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At least 23 people, including women and children, have been killed in a suspected reprisal attack on the Bin-Per community in Kombun district of Mangu LGA of Plateau State. The attack occurred less than 48 hours after Fulani residents were targeted in Jwak Maitumbi, also in Mangu LGA. Several residents were reportedly killed in Sunday’s attack, while about 45 residential shelters and large quantities of crops were destroyed. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication, suspected Fulani militias invaded Bin-Per in the early hours of Tuesday, approaching the predominantly farming community through an isolated route from the neighbouring Bokkos axis.…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commenced the demolition of houses and other structures built on designated waterways in Abuja. The demolition exercise began on Tuesday in Maitama, shortly after Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), ordered the immediate removal of structures obstructing waterways in the capital. Tractors were seen bringing down some of the affected structures as officials commenced enforcement of the directive. Wike had issued the order after inspecting areas affected by flash floods that hit parts of Abuja following heavy rainfall on Saturday. The minister said buildings constructed on designated water channels had…

A ninth-grade student livestreamed the fatal shooting of a schoolmate before taking his own life at a Catholic university in the Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said. The shooting occurred at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in western Mindanao, marking the country’s second school shooting in two months. Regional police spokeswoman Shella Chang said the student entered the classroom of the victim, shot them and then went to the fifth floor, where he shot himself. Interior Secretary Victor Remulla confirmed that the alleged shooter livestreamed the incident on social media. His Facebook account has since been disabled. Local media circulated footage from…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says it collaborated with the Accord Party during the Osun governorship election to prevent the All Progressives Congress (APC) from winning the poll. Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the ADC, disclosed this on Trust TV on Monday while reacting to the party’s performance in the August 15 election. Najeem Salaam, the ADC governorship candidate, polled 17,180 votes, while Ademola Adeleke, the incumbent governor and Accord candidate, secured 511,067 votes to defeat Bola Oyebamiji of the APC, who scored 444,815 votes. ‘APC defeat was victory for us’ Abdullahi said the ADC had anticipated that a…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine from a courier company in what it described as the largest cocaine seizure from a courier firm in its history. The agency also arrested two suspects in connection with the consignment, including socialite Afolabi Kazeem Micheal, popularly known as KC Luxury, and Lawal Kehinde, an employee of a logistics company. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos on Tuesday, NDLEA chairman Buba Marwa said the seized cocaine was valued at $27.7 million. Marwa said the agency collaborated with the management of the logistics company following the seizure,…

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has ordered the immediate demolition of houses obstructing waterways in Maitama and other flood-prone areas of Abuja. Wike issued the directive on Tuesday after inspecting areas affected by flooding in Maitama, as torrential rainfall triggered flash floods across parts of Nigeria’s capital. The minister said the demolition would begin immediately and continue until Saturday, regardless of political activities or the social status of the affected property owners. “We will demolish all those houses found on the water channel. Some of them are senators. Some of them are big men,” Wike said.…

Georgina Rodríguez has revealed why she and Cristiano Ronaldo chose to marry in the living room of their home in Cascais, Portugal, rather than have a lavish ceremony. Ronaldo and Rodríguez tied the knot on 11 August 2026, nearly a decade after they first met at a Gucci store in Madrid, where Rodríguez worked as a sales assistant. The intimate ceremony was held at the couple’s summer home in the Portuguese coastal resort of Cascais, near Lisbon. Their five children and four witnesses were present. Speaking to Vogue, Rodríguez said her idea of a dream wedding had changed as she…

The death toll from twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June has risen to 6,438, as relatives and rescue workers continue searching for missing people nearly two months after the disaster. The latest figure was announced on Monday by parliamentary speaker Jorge Rodríguez, raising the previous official death toll of 6,301. The earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, struck in quick succession on June 24, devastating parts of northern Venezuela. The epicentres were in Yaracuy state, west of Caracas, while La Guaira and the capital Caracas were among the areas badly affected. At least 190 buildings collapsed, while hundreds…

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has proposed new work-hour regulations that would limit healthcare personnel to a maximum of 48 hours of work per week and introduce mandatory post-call rest. The proposal followed deliberations between NARD and the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, as well as a nationwide assessment involving 6,350 healthcare personnel across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. Resident doctors, who are medical graduates undergoing specialist training, play a major role in staffing emergency wards and other hospital services across the country. In a recent statement, Abdulmajid Yahya Ibrahim, NARD’s publicity and social secretary, said the…

Nigeria is targeting the ability to wheel 6,000 megawatts of electricity before December as the Federal Government steps up investment in the country’s transmission infrastructure. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this in Lagos while commissioning two 100 megavolt-amperes (MVA), 132/33 kilovolt (kV) transformers at the Ijora Transmission Substation. Tegbe said the government also plans to commission 20 transmission projects before the end of the year as part of efforts to strengthen the national grid and improve its capacity to evacuate available electricity. The minister said the focus was not simply on increasing generation but on ensuring that available…