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Nigerian singer, Oniyide Azeez popularly known as Zinoleesky has ignited speculation of a possible split from his label boss, Azeez Adeshina Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley. The speculation went viral on social media after Zinoleesky, in a trending post vowed to stand up for himself and other artistes that have been taken advantage of. While lamenting the poor treatment of artistes, the singer demanded transparency, respect and fairness. Speaking in a post on his Instagram story on Saturday, he said  “I’m standing up not just for myself but for every artiste who has ever felt powerless or taken advantage of. We deserve better. We deserve transparency, fairness, and respect”. Zinoleesky’s cryptic post sparked mixed reactions, with many fans revisiting late singer Mohbad’s old claims, wondering if Zinoleesky is finally speaking up. This came two years after the death of his former labelmate, Mohbad, who had severally called out Naira Marley and associates over alleged assault...

  Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of police officers currently providing security for Very Important Persons (VIPs) in the country. A  statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said that henceforth, police authorities will deploy them to concentrate on their core policing duties. The presidential directive was issued at the security meeting President Tinubu held on Sunday with the police, Air Force, Army chiefs, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services in Abuja. According  to the presidential directive, VIPs who require police protection will now request well-armed personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Many  parts of Nigeria, especially remote areas, have few policemen at stations, making the task of protecting and defending the populace difficult. The  statement said that, in view of the current security challenges facing the country, Tinubu is desirous of boosting polic...

  Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has announced the release of 38 abducted worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state . The victims, who were kidnapped during a recent attack on the church, regained their freedom on Sunday, November 23, 2025 after days of what the Governor described as intense collaboration among security agencies and government authorities. Governor AbdulRazaq attributed the successful rescue operation to what he called President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s “hands-on approach,” saying the President personally led efforts to secure the release of the abducted persons. He disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cancelled his scheduled trip to the G20 meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa to focus on security breaches in Kwara and Kebbi States, adding that the President also ordered increased security deployments to the affected areas. The Governor extended appreciation to the Office of the Nation...

50 out of more than 300 children abducted from a Catholic school in Niger state have escaped their captors. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, adding they escaped between Friday and Saturday. “We have received some good news as fifty pupils escaped and have reunited with their parents,” said Daniel Atori, the media aide to CAN Chairman in Niger State, Most. Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, who is also the Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese. “The pupils escaped between Friday and Saturday and have reunited with their parents as they could not return to the school after they escaped. We were able to ascertain this when we decided to contact and visit some parents,” the statement read “ Note that, in the primary section out of the total number of 430 pupils we have in the school, 377 of them are boarders and the remaining 53 others are non boarders. “Currently, aside the 50 pupils that escaped and have returned home, we have 141 pupils who were ...

  The Federal High Court (FHC) has dismissed a fake news claiming that Justice James Omotosho survived an assassination attempt following the life sentence he imposed on the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The court said a blogger posted on Facebook that Justice Omotosho narrowly escaped an attack early Saturday morning, just days after supposedly sentencing Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment. In response, the Chief Registrar of the FHC, Sulaiman Hassan, stated in a press release on Sunday morning that the report was untrue. The statement, titled  “Rebuttal to False Publication by ‘Celebrity Blogger’ on the Alleged Assassination Attempt on Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court,”  addressed the claim directly. It reads; “The attention of the Federal High Court has been drawn to a publication by CELEBRITY BLOGGER, alleging that the Honourable Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, survived an assassination attempt fo...

  T he Facebook account of Plateau State-based cleric, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has been deleted, fuelling concerns among his supporters about alleged attempts to silence voices speaking on the killings in Nigeria. News of Dachomo's account deletion was first disclosed on Facebook by one of the pastor’s supporters and social media influencer, Isaac Show, who said he received a call from Rev. Dachomo notifying him that all his social media accounts had been taken down. According to Isaac Show, the cleric was informed that his posts were considered to “jeopardise national security,” a claim he strongly rejected. “A government that sympathises with terrorists,” Show wrote, expressing outrage over the development. He alleged that individuals he described as “terrorist sympathisers” still maintain active social media accounts without consequence. Show added that his own Facebook page had been shadow-banned, with visibility drastically restricted. “This is the price we have to pay for follo...

