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…
From Kayode Lawal. Abuja. The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgement in a suit seeking to stop the release of federal monthly allocations to Rivers State government. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, who said that the date for her judgment would be communicated to parties, took the decision after all parties had argued for…
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) his dissociated itself from the statement credited to one Kazeem Oyewale who claimed to be the Acting Chairman of NURTW in Osun State. Kazeem Oyewale was reported to have vowed that NURTW will vote out Osun state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke from office in 2026. A statement…
