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Troops of the 1 Division of the Nigerian Army have rescued 11 kidnapped victims in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State following a coordinated operation along the Kaduna–Abuja road. The development was contained in a post shared on X by security analyst Zagazola Makama on Tuesday. According to the post, soldiers deployed at a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Doka spotted armed kidnappers moving with captives along a bush track between Gidan Duna and Amale in Kachia LGA on Monday. The troops immediately mobilised and pursued the suspects. “On sighting the approaching security vehicles and motorcycles, the terrorists abandoned…
Nigerian model and socialite, Denrele Edun, has spoken candidly about his sexuality and love life. Featuring in a recent episode of The Moraya Show, the socialite revealed that he has been unlucky with love, stressing that his partners often don’t reciprocate his commitment. “I have not really been lucky with love. People like us who have so much love to give to the world, we don’t really get it back in return. So, I have found it in different people and places, and I have realised that let me just love myself at this point. “All my special attachments did…
Nigeria’s Super Falcons will take part in the WAFU B Four-Nation tournament as part of their preparations for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, DAILY POST reports. Cote d’Ivoire will host the competition from from Friday, 27 February to Saturday, 7 March 2026. Ghana and Senegal are the two other countries that will be participating in the competition. The four countries will also compete at WAFCON 2026. They will also the WAFU tourney to prepare for the competition. Morocco will host the WAFCON 2026 finals from 17 March to 3 April 2026.
The Federal Government signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the United Arab Emirates to remove tariffs on some products. A member of the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission, Rep. Sam Onuigboin, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the game changer in Abu Dhabi was CEPA, which Nigeria signed with UAE at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, which took place from Jan. 11–15. NAN reports that Onuigbo was a member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria who represented Ikwuano/Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency and served as…
The Adamawa State Police Command has urged members of the public to report cases of police misconduct rather than engage in physical confrontation with officers. The call was made by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, in a statement shared on Facebook on Tuesday. In the statement, Nguroje warned that fighting a police officer could expose individuals to multiple criminal charges, even if they believe they are innocent. “What is the essence of you fighting a police officer?” the statement read. He reminded the public that police officers are law enforcement agents and that physical resistance could attract…
Taiwo Awoniyi has endured a difficult year with a goal drought of 348 days, but the Nigerian striker says he never lost belief that he could still compete at Premier League level. Coming off the bench at the Gtech Community Stadium marked only Awoniyi’s ninth appearance of the season for Nottingham Forest. Finding the back of the net proved a significant moment for the forward, who sustained a serious abdominal injury towards the end of last campaign. “For me, I have always believed this is where I want to be,” Awoniyi told BBC Radio Nottingham. “I have always believed I…
Republican Senator Roger Marshall has reportedly agreed to hold back on pushing an amendment aimed at credit card swipe fees when the Senate Agriculture Committee marks up a major crypto bill next week. Marshall filed an amendment to the committee’s version of a crypto market structure bill last week that would force companies to compete on swipe fees, but later privately agreed not to add the provision, Politico reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.The Senate Agriculture Committee was expected to mark up the bill on Thursday, but pushed the meeting to Tuesday, Feb. 3, as most of…
James Van Der Beek is getting a little (financial) help from his friends amid his stage 3 cancer battle. Paul Walter Hauser announced his partnership with Cameo on Monday, January 26, with the goal of raising $20,000 dollars by March 1 to aid Van Der Beek, 48, in paying for his ongoing treatment after the Dawson’s Creek alum began selling his personal memorabilia to help with costs. “James Van Der Beek started selling his old stuff from his past acting jobs to pay for his colorectal cancer treatments, and it didn’t sit well with me,” Hauser, 39, wrote via Instagram…
The Nigerian government said it has released N50 billion out of the N200 billion promised Needs Assessment Fund as part of the recent agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Sunday, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, said another N50 billion will soon be released, bringing the total to N100 billion. Mr Alausa said the education ministry would meet the heads of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to decide how the Needs Assessment Fund will be spent. The Needs Assessment Fund is a component of the contentious 2009…
Victor Boniface’s season has been halted, but not his ambition. The Super Eagles striker has returned to Bayer Leverkusen to begin a carefully managed rehabilitation programme following successful knee surgery, a process expected to keep him sidelined for the remainder of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season. The 25-year-old Nigerian forward, who has been on loan at Werder Bremen, underwent the procedure on 10 January to address persistent issues in his right knee, a problem rooted in a long and painful history that has threatened to derail an otherwise upward career trajectory. A career interrupted, again Boniface’s knee troubles are not new.…
