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Few expected it. None were warned. Yet on Thursday afternoon, United States First Lady Melania Trump stepped before cameras in the Grand Foyer of the White House and delivered what observers described as one of the most extraordinary interventions by a sitting first lady in recent American political history, a five-minute, on-camera statement categorically…
The Omugo community in Kwara State has become a ghost town following a series of relentless bandit attacks that have forced indigenes to abandon their homes. Representatives of the Ifelodun Local Government Area raised the alarm in Ilorin on Friday, revealing that the latest strike occurred on March 22, 2026. Gunmen abducted eight worshippers during…
Gunmen killed eight people during a late-night assault on Mbwelle village in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State on Thursday. The attackers stormed the community at approximately 11 p.m., engaging in sporadic shooting that lasted nearly an hour. Most of the victims belonged to a single family, identified locally as the Dakus family….
The United States is preparing to overhaul its military conscription infrastructure through a fundamental shift from voluntary to automatic enrollment, a change that would eliminate the decades-old requirement for young men to self-register with federal authorities. The proposed regulatory modification, submitted for executive review in late March, carries significant implications for civil-military relations and…
Seven northern states will experience persistent power disruptions until late May as the Nigerian Independent System Operator begins a major grid modernisation project. Residents in Plateau, Gombe, Bauchi, Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, and Yobe states face weekly outages on the Jos–Gombe 330kV transmission line starting April 9. The agency confirmed that the blackouts will occur every…
The Federal Ministry of Environment has placed ten states on high alert for potential flooding between April 8 and April 12, 2026. Heavy rainfall is expected to lash communities across the south and central belts, threatening homes and infrastructure. Usman Bokani, Director of the Erosion, Flood and Coastal Zone Management Department, signed the urgent notice…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to the Gulf region on Wednesday for high-level consultations aimed at consolidating a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East and securing the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Downing Street announced. The diplomatic mission follows the overnight confirmation of a ceasefire agreement in the prolonged conflict that has destabilised…
A funeral service for victims of the Palm Sunday attack in Angwan Rukuba community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, was disrupted on Tuesday by protesting women who blocked the church entrance to demand the release of youths arrested by security agents following the violence that claimed at least 28 lives. The…
Soldiers of Operation Hadin Kai have crippled several insurgent supply chains across the North-East, arresting 16 suspects and intercepting cross-border fuel smuggling. In a series of high-intensity raids between late March and early April, troops disrupted the movement of food, fuel, and explosives intended for Boko Haram and ISWAP camps. These operations targeted key transit…
Narcotics agents in Edo State have intercepted a massive haul of “skunk” cannabis as part of a renewed crackdown on regional trafficking hubs. On Monday, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) confirmed the seizure of 125 bags of the illicit weed, weighing a total of 1,378kg. The operation took place in the Igbanke community…
