Three people have been confirmed dead and 34 suspects arrested following a violent shooting linked to a chieftaincy dispute in Funsi in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region. The incident happened on the night of May 22, 2026, and has heightened tensions in the community, prompting a heavy security deployment to restore…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted Auwal Mas’ud Shitu, a 300-level student of Pure and Industrial Chemistry at Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University in Katsina State. Security expert Bakatsine, who confirmed the incident on Monday, May 25, 2026, said Shitu was kidnapped while travelling between Charanchi and Dutsin-Ma on Sunday. The security expert…
Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe has praised King Mohammed VI for granting a royal pardon to Senegalese football supporters arrested after the controversial 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final in Morocco. In a statement released on Saturday, Motsepe described the decision as a strong example of how football can bring people…
The latest escalation in long-running US political tensions saw Donald Trump posting an AI-generated image depicting former president Barack Obama in a fabricated “mugshot” scenario on his social media platform Truth Social. The image showed Obama holding a placard reading “Barack Hussein Obama,” surrounded by other former senior officials including ex-FBI Director James Comey and…
Yahaya Dzukogi, a staff o the Federal Medical Centre Bida, was attacked and taken away by local security operatives in Niger State after speaking out against Governor Mohammed Umar Bago. Dzukogi, who is from Emi Ajiya Nupe in Bida, had earlier shared a video in the Nupe language where he criticised the outcome of the…
A few summers ago, I made the decision to turn one of my friends into a lover. I was excited, but also incredibly nervous. However, I’ve imagined that, if we spent just one night together, we would live happily ever after– like all friends-turned lovers do. We all know the saying that the secret to…
A young boy drowned in a river in Jos, Plateau State. The incident occurred when the deceased and his younger brother went to swim together. One Gankis Haggai, who confirmed the incident in a Facebook post on Monday, May 25, 2026, said the deceased entered the river while the younger brother remained outside…
The family of the late Alexx Ekubo has formally shared his obituary, setting final funeral rites for June 18, 2026, in Abia State. A Service of Songs will be held in Lekki, Lagos, on June 10, followed by his final interment on June 18 in his hometown of Arochukwu, Abia State. The actor…
Cambodia’s former opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was serving a 27-year sentence for treason, has been pardoned, the country’s former prime minister said. Hun Sen, who is currently Cambodia’s acting head of state, said he signed a decree pardoning Sokha on behalf of King Norodom Sihamoni. Sokha, the former leader of the now-dissolved Cambodian National…
The estranged husband of a prominent New York City art dealer was convicted Friday of hiring a hitman to k!ll him in Brazil. Daniel Sikkema, 55, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Daniel Sikkema Brent Sikkema, 75, was found stabbed to de@th in his Rio de Janeiro townhouse in January 2024. Victim Brent Sikkema …
