on Garga community in Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday night. The assailants, believed to be Fulani gunmen, reportedly stormed the village on motorcycles, firing indiscriminately. Eyewitnesses said more than 100 heavily armed men carried out the raid, forcing villagers to flee into nearby forests and rocky areas for safety. The attackers allegedly set houses ablaze and made away with livestock and food supplies. Salihu Garga, a resident, told reporters that such attacks have become a recurring threat in the area…
Tragedy struck at Tipper Garage Junction in Dutse, Abuja, on Tuesday morning as a young mother lost her life while trying to shield her infant during a multiple-vehicle collision triggered by a brake failure. The crash, which occurred around 9:30am, involved a heavy-duty truck reportedly arriving from neighbouring Niger Republic. Witnesses said the vehicle, laden with kegs of groundnut oil, plastic products and mosquito repellents, lost its brakes while descending the steep stretch from Usman Dam Road. According to eyewitness accounts, the truck gathered speed uncontrollably and rammed into several vehicles along the slope. It reportedly struck four vehicles before…
The House of Representatives was on Tuesday engulfed in disorder as lawmakers clashed over moves to revisit the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025. The tension-filled sitting, presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, witnessed heated exchanges shortly after plenary resumed. Proceedings began with the Speaker reading the sole item listed on the day’s Order Paper, a motion seeking to rescind the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025. The motion was moved by the Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Francis Waive, and seconded by the Chairman of the Committee on Electoral Matters, Adebayo Balogun. While presenting the motion, Waive…
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has explained that his decision to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) was driven by the need to strategically position Kano within the federal political framework to accelerate development. The governor made the remarks on Monday while addressing a massive crowd at the 2026 Grand Rally held at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, according to a statement by his spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa. Yusuf said Kano, being a large and strategically significant state, cannot afford to remain politically disconnected from the centre. “It is about placing Kano in a position to fully participate in national development…
The Federal Ministry of Health has directed the immediate retirement of directors who have served eight years or more in the directorate cadre, effective immediately. A memo obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday indicated that the directive affects directors across the ministry, federal hospitals, and affiliated agencies. The move followed a Federal Government instruction enforcing the eight-year tenure limit for directors and permanent secretaries in all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). The memo, signed by Tetshoma Dafeta, Director overseeing the Office of the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, stated: “Further to the Eight-Year Tenure Policy of…
Kebbi gov laments 14 wedding guests lost in Yauri boat mishap The Kebbi State Government has mourned the death of 14 persons who perished in a boat accident in Yauri Local Government Area of the state. The victims, said to be mostly women, were returning from a wedding ceremony when the boat conveying them reportedly capsized. Governor Nasir Idris, popularly called Kauran Gwandu, condoled with the bereaved families, the Yauri Emirate and residents of the area, describing the incident as devastating and a huge loss to the state. The tragic incident occurred in Gumbi village, Yauri LGA. It was gathered…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned an Abuja-based couple, Osabohein Ologbose and his wife, Hope Oghelemu, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged N740m fraud. The pair were docked before Justice Ekerete Akpan alongside two companies, Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-Concept Media Limited, on a seven-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, conversion of funds and money laundering. The anti-graft agency said the alleged offences contravene Section 18(2)(b) and are punishable under Section 18(4) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. According to the prosecution, between January 2023…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday night detained former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, following hours of questioning over an alleged N432bn corruption probe. El-Rufai, who arrived at the commission’s Jabi headquarters in Abuja around 10am in response to an invitation, was interrogated over allegations linked to the 2024 report of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, which accused his administration of mismanaging loans, breaching due process in contract awards and plunging the state into heavy debt. Senior officials within the anti-graft agency told our correspondents that the investigation had been ongoing for about a year before the…
The Bauchi State Police Command has rescued a middle-aged man said to have been locked up and kept in chains by his father for about 17 years in Shadawanka village, Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The command’s spokesman, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed in a statement on Monday that the victim, identified as Muhammad Lawan, popularly called Babangida, was freed on Sunday, February 16, 2026, after a concerned resident alerted security operatives to his plight. Habib said a team of detectives, led by the Divisional Police Officer of ‘B’ Division and accompanied by the command’s spokesperson, stormed the residence…