Author: Vincent Osuwo

St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Katchuan Iruan, in the Boki Local Government Area of Cross River, has been attacked by gunmen, the state police command confirms. According to ASP Sunday Eitokpah, the command spokesperson who verified the incident, the accused arsonists’ attack occurred at approximately three in the morning on Thursday. He said fire destroyed all the church records kept in the sacristy while the attackers also set ablaze the priest’s Lexus 350 Jeep and a Toyota Corolla car parked within the church premises. “No suspect has been identified at this time. ” Efforts are ongoing to ascertain those responsible…

Hillary Clinton told a congressional panel she “had no idea” about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, as she called for lawmakers to question President Donald Trump under oath about his past association with the late sex offender. “I want to see the truth come out,” the ex-US secretary of state said after testifying behind closed doors for hours to a congressional committee investigating Epstein. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, will testify on Friday. The couple resisted the panel’s subpoena, dismissing it as politically motivated, before agreeing to testify as potential contempt-of-Congress proceedings loomed against them. The Clintons and Trump deny wrongdoing…

Former US president Bill Clinton will be interrogated by a congressional panel on Friday on his well-documented links to Jeffrey Epstein, as Democrats seek to shift focus onto President Donald Trump’s own ties to the convicted sex offender. The most recent Epstein file leaks heavily highlight Clinton, who maintains that he severed his relationship with the disgraced billionaire well before the billionaire was found guilty of sexual charges in 2008. Clinton has not been charged with a crime or the subject of a formal investigation, and his name alone in the documents made public by the Department of Justice does…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 113 suspected kidnappers in Edo North and Edo Central Local Government Areas, the command confirmed on Thursday. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Eno Ikoedem, the command announced that the arrests followed an intelligence-driven operation in the early hours of Thursday at about 3:00 a.m. The statement read in part, “Acting on credible intelligence that ransom proceeds from kidnapping activities were being discreetly received and coordinated at identified ‘Zangos’ in Agbede and Iruekpen, the Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, personally led a formidable joint task force comprising operatives of…

The Ondo State Police Command has announced the arrest of six men who allegedly posed as pastors and defrauded unsuspecting residents of the Idanre community in the Idanre Local Government Area of the state through fake “miracles.” The accused were named as Fadahunsi, Kolade, Tijani, Iyanuoluwa, Arijesulola, and Ademola in a statement released by Jimoh Kazeem, the command’s police public relations officer. According to the police, the arrests came after an intelligence-driven operation carried out on February 16, 2026, by Community Safety Officers and members of the command’s tactical squads. “On 16th February, 2026, operatives of the Command’s Tactical Teams,…

Terrorists have attacked several Northern states, killing numerous people and kidnapping numerous others within the last 72 hours. The killings took place in a mosque in the Maiyama Rural Government Area of Kebbi State and a rural village in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. There were alleged abductions in Sokoto and Kwara states in a renewed offensive on villages in the North. Local sources said that many were murdered in Tuesday night’s raid on the Madagali Local Government Area, the hometown of Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri. Although the authorities had not yet released an official tally,…

The Senate has swiftly dismissed the agitation by leaders of the opposition African Democratic Congress and the New Nigeria Peoples Party on the National Assembly demanding an immediate amendment of the Electoral Act 2026, which they described as anti-democratic and skewed ahead of the 2027 general elections. However, the Senate quickly put an end to the protest, encouraging opposition leaders Rotimi Amaechi, Peter Obi, and Atiku Abubakar to address their issues within the National Assembly. Ajuji Ahmed, national chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, stated at a news conference in Abuja that the controversial clauses need to be removed…

Kenneth Okonkwo, a member of the African Democratic Congress’s (ADC) National Working Committee, has described the recent attack on the party’s leaders in Benin City “genocide against political opponents” and an attempt at assassination. Okonkwo said that the attackers were connected to government officials in an interview with ARISE NEWS. “This was an assassination attempt by people I can describe as either the governmental people or their agents. This is genocide against political opponents,” he said. Okonkwo also alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was working to weaken opposition parties in a bid to impose a one-party system…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revised the timetable for the 2027 general election, shifting the presidential and National Assembly polls to January and the governorship and state assembly elections to February. Malam Mohammed Kudu Haruna, national commissioner and chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, said in a statement released on Wednesday that the commission has approved a revised timetable and schedule of activities in response to modifications in the election law. In accordance with the Electoral Act of 2022, INEC had previously scheduled the presidential and national assembly elections for Saturday, February 20, 2027, and the…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, has condemned the gunmen’s attack in Benin City, Edo State, saying the incident underscores growing concerns about the health of Nigeria’s democracy. Following the attack at the home of former APC National Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun, where gunmen allegedly opened fire and riddled the gate and many vehicles with bullets, Obi was heard speaking in a video that went viral online. “This is where our democracy has reached. A former governor, and you can see what happened in front of his house, where hoodlums came shooting,” Obi said in the…