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Raypower Abuja Head of Station, Isah Ellams, has regained his freedom after being kidnapped from his home in Karshi on Tuesday, April 14, alongside his neighbour’s teenage daughter. Ellams said the abductors, suspected to be armed herders, invaded the area late at night, shooting sporadically before taking him and the girl. The teenager’s father, a…
The Nigerian Air Force said on Monday, April 21, that the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai executed precision airstrikes within the Yuwe axis of the Sambisa Forest on February 28, 2026, killing several terrorists, including senior commanders. Details of the operation were made public on April 21. The NAF did not disclose the exact…
Insecurity around the Federal Capital Territory worsened Tuesday night after gunmen kidnapped Isah Ellams, Head of Station at Raypower Abuja 100.5FM, in Karshi, Nasarawa State. Eyewitnesses said the attackers arrived around 11 p.m. in a Toyota Camry and laid in wait. Ellams was abducted moments after he stepped out to switch off his generator. The…
Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged socialite and nightclub owner Mike Nwalie, popularly known as Pretty Mike, and his club supervisor, Joachim Hillary, in a drug-related case filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Delivering judgment, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa upheld their no-case submission, ruling that the prosecution failed to establish a prima…
Prominent politicians across party lines, including former Senate President David Mark, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, and ex‑Osun Governor Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday led a massive protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja to demand electoral accountability ahead of the 2027 general elections. Defying heavy rain, the…
A year‑long investigation by The New York Times has concluded that British cryptographer Adam Back is the “most likely candidate” behind Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, reigniting a 17‑year search for the digital currency’s founder. Back, 55, is chief executive of blockchain firm Blockstream and a pioneer of early digital asset research. If the findings…
The Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof. Abubakar O. Sulaiman, on Tuesday led a high‑level delegation to the Abuja residence of former INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to condole with him over the death of his wife, Hajiya Hadiza Attahiru Jega. Hajiya Hadiza died on Sunday, April 5,…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has ordered an immediate probe and vowed sanctions after sections of the N51bn Kugbo bus terminal collapsed Tuesday night following violent storms and flooding. During an inspection of the wreckage Wednesday morning, Wike directed the arrest of contractors and site engineers responsible for the project if negligence…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday announced the establishment of a ‘Special Representatives Network (SRN)’ comprising envoys in 12 foreign cities, with a mandate to engage international stakeholders on the state of democratic governance in Nigeria. In a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC identified Washington D.C.,…
The newly inaugurated Kugbo bus terminal was heavily damaged Tuesday night after hours of torrential rain and violent windstorms tore through the FCT, leaving the N51bn facility partially collapsed and unusable. Eyewitnesses said floodwater from the early‑morning downpour overwhelmed drainage around the Kugbo axis at about 9:40pm, sweeping through the terminal’s main concourse. By midnight,…