  The Edo State Police Command has arrested Benin-based TikTok creator, Osarobo Omoyemen popularly known as Madam Oil Rice, for allegedly orchestrating her own kidnapping in a bid to boost engagement on her social media platforms. The 24-year-old was picked up over the weekend and, according to police, confessed during interrogation that the entire incident was orchestrated for online attention. The Police PRO, CPS Moses Yamu, released a statement warning the public against spreading false information capable of causing panic or undermining security efforts in the state. According to the statement, Madam Oil Rice had posted a video claiming she was kidnapped along Upper Sakponba Road in Benin City and later “rescued” by police officers who allegedly detained her at Akpata Police Station and collected ₦10,000 as bail. The Command immediately launched an investigation, and findings showed the story was completely fabricated. Police say the suspect admitted she staged the incident pur...

  Abia State Governor, Alex Otti says he has already initiated processes aimed at securing the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja on Thursday, November 20, 2025. But according to Otti, he initiated steps to secure his freedom while the trial was ongoing. “While Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is free to appeal his conviction, I’m happy to inform you that I have activated and will continue to work on the already agreed strategy until his freedom is secured,”  Otti said in a statement on Saturday. Otti also said he had also communicated some of the agreements reached with “the highest authorities” in the land during his visit to Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), in Abuja.

  The U.S. President, Donald Trump on Friday urged Ukraine to accept his administration’s plan aimed at ending the war with Russia by ceding territory, saying his counterpart in Kyiv will “have to like it.” “He’ll have to like it, and if he doesn’t like it, then you know, they should just keep fighting,” Trump told reporters who asked about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s less-than-enthusiastic response to his plan. “At some point he’s going to have to accept something,” Trump added during the Oval Office meeting with New York City’s future mayor Zohran Mamdani. On Friday, Zelensky pushed back on the American plan, saying he would not “betray” his country over the 28-point document, seen in Kyiv as very favorable to the Kremlin. The 79-year-old Republican has grown frustrated at not succeeding in ending the war triggered in February 2022 by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and is now seeking an acceleration. Earlier Friday, Trump set a deadline of November 27 — the Ameri...

  The U.S. President, Donald Trump announced he will end the temporary status protecting Somali immigrants in Minnesota from deportation, claiming on Friday, November 21, 2025 that his latest cut to refugee programs was a crime prevention measure. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he was “hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota,” while accusing “Somali gangs” of harming locals. “Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER!” he added. TPS protects its holders from deportation and allows them to work. It is granted to people deemed to be in danger if they return to their home countries because of war, natural disaster, or other extraordinary circumstances. The midwestern state of Minnesota hosts one of the largest Somali populations outside of the eastern African nation, which has endured decades of conflict. According to the Congressional record, around 705 Somali individuals ha...

  Nnamdi Kanu (left) with his younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu   The family of Nnamdi Kanu has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the Nigerian Government and South-East political leaders to assassinate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), leader in Sokoto Prison. It was gathered that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was  moved to Sokoto Prison on Friday, November 21, 2025. Kanu was on Thursday, November 20, convicted of terrorism and sentenced to life imprisonment by an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice James Omotosho, after a trial that lasted nearly 10 years. The  IPOB leader had been detained in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), throughout the trial. However, the judge, while sentencing him, ordered that he be transferred to prison. Nnamdi Kanu’s  younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, who spoke on behalf of the family, raised the alarm over the alleged assassination plot on Friday. While  confirming the IPOB leader’s r...

