The Ogun State Police Command has dismissed a viral video suggesting that herdsmen were plotting an attack in Ajebo, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, urging residents to remain calm and ignore the false alarm. The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, in a statement on Friday, said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, immediately dispatched a tactical team—led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations)—to the area to verify the claim. According to her, the joint security team, which included operatives of Amotekun, So-Safe Corps, local hunters, the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, and the Police Community Relations Committee, found no indication of…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted a vessel laden with cocaine at the Apapa seaport in Lagos, arresting its captain and 19 crew members in the process. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, saying the ship, MV Nord Bosporus, with registration number 9760110, arrived from Santos, Brazil, before operatives uncovered 20 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed beneath its cargo. Babafemi noted that the discovery was made on Sunday, November 16, 2025, during a coordinated operation at the port. He added that the vessel’s master, Captain Quino Eugene Corpus, alongside 19 Filipino crew members, had…
Suspected terrorists have kidnapped students and staff from St. Mary’s School in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The total number of those abducted remains unknown. A source confirmed the attack to Daily Trust on Friday, saying the school is still compiling its records. “Yes, it is true, but I am not in a position to give details. The church will issue an official statement later in the day,” the source said. Attempts to reach the Niger State Police Command were unsuccessful at the time of filing this report. The spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun,…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with cattle rustled from the Ibeto community in Mariga Local Government Area and later traced to Lagos and Oyo states. According to the command, the livestock were stolen and moved across state lines before detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Minna, launched an investigation following a complaint filed on November 13, 2025. Police spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, said the operation led to the recovery of several cows identified by their rightful owners. The arrested suspects are 25-year-old Naziru Mustapha of Ogbomoso, Oyo State; 30-year-old Husseini Abubakar of Mariga,…
A member of the United States Congress, Riley Moore, has expressed deep concern over the persistent attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria, saying the escalating violence has become a burden heavy enough to rob him of sleep. Moore spoke on Thursday during a congressional hearing on Nigeria’s redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), a process initiated following former President Donald Trump’s decision to reinstate the classification over alleged religious persecution. His remarks came amid rising insecurity across the country, including Tuesday’s attack on a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) assembly in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State,…
The family of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has given fresh insight into his reaction after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Abuja. PROMPTNEWS reports that Kanu was on Thursday handed a life sentence by Justice James K. Omotosho, who found him guilty of terrorism-related offences — a verdict that has triggered nationwide debate and protests in parts of the South-East. In an update posted on Facebook, the agitator’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, said he met with the IPOB leader shortly after the judgment was delivered.…
The Catholic Bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Benue State, Most Rev. Wilfred Anagbe, has told the United States Congress that a systematic campaign of annihilation is sweeping through Christian communities in Nigeria, urging global powers to intervene before the crisis escalates further. Appearing before the House Subcommittee on Africa, the Bishop said the situation had deteriorated sharply since his last testimony six months ago, insisting that previous warnings were understated given the intensity of recent assaults by armed militias across the Middle Belt. “Mr Chairman, Ranking Members, distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me back to testify on…
A man identified as Temigbe Adeola has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly posing as a serving soldier and defrauding a family of N1.2m, part of the retirement benefits of their matriarch. Adeola, 35, was apprehended in Akure following intelligence that he had collected the funds from one Mr. Temiloluwa under the guise of helping the family recover money they had invested in property. Police spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, said in a statement on Thursday that the suspect took advantage of the victim’s belief that he was a serving officer of the Nigerian Army. According to…
A survivor of the June 2025 Yelwata attack in Benue State, Msurshima Apeh, on Thursday delivered an emotional testimony before the United States Congress, recounting how violence in the community claimed the lives of her five children. Apeh, who appeared virtually before the House Subcommittee on Africa, spoke during a hearing examining President Donald Trump’s decision to return Nigeria to the Country of Particular Concern list over alleged religious persecution. Narrating her experience, Apeh said the attack began late at night when armed assailants stormed the camp at Yelwata, cutting off escape routes and unleashing widespread violence on sleeping residents.…
A routine intervention turned tragic on Thursday at Oke-Ala in Oba-Ile, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, after a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps was fatally stabbed by a mentally unstable youth he was attempting to restrain. Residents told our reporter that the suspect’s mother had sought the help of two NSCDC operatives to subdue her son, whose long-standing mental instability had caused persistent disturbances in the neighbourhood. Trouble reportedly broke out as the officers tried to chain the young man to curb his aggressive outbursts. In the ensuing struggle, the youth allegedly overpowered…