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Fresh downpours have brought more flooding, landslides and fear to southeastern Brazil where rescuers were still looking for 14 missing people Thursday after a rainstorm that left 54 people dead. More than 5,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since a deluge late Monday caused landslides that buried dozens of people and unleashed

Tragedy struck Tudun Daluta in Kankara town, Katsina State, on Wednesday night when bandits attacked the home of a young businessman, Suleiman Danjuma. This was disclosed in a post shared by Bakatsine on X on Thursday. He wrote: “During the attack, Suleiman Danjuma and his wife were kidnapped, a local source reported, leaving their family

President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate reconstruction of three federal roads in Niger State and the extension of the Bodo–Bonny Road to connect with the East–West Road in Rivers State. The president gave the approval during a meeting with the Minister of Works, David Umahi. The three road projects in Niger State are expected

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said competence and loyalty to the people of the state will be the determining factors in choosing his successor ahead of the 2027 governorship election. Makinde made the declaration at the 12th ‘Omituntun’ Annual Ramadan Public Lecture held at the Ibadan North Local Government Motor Park, Agodi Gate, Ibadan.

A leadership crisis has erupted within the Keffi Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, as a group of members formally initiated moves to suspend the branch’s Executive Committee and install an interim caretaker committee. In a notice of requisition dated February 25, 2026, and addressed to the Branch Secretary at the High Court Complex,

  A Catholic priest, Fr. Aniedi Okure, has faulted the infusion of economic issues in the debate over the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. READ ALSO: US Congress Submits Report On Nigeria, Recommends Sanctions Over ‘Christian Persecution’ Okure, who has served the Vatican in the US, spoke to Channels Television while reacting to the report