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The family of Nigerian footballer Ihotu John Rebecca has called on the public for help after she was abducted along the Benin Expressway. Rebecca, who features for Pacesetter Queens FC in the Nigeria Women Football League Premiership, was reportedly kidnapped on Friday, February 27, 2026, while travelling home along the Benin motorway. According to emerging reports, her abductors have demanded a ransom of ₦20 million for her release. Rebecca is known for competing at the top tier of women’s domestic football in Nigeria, making her abduction particularly distressing within the sporting community. Her family has called on football stakeholders, club executives, sponsors, government officials, sports administrators and well-meaning Nigerians to assist in securing her safe return. Authorities are yet to release an official statement on the incident, as concerns grow over security along major highways.

Orowole Kolapoz, a popular Nigerian photographer and biker, who is widely known as Kola Onifoto, has died following a lone motorcycle crash in Lagos. Kolapoz, 32, a travel enthusiast and brand influencer, was reportedly involved in the accident on Sunday while embarking on what he described as his first solo motorcycle journey outside Lagos. Hours before the crash, he had shared a post on his Facebook page announcing his trip to Akure, celebrating seasoned bikers who have travelled extensively across Nigeria and beyond. “Big shout out to those who have ridden their bikes to every state in this country, to Africa, and across the world, especially women. My eye see wheeen,”  he wrote. Following the accident, friends disclosed online that Kolapoz was initially taken to an emergency unit operated by the Federal Road Safety Corps at Ojota. He was later transferred to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, where supporters continued to express hope and prayers for his recovery. He event...

  Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo has reopened the New Motorcycle Spare Parts Market, popularly known as Nkwo Nnewi, following a one-week shutdown. The governor had through the Special Adviser on Trade and Markets, Evaristus Uba, sealed the market last Monday after he and other officials visited and found low turnout of traders, signaling non-adherence to the government order calling for abolition of the Monday-sit at-home. Uba, who spoke on behalf of the governor, had threatened that if after one week the traders failed to turn up for Monday business, he would extend the ban. But, kit was learnt that the ban was lifted on Monday after the chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Echezona Anazodo, visited the market and found a large turnout of traders. Anazodo said:  “I’m happy to know today that traders complied with the order to resume for business. "I want to believe that if there was even half of this turn out last week, the market would not...

  Nollywood actress, Victoria Akanke Ajibola, popularly known as Omo Local, has shared how she and her best friend became pregnant for her husband at the same time. The actress made this known during a recent interview on Oyinmomo TV. Speaking for the first time on why she divorced her husband, Omo Local disclosed that her best friend was three months pregnant for her husband while her pregnancy was five months. Narrating the incident, Omo Local explained that she was traumatized and attempted suicide because of the shame. “I was five months pregnant, my best friend was also three months pregnant for my husband. "The trauma was so much to the extent that I took poison because of shame,”  she said. When asked about the friend, she answered,  “Anyway, I don’t know about her whereabouts anymore. Maybe she’s still together with my ex-husband, I don’t know, but they had about three (children) together after I left him.”

Saudi Aramco has suspended operations at its Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia following reports of a drone strike in the vicinity. Ras Tanura, one of the largest oil refining and export facilities in the world, has a refining capacity of roughly 550,000 barrels per day and serves as the kingdom’s largest oil export terminal. The facility handles approximately 6.5 million barrels of crude daily nearly 7% of global oil supply flows through this single site. Reports indicate the attack was carried out by Iran amid rising regional tensions, affecting critical Aramco infrastructure. Following the strike, a fire reportedly broke out in the refinery’s processing complex. Authorities say the blaze has been contained, and no casualties have been confirmed. Recall that series of strikes by the U.S. and Israel against Iran began Saturday, 28th February, 2026.

  Nigerian streamer and skit maker, Oderhohwo Joseph Efe, popularly known as Carter Efe, has shared the tragic story of how his father, a police officer, was brutally killed by armed robbers dressed in military camouflage during a robbery in Ogun State several years ago. The skit maker recalled that his father had closed from duty but decided to follow the police van to the nearest bus-stop to their home. However, on their way, they ran into an ongoing robbery operation on the highway and unknown to them that the men in military camouflage were robbers, they alighted from their vehicle to know what was causing gridlock, but robbers opened fire on them upon spotting their police uniform. Carter Efe said his father’s murder is more traumatizing because he saw his lifeless body on television and the clip is still available on YouTube. Speaking in a recent episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast, Carter Efe said,  “My dad had closed from duty and was heading home but he decided to ent...