  The  leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been transferred from the Department of State Services (DSS), detention facility in Abuja to a correctional facility in Sokoto, his former lawyer and consultant, Aloy Ejimakor, has disclosed. In a tweet on Friday, November 21, 2025 Ejimakor expressed concern over the move, noting that the relocation places Kanu far from his legal team, family, and supporters. “While urging #Ndigbo to remain calm, I must question the wisdom of sending #MNK to Sokoto prison. “When Awolowo was convicted in 1963, he was sent to the East, a neutral zone in his feud with the North. President Tinubu can still halt this drift, as I said in this video,” he said. Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team had condemned the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which on Thursday, November 20, 2025 convicted and sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to life imprisonment on terrorism charges.  The  lawyers had...

A Nigerian priest, Fr. Chidi Phillip, has criticized Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia for dismissing claims of a Christian genocide in the state. While speaking at a public function recently, the Governor said he is a Reverend Father so he cannot lie about the state of insecurity in his state. According to him, indeed there is insecurity in the state but it isn’t any form of religious, ethnic, racial, national or state genocide. He said; “ I am a Reverend Father so being in governance does not take that away from me. I am still a Reverend Father. I came in as a governor as a Reverend Father, I am working with the fear of God and the compassion of Christianity and humanity and at the end of the day, I am still going back to the church as a Reverend father and a Christian. In my state of Benue, we do not have any religious, ethnic, racial, national or state genocide. We don't have that. Do we have a number of insecurity in the state? Yes we do but it is not a genocide.” Reacting t...

  Terrorists in the early hours of Friday morning stormed St. Mary’s Papiri Private Catholic Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting an unspecified numbers of students and teachers. Multiple community sources who visited the school after the attack confirmed the invasion, describing it as a coordinated operation that lasted between 2:00 AM and 3:00  AM. Ahmed Abdullahi Rofia, the Head of Disaster and Relief for Agwara Local Government, also confirmed the incident, alongside Bello Gidi, media aide to the Chairman of Agwara Local Government Area. Speaking with the newsmen, Gidi said, “Yes it’s true that bandits have kidnapped students and teachers at St. Mary’s Papiri Private Catholic Secondary School Papiri, Agwara LGA, Niger State.” He further revealed the scale of the attack, stating, “The information that is reaching us is that they have kidnapped over 100 students and teachers. Also, it is a mixed school with boys and girls.” It ...

  The bandits who abducted worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have placed ₦100 million on each of the 38 abductees. It was gathered that three persons were also shot dead, while several of the worshippers were injured in the tragic incident that occurred on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. A community leader and Olori Eta of Eruku, Chief Olusegun Olukotun, whose four relatives were among the kidnapped victims, confirmed the bandits’ request. Chief Olukotun, who spoke with journalists Thursday, said the bandits have started contacting family members. Olukotun also said that he was in church with five of his family members when the incident occurred, adding that he and one of his wards escaped the attack around 6:06 PM through the church window. According to him, “From what we gathered from the kidnappers’ camp, they (kidnappers) have grouped the victims according to their relations and are now calling our people...

  No fewer than 20 out of the 34 local government areas in Katsina State, have reportedly entered into a peace accord with bandits, even as residents continue to express doubts over the sincerity and effectiveness of the deal, following fresh attacks in some of the affected communities. The agreement, reached during a meeting attended by council chairmen and traditional rulers from the participating LGAs, saw the bandits arriving at the venue on motorcycles, firing gunshots into the air and leaving less than an hour later. Journalists were barred from filming the proceedings due to security concerns. According to media reports on details of the truce, the bandits demanded the release of their colleagues currently in detention across the state, while promising in return to free all captives in their custody. Local authorities reportedly agreed to facilitate the process through security agencies and correctional facilities. Despite the pact, fear and uncertainty remain...

  The  Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, November 20, sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment for terrorism. Trial judge, James Omotosho said he ought to sentence him to death but for his decision to show him mercy. He therefore sentenced him to life imprisonment for counts 1, 4, 5 and 6, “instead of death sentence”. He added, “With respect to count 3, he is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment without fine. He is sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for count 7.” He ordered that the sentences should run concurrently. The judge also ruled that he should not be allowed to use digital devices and be kept in protective custody.