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The Kogi State Police Command says it has rescued 11 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and other passengers abducted along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Saliu Afusat, disclosed this in a statement issued in response to a press inquiry, saying the victims were rescued during a search operation by security officers following Wednesday’s attack. The incident occurred on 26 August at about 4:40 p.m. near the Ogene Zaria/Onicha-Igo Junction, when armed men emerged from the bush and blocked two buses travelling in opposite directions. According to the police, some passengers…

Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Women’s Handball National Team, Michael Taangahar, has unveiled a 16-player squad for the inaugural IHF Women’s Nations Trophy Africa Zone III, scheduled for September 2 to 6, 2026, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The team has been in camp for several weeks at the Indoor Sports Hall, Package B of the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, where Taangahar has put the players through their paces ahead of the competition. As part of final preparations, the team will travel to the Benin Republic for friendly matches before heading to Ouagadougou. Nigeria will open its campaign against Ghana on…

A South Carolina man has been arrested in connection to his mother’s death after authorities found what they believe to be her in a burn pit. Justin Queen has been charged with murder and destruction of human remains more than a year after his mother, Christy Dunn, was reported missing, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Friday, August 28 news release. The charges stem from last summer, when Dunn’s employer hadn’t seen her for about a week and asked the sheriff’s office to conduct a welfare check on June 27, 2025, according to authorities. Deputies were unable to…

African countries spend about $90 billion every year servicing debt and pay another $75 billion in additional interest because of the high risk premium attached to borrowing, Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Korir Sing’oei, has said. Mr Sing’oei stated that the cost was forcing African governments to make difficult choices between servicing debt and spending on health, education and climate resilience, even as the continent requires about $1.3 trillion annually to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. He spoke on Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, at the closing ceremony of the sixth African Conference on Debt and Development (AfCoDD VI), organised…

If there is a way out of the sentence we have written for ourselves, it will not come from the children we sent away, and it will not come from the country we abandoned in our hearts, even while our bodies remained in it. It will come only if those of us still standing in the marketplace choose, before it is too late, to act like elders again, to build the schools, the hospitals, the institutions, and the security that would give the next generation a reason to stay, or a reason to come home. Until we do, we will…

No fewer than 100 communities in Kaduna State have been displaced following incessant attacks by bandits, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The affected communities cut across six local government areas of Shiroro, Kachia, Kajuru, Kagarko, Chikun, and Birnin Gwari. Findings by Saturday PUNCH revealed that the hardest hit communities by banditry include: Aduwa, Ankuro, Akama 1, Gidan Baba Mai Mota, Gidan Yaya, Gidan Waje, Impi Kuturmi, Iriyo, Idebin, Katon Bisa, Kigwali, Kintaro, Kukah, Kurmin Aja, Kurmin Taba, Maigarma, Maraba Barga, Pangyada, Akwana, Tsakiya, Unguwan Alle, Gidan Obere, Dandoka, Tosnin Dodo, Urumo, Takalafiya, Kushinda, Apele and Palapala. Others are: Ungwan Kuka, Ungwan…

Google is now automatically expanding its AI search summaries at the top of the results page for some searches, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable. The change, when it kicks in, pushes the typical list of links from a search much farther down Google’s results page; instead of seeing part of an AI Overview with a “Show more” button you can click, you’ll Google will show a full AI Overview at the top of your search, an “Ask anything” box under that, and then the list of links. It can lead to a lot of scrolling.It’s unclear exactly what Google’s…

A woman considered the “final unidentified victim” of convicted serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, dubbed the “Happy Face Killer,” has been identified nearly 34 years after her body was found along a stretch of California highway. Jesperson previously pleaded guilty in 2010 to killing the woman, who he called “Claudia,” according to prosecutors. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in connection with her death and remains behind bars in Oregon, where he is currently serving several life sentences. This week, investigators officially identified “Claudia” as Lydia Jane Wade McWhorter, who vanished in Texas before her body was located…

The family of veteran journalist and publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, has announced 10 and 11 September for his funeral rites. Mr Oladipo died on Tuesday in Lagos at the age of 56. According to a statement issued by the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Friday, a service of songs will be held at Daystar Church, Oregun, Ikeja, on Thursday, 10 September. His burial service will take place at the same venue on Friday, 11 September, followed by his interment. Mr Oladipo was president of GOCOP from 2017 to 2021 and was among the publishers who…

A credible sovereign cloud ecosystem could stimulate investment in data centres, fibre networks, renewable and conventional energy solutions, cybersecurity services and specialised technology companies. It could create demand for cloud architects, network engineers, cybersecurity professionals, data specialists and other highly skilled workers. Nigeria’s digital economy is usually measured by the growth of fintech companies, expanding broadband connectivity, rising internet penetration, and the increasing number of citizens conducting their daily activities online. Yet beneath these visible signs of progress lies a more fundamental question that has received far less public attention: Who owns, hosts and ultimately controls the digital infrastructure on…