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A security expert, Salihu Dantata, has said that those killed in the Kwara State incident are beyond the figures the government is giving. Dantata said this on Thursday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television. He said that when the incident was happening, the inhabitants of the local government were transmitting the information. He, however, lamented that unfortunately rescue did not come until a lot of people were massacred. “You see, starting from the federal government, that particular arena and access has just exited from Mamuda terrorist invasion. That was the same local government joined…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State has accused former Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of neglecting his home community while in office. The allegation was made at an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Tambuwal, where the party’s local government chairman, Isa Sadiq Achida, said the former governor failed to deliver meaningful development to the area during his tenure. Achida also criticised Tambuwal’s reported involvement in a political coalition, describing it as a regrouping of familiar political figures rather than a new movement. He urged residents, particularly youths, to support continuity rather than align with what…

Kebbi State Police Command has intercepted an unregistered motorcycle conveying two suspected armed bandits in Bagudo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi. According to Usman, operatives of the Police Special Tactical Squad, while on routine patrol around 9:00 p.m. on February 4, 2026, intercepted an unregistered Boxer motorcycle conveying two suspected armed bandits in Bagudo. He said the suspects opened fire on the police during a security check, prompting a gun duel. “One of the suspects was neutralised during the exchange, while the second suspect…

Ademola Lookman found the back of the net on his Atlético Madrid debut as they thrashed Real Betis 5-0 in the quarter-final of the Copa del Rey on Thursday night. The Super Eagles forward only sealed a move to the LaLiga side earlier this week from Atalanta. David Hancko opened the scoring for Diego Simeone’s side, before Giuliano Simeone added the second in the 30th. Lookman’s moment came in the 37th minute, as the 28-year-old finished off a counter-attack. There were further goals from Antoine Griezmann and Thiago Almada as Atletico ran riot. Atlético and Betis will face each other…

Japanese auto giant, Toyota, said on Friday it had hiked its profit and sales forecasts for the current fiscal year, as it battled the effects of US tariffs. Despite the “negative impact of US tariffs that newly arose this fiscal year, we have reduced the extent of the profit decline by implementing cost reductions and marketing efforts”, the firm said in a statement. For the year ending March 2026, it expects to see a net profit of 3.57 trillion yen ($22.8 billion), up from 2.93 trillion yen. Operating profit is forecast to hit 3.8 trillion yen, up from 3.4 trillion…

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old suspected burglar, Shettima Adamu, alongside five alleged accomplices over cases of criminal conspiracy, trespass, theft and receiving stolen property in the state. The suspects were arrested following complaints from shop owners in the Bayan Tasha and Nayi Nawa areas of Damaturu, the state capital, over repeated incidents of burglary and theft involving goods valued at about N530,000. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said operatives of the A Divisional Police Headquarters arrested Adamu at about 4 a.m. on February 2, 2026. “On February…

Many Nigerians know the fear of falling ill not just because of the pain of sickness, but because of what follows after the hospital doors swing open, or do not. This is not an abstract problem; it is the lived reality of families who walk into health facilities only to be bounced from one ward to another, endure endless delays, or see loved ones lose their lives due to a system that was meant to protect them. Falling sick in Nigeria should not mean risking poverty or death, yet for millions, that is exactly what it has become. On paper,…

The Federal Government’s plan to stop bearing electricity subsidy costs alone and instead spread the burden across the federal, state, and local governments from 2026 has opened a fresh fault line in Nigeria’s power sector, with generation companies rejecting the very existence of a subsidy, while distribution companies endorse the policy as fair and workable. Findings showed that the Federal Government is planning to deduct electricity subsidy payments directly from statutory allocations shared through the Federation Account Allocation Committee, a move that could see as much as N3.6tn removed from the federation account in 2026, 2027, and 2028, as reported…

Football pundit Gabby Agbonlahor has criticised Chelsea’s decision to sign Liam Delap instead of Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Speaking in the aftermath of Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Arsenal on Tuesday night, Agbonlahor said Chelsea should have pursued the Galatasaray forward. “I said when he (Delap) joined Chelsea that I thought he should have gone to a team like Everton,” he told talkSPORT. “Develop there for a couple of years and then make the big move to a top-six side. I think the jump from Ipswich to Chelsea was too much. “When I look at him as…

Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, has emerged the winner of the 2026 edition of the Rotary Annual Inter-Secondary Schools Quiz Competition, beating other top public schools across Lagos State. Ijeshatedo Senior Grammar School, Surulere, was declared first runner-up, while District Senior College, Meiran, came third. The competition, organised in collaboration with 12 Rotary Clubs in District 9112 and the Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, is an initiative of the Rotary Club of Gbagada South. Speaking at the grand finale, held recently, District Governor Lanre Adedoyin said the competition was designed to promote basic education and improve literacy…