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The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has warned officers of the Nigeria Police Force against the unlawful and prolonged detention of suspects.   The IG stressed that suspects must not be detained beyond legally stipulated periods and warned that any officer found culpable of such violations would face strict disciplinary ...

The Leader of the National Consultative Front, Prof Pat Utomi, has outlined ongoing moves to crystallise a formidable coalition to defeat the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 general elections described as serious business.   Utomi, one of the opposition movement leaders, said several discontented members of the APC and ...

  Juventus FC have officially parted ways with Thiago Motta, relieving him of his duties as the Men’s First Team coach.   In a statement released on the club website on Sunday, the club expressed gratitude to Motta and his staff for their commitment and professionalism during their tenure.   ...

Armed bandits attacked Baidi community in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Saturday, killing one person and injuring two others.   Eyewitnesses said the assailants stormed the village in broad daylight, shooting at residents before fleeing.   The victims were rushed to Tangaza General Hospital, where one later ...

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists in separate operations and recovered firearms along with other incriminating items.   In a statement on Sunday, the command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, said the arrests were made during intelligence-led patrols across the state.   He said, “On 22nd March 2025, ...

A joint security operation involving the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and the military has rescued a kidnapped naval officer, Lt. Cynthia Akor, attached to the Defence Headquarters and two civilians abducted from Mpape, Abuja.   The victims were taken on March 21, 2025, when armed men attacked the Maman ...

  Pope Francis greeted and thanked the faithful from a balcony of Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday, the first time the 88-year-old has been seen in public since his admission on February 14.   “Thank you, everyone,” a weak-sounding Francis said into a microphone, as he sat in a wheelchair ...

26-year-old Nigerian travel content creator, Alma Asinobi, attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest journey across all seven continents in 60 hours has travelled across six continents and is closer to the end of the journey.   PUNCH reports that as the youngest and only Black solo ...

The Anambra State Police Command has rescued Reverend Father Stephen Echezona, abducted by gunmen at a petrol station in Ichida, Anaocha Local Government Area.   The assailants, operating in a white Lexus SUV without a plate number, took the priest in his own vehicle after abandoning theirs during a gun ...

IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Mrs Uchechi Kanu, wife of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said the apologies tendered by her husband’s lawyer, Kanu Agabi, SAN, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, are yielding results.   Uchechi said it was crucial ...