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Turkish authorities have escorted Mehmet Ali Ağca — the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 — out of the town of Iznik ahead of an official visit by Pope Leo XIV, according to local media reports. Ağca, who has been living in Turkey after serving multiple prison sentences in Italy and Turkey, […]

Senator Francis Fadahunsi has called on the National Assembly to consider passing a law that permits responsible and qualified Nigerians to bear arms, citing the country’s escalating security challenges. Fadahunsi, a former Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs, argued that the current security situation has stretched law-enforcement agencies beyond capacity, leaving citizens vulnerable to attacks by bandits, […]

Barely one week after the abduction of more than 300 students from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, bandits have struck again—this time targeting residents of Palaita community in Erena Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area. According to local sources, the attackers stormed the community in the early hours […]

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have recorded major breakthroughs in the fight against crime following a series of coordinated raids across different parts of the state. According to the Command, the operations—carried out by various tactical units—led to the arrest of several suspects linked to kidnapping, cult-related activities, and armed robbery. During one […]

The Owelle of Onicha-Olona, Chief Jerry Nkeweshe, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Abaniwonda Olufemi, demanding an immediate retraction of a statement allegedly linking him to the killing of three youths in Asaba. Chief Nkeweshe, in a strongly worded statement, described the allegation as “baseless, damaging, and capable of […]

The family of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has raised concerns over what they describe as the refusal of a court to grant a production order that would allow him to be moved from Sokoto to Abuja for the hearing of his appeal. According to the family, Kanu’s legal team had approached the court seeking a […]

A 16-year-old boy and six young women have been abd¥cted after b@ndits launched a late-night att@ck on Gidan-Bijimi, a community in Kawu ward of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The incident occurred around 9:47 p.m. on Wednesday when armed men carrying AK-47 rifles invaded two homes near the Kaduna State boundary […]

The Ondo State Police Command has opened a full investigation after an unidentified woman was discovered dead inside a hotel room in Ore, located in the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. According to reports, the woman had checked into the hotel with a male companion. However, hotel staff became suspicious when the man […]

A Turkish court on Thursday cleared four journalists of all charges connected to their coverage of mass demonstrations in Istanbul last March. Among those acquitted was Yasin Akgul, a photojournalist with Agence France-Presse (AFP). According to an AFP reporter present in the courtroom, the journalists had been standing trial for allegedly violating public order while […]

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has been confirmed safe but stranded in Guinea-Bissau after the military seized power, shut the country’s borders, and halted all movements in and out of the capital. Jonathan led the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) observer mission to the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections and is now unable to leave […]