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No fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead following a fresh attack by terrorists on Ortese community along the Igyungu Aze–Yogbo road in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The attack, which occurred on Tuesday, left several residents injured, while many others were reportedly abducted and taken to unknown locations. Local sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the death toll could rise, as several residents remain missing and youths in the area are conducting search operations in the surrounding bushes. Those whose bodies have so far been recovered were identified as Solo Uchi from Tse Hagher, who was killed…

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State [PHOTO CREDIT: Senator Uba Sani] …there seems to be a serious effort to return Kaduna to its Golden Age by the current managers of the state. Surprisingly, Governor Uba Sani, a product of the vilest form of exploitation of religious identity politics is leading the way back to the Kaduna I longed to live in. Like a Moses out of the Household of Pharaoh, Governor Uba Sani has taken a decision to put a final stop to the division that has reduced Kaduna from a thriving cosmopolitan city into a sleepy rural rustic town…

Former media aide to late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, has said the Christmas Eve bombing in Maiduguri, Borno State, will be misinterpreted in two or three years to come. Ahmad said the bombing will be narrated as evidence of Muslims killing Christians in the North. On Wednesday, terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents, detonated an improvised explosive device, IED, at a Juma’at Mosque while the Maghrib prayer was ongoing. The mosque was located at the Gamboru Ward, around the Customs area in Maiduguri. Reacting, Ahmad said false narrative would be weaponized while truth is buried by sensationalism. Posting…

Ex-Abia Central senator, Chris Adighije, has charged members of the All Progressives Congress, APCz in Umuahia South and Abia State at large, to remove non-performing executive members of the party through the 2026 party congress. This is even as he raised the alarm that some members of the APC are planning to sack him from the party for speaking the truth. Adighije who addressed Abia APC stakeholders in Umuahia South LGA, said that officials who are stoking division and undermining the interests of the party should not be re-elected during the congress. He made it clear that APC will correct…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has confirmed the death of two persons in a tanker explosion along Badagry Expressway. Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, General Manager, LASTMA, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday. He said the tanker explosion which involved a Mack Truck conveying diesel occurred in the early hours of Thursday at the Oto–Ijanikin axis, in the vicinity of the Lagos State University of Education, LASUED, inward Agbara, along the Lagos – Badagry Expressway. Bakare-Oki said preliminary findings attributed the incident to over speeding, leading to the tanker driver losing control of the vehicle while attempting to…

Wikki Tourists captain, Muhammed Guda, has promised the club’s fans that they will improve on their recent run of poor results in the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL. The Bauchi Elephants are without a win in their last five matches in the NPFL. They dropped to 14th position in the NPFL table with 22 points, one point above the relegation zone. Guda assured that the team is committed to turn things around in the season. “Every match is a chance for us to give our best, and we recognize that we haven’t been able to make you proud in recent…

The Presidency has dismissed reports suggesting that President Bola Tinubu had replaced his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, with his Principal Private Secretary, Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The denial comes after several social media posts began circulating the unverified claim of a change in the Chief of Staff position. Some of the posts claim to have gotten the information from “insider” sources. However, in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Thursday, the government described the viral claim as false and urged Nigerians to disregard it. “The attention of the Presidency has been drawn…

Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Bitcoin privacy tool Samourai Wallet, spent Christmas Eve documenting his first day inside a US federal prison, offering a personal account as a crypto developer now serving a five-year sentence.In a letter shared by The Rage, he described the experience of surrendering himself to the prison camp. The account detailed the intake process, which included searches, medical clearances and the transition into prison housing.Rodriguez also described the emotional weight of leaving his family days before Christmas.“While not at all comfortable, it is manageable. While I rather be at home with my wife and family, there are…

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is celebrating his milestone of a decade of sobriety. “10 years ago, I made a decision that changed everything. A decision to stop running, stop numbing, and finally face my life head-on,” the Jersey Shore star, 43, wrote via the Instagram page for his recovery organization, The Archangel Centers, on Wednesday, December 24. “It wasn’t easy. There were moments I doubted myself, moments I felt broken beyond repair. But one day at a time, I chose recovery, and those days added up.” Sorrentino shared that choosing to become sober gave him his “life back.” “It gave…

Troops of the Nigerian Army have disrupted a suspected gunrunning network in Plateau State and separately foiled a kidnapping attempt along the Otukpo–Enugu Expressway in Benue State, as security operations intensified across the North-central region during the Yuletide period. In Plateau State, troops of the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, operating under Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace, arrested three suspected gunrunners during an intelligence-led raid in Vom, Jos South Local Government Area, in the early hours of 24 December. The operation led to the recovery of two locally fabricated AK-47 rifles, one round of 7.62mm ammunition, two knives,…