The Benue Police Command, on Friday, said it successfully rescued all the six abducted students of the Nigerian Law School, Yola Campus. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edet Udeme, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Makurdi. Udeme stated that the students were rescued on Friday morning.
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The Nigerian military says troops recorded major breakthroughs in July, killing several high-profile terror commanders, rescuing 134 kidnap victims, and foiling oil theft worth N1.3 billion across various theatres of operations. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, made this known in an update on military operations on Friday in Abuja.
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Seven local farmers abducted in the Itaogbolu axis of Akure North Local Government Area in Ondo State have regained freedom after spending five harrowing days in captivity. It was gathered on Friday that the farmers were freed on Thursday night, according to sources close to the victims.
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The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives says its industrial action is still ongoing. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, had announced that the association has called off its warning strike. But the association’s National Chairman, Morakinyo Rilwan, said it wasn’t true, insisting that the strike has not been called off.
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of a security guard, David Moses, in connection with the brutal murder of a nurse and a toddler in the Dawaki area of Abuja. Moses confessed to killing 55-year-old Chinyere Anaene, a caregiver and nurse at Clear Hope Foundation Academy, along with 14-month-old Nanenter Asher Yese, who was under her care.
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The Niger State Police Command has arrested 24 suspected armed robbers in Minna, the state capital. A pump-action rifle was recovered from them following a sting operation. The suspects were arrested on Wednesday around 3am when operatives of the anti-thuggery unit of SCID Minna with Maitumbi, Central Police Stations and vigilante members stormed the scene of the attack.
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Some members of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, have stated that the party’s future largely depends on the upcoming National Elective Convention scheduled for November 15. The NEC members, Deputy National Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor and Deputy National Legal Adviser, Okechukwu Osuoha, described the convention as a defining moment that could either make or break the PDP.
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Properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed as no fewer than six shops were razed by fire in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fire, which occurred on Thursday at Ile-Ewe, Sawmill Area, Ogbomoso, affected six out of 10 locked-up shops in the area.
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said he is not defecting to the African Democratic Congress nor aligning with anybody within the ADC ahead of the 2026 governorship election. Responding to media publication and enquiries, the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, declared that Governor Adeleke remains in the Peoples Democratic Party and is going to win the election with wide margins.
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The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has confirmed that its industrial action remains in effect.
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, had announced that the association has called off its warning strike.
Speaking with journalists after a closed-door meeting in Abuja on Friday, Pate said the decision followed agreements reached between the government and the association’s leadership.
But when contacted, the association’s National Chairman, Morakinyo Rilwan, said it wasn’t true the strike had been called off.
“If it was the Minister who organized the strike, then he could call it off. As far as I’m concerned, the strike organized by the association is still ongoing. The Minister didn’t organize the strike, so he doesn’t have the authority to call it off.
“There are procedures to follow, if it is to be called off at all,” Rilwan told Daily Trust via telephone.
On Wednesday, the nurses began a seven-day nationwide warning strike. The strike, according to NANNM’s leadership, addresses issues including poor remuneration, staff shortages, unpaid allowances, and unsafe working conditions.
This strike comes amid an existing face-off between doctors and the government over welfare and other issues, as reported by Daily Trust.
The nurses’ strike, which followed the expiration of a 15-day ultimatum issued by NANNM to the federal government, has disrupted healthcare services across Nigeria.
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What a relief, thank God for the rescue !
ReplyDeleteThe health sector is in dire need of..
My dad went to visit someone at Island Maternity yesterday. Came home and was complaining about the nurses non challant attitude not knowing that the strike was still on.
Govt.should pls do the needful. So many lives are at stake .
Truly when two elephants fight. the grass suffers.
God bless Nigeria
Aswear NK baby na only God go help us for this country
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