The CEO of a California-based home health care company, Cashmir Chinedu Luke was arrested at San Francisco International Airport while attempting to board a flight to Nigeria. The U.S. Attorney Eric Grant made the announcement in a statement issued by the Department of Justice on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. Luke is charged in a…
Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday, Dec. 2, that he would like to visit Algeria in 2026 as part of a voyage to Africa. The Pope made this known as he wrapped up his first international trip as pontiff. “I hope to make a trip to Africa, which could be my next trip,” the US…
Troops of the 12 Brigade Nigerian Army Lokoja have confirmed the successful rescue of six kidnapped victims of Ejiba community in Yagba East Local Council of Kogi State. Last Sunday, Nov. 30, gunmen invaded the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba and abducted members, including the pastor and his wife. Acting Assistant Director…
Gunmen have abducted fifteen farmers from Ungwan Nungu community in Bokana Ward of Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident occurred on Saturday, November 29, 2025, while the victims were returning home from their farms. The member representing Jema’a/Sanga Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Daniel Amos, who confirmed the incident…
An advance team from the Office of Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, was ambushed by unidentified gunmen near Sam Mbakwe Airport in Imo State in the early hours of Tuesday, December 2. The attack occurred between the Umuowa and Ihite junctions as the three-man team traveled ahead of the governor’s scheduled movement. In…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated the immediate-past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd), as the new Minister of Defence. His nomination comes hours after the erstwhile Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar Badaru, resigned on Monday, November 1, 2025, on health grounds. A statement by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga,…
The Ogun state police command has confirmed the abduction of six people by gunmen in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government area of the state. Channels TV reports that the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, revealed that the victims, six marketers of a Lagos-based real estate firm, were kidnapped at Oyebola village. The police commissioner,…
The abducted monarch, Ojibara of Bayagan in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State, Alh Kamilu Salami, has escaped from bandits. The traditional ruler, who was kidnapped on Saturday morning, November 29, while working on his farm, escaped alongside six others after vigilante operatives launched a fierce attack on the kidnappers deep inside…
A four-year-old boy has been rescued unhurt after being “kidnapped” in Koko Local Government Area of Kebbi State, while the mother was arrested for allegedly orchestrating the abduction. The victim, Abdulmumini Surajo, went missing on November 26, 2025. Later that day, the father received a call from an unknown female voice demanding a…
The Kano State government has called for the immediate investigation and arrest of the immediate-past governor of the State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, over what it described as an attempt to create an illegal militia group in the state. Ganduje unveiled plans to establish a Hisbah-like voluntary outfit under the Ganduje Foundation some days ago…
