A student of the Obada Idi-Emi High School in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, identified simply as Ariyo, has died after a teacher allegedly beat him with 162 strokes of the cane for breaking a dustbin. An activist identified as Adetoun shared the incident on Instagram on Friday. According to Adetoun,…
The Israeli military said its forces killed a Palestinian militant who belonged to Hamas’s armed wing during a raid on Saturday in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem. In a joint statement, the Israeli military, police and domestic security agency Shin Bet said that they conducted a “counterterrorism operation in Tulkarem to eliminate Islam…
At least 10 police officers were killed in a “terrorist attack” in an area of Southeastern Iran long plagued by unrest, local media reported on Saturday. They were killed during an attack on “police vehicles” in Sistan-Baluchistan province’s Taftan county, the Mehr and Tasnim news agencies reported, without saying how it was carried out. No…
A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said. The bomber set off the blast from the back of a motorbike rickshaw near the town of Mir Ali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a local police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity. Four…
The Disciplinary Committee of the Confederation of African Football has awarded the Super Eagles of Nigeria three points and three goals in their abandoned matchday 4, 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya, which was scheduled to be held in Benina on 15 October. In its ruling on Saturday, signed by chairman Ousmane Kane,…
The Osun State Commands of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigeria Police Force disagreed following an assault suffered by NSCDC personnel while on guard duty, allegedly at the hands of some police operatives An NSCDC personnel, identified simply as Owoeye, was said to have been assaulted and, it was learned, was…
Russian missile strikes killed three people including a child in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro while a teenager and another person died in attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region, officials said Saturday. Overnight strikes on Dnipro wounded 19 others and damaged multiple buildings, said Sergiy Lysak, the governor of the central Dnipropetrovsk region. A…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has convened a meeting of the State Security Council for next week to assess and take action on recent security developments in the state including an open clash between some policemen and civil defence officials. The Council meeting is to receive briefings from the various security agencies as well…
The Advocates of Social Justice for All (ASJA) has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to retain Bello Matawalle as Minister of State for Defence amid recent cabinet reshuffle. The group said Matawalle’s continuation in office is proof of his unque style of tackling Nigeria’s security challenges. Dr. Samson Okah, the group’s leader, in a…
…says move will Strengthen Local Government Autonomy The Executive Chairman, the Nigerian Capital Development Fund, NCDF Group, Hareter Babatunde Oralusi as praised President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Senate for their foresight in establishing the Federal Ministry of Regional Development and Regional Development Commissions. “This bold step reinforces the administration’s commitment to inclusive and sustainable…
