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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has rejected Elon Musk’s call for Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate from Canada, saying the country’s future is for Canadians to determine. Discover more “The future of Canada will be decided by Canadians and the priorities of Canadians, the priorities of the people of Quebec,” Carney said on Thursday when asked about Musk’s remarks. He said Canadians should be able to live according to their languages and cultures without interference “from foreign governments and large tech firms that think they can tell us what to do.” Musk made the comments on X on Wednesday, October 7, in response to a post about Quebec premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, whose separatist Parti Québécois won Monday’s provincial election. “Good. Quebec sho...

Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA  have recovered and neutralized explosive devices planted by terrorists to cause major havoc to commuters along  Magami - Hannutara- Dansadau  road in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Army disclosed this in a statement on Friday, October 9, 2026. A cording to the statement, the troops acting on credible information secured the affected area and conducted a thorough search and identified 2 spots planted with explosive devices.  Consequently an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was subsequently  deployed to destroy one device and safely recovered and rendered another harmless. The troops  have intensified patrols and surveillance in the area to safeguard residents and prevent further threa...

he Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three staff of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) in Ibadan, saying efforts are underway to rescue them and arrest the perpetrators.  NigerianBusiness Directory The victims were reportedly abducted this morning October 9, while inspecting crops on a farm within the institute’s premises. In a statement released, the command stated that it launched intensive operational efforts immediately after receiving the report, with a view to securing the victims’ release and bringing those responsible to justice. The Command disclosed that a manhunt had been launched for the kidnappers, adding that security operatives were working to ensure the safe return of the abducted staff members. The police urged anyone w...

A yet-to-be-identified Vehicle Inspection Officer has reportedly been crushed to death by a truck opposite Mega Primary School, along Hospital Road, Akure, the Ondo State capital. According to an original video shared by Akure-based radio station Crest FM on Friday, residents were seen shouting following the fatal incident. According to eyewitnesses, the officer tried to intercept the truck, which was already in the fast lane, but couldn’t stop it before the incident. The officer was reportedly trapped beneath the trailer after the truck struck him, leaving residents at the scene in distress. The video also showed some of the officer’s colleagues panicking as they watched the incident unfold. Residents could be heard shouting while people gathered around the scene. The circu...

The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, said Nigeria needed an additional 554,353 personnel to adequately staff the proposed state police system. He disclosed this while delivering the keynote address at the posthumous 70th birthday colloquium of the late former Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, in Oyo State. The governor explained that the state police had moved beyond advocacy to a national imperative, warning that the success of the reform would depend on a sustainable financing arrangement that would not leave poorer states behind. The colloquium, organised in honour of Akeredolu under the theme, “Fundamentals and Governance of State Po...

An Ado-Ekiti-born mini-truck driver, Adeleye Adeniyi, has said he borrowed N3.5m to support the re-election bids of President Bola Tinubu, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele and Ekiti State House of Assembly member Steve Fatoba. Adeniyi, popularly known as “Online Loan Man for BAO”, disclosed this in an interview with journalists now circulating on Friday, in which he displayed a Wema Bank cardboard cheque indicating N2m for Tinubu, N1m for Bamidele and N500,000 for Fatoba. He said he was prepared to campaign for the three politicians ahead of the forthcoming elections, citing what he described as their performance in office. “I am supporting Mr President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his second-term ambition. I have borrowed money. I want to use this money to support him because he...

A mother and her 14-year-old daughter have d!ed after a three-storey building under construction collapsed at Anata Anaba, Okpoko, in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident occurred at about 9:45 pm on Wednesday, October 8, 2026, trapping the mother and her daughter inside their apartment in a neighbouring bungalow. Eyewitnesses said the building made a loud noise, with its walls reportedly cracking before the structure came crashing down, throwing residents into panic. Some other people trapped in the rubble were rescued by emergency responders and taken to hospital, according to residents. “The woman and her daughter were in their apartment in a nearby bungalow when the three-storey building collapsed and trapped them. Before the building caved in, it mad...

The organised labour movement in the Federal Capital Territory has been thrown into sharp division as unions expressed divergent views  over the indefinite strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, FCT Council. The NLC had on Wednesday directed workers in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, including those in the private sector, to begin an indefinite strike on Wednesday. The strike was over unresolved disputes between the FCTA and the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT. However, while the Trade Union Congress, TUC, had instructed its members to ignore the strike and report for work, the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, threw its full weight behind the action. TUC in a notice, signed by the Secretary in FCT, Mr Sunday Jose...

Russia has continued its invasion against Ukraine for more than four years and is showing no signs of backing down. At leaat 33 people were k!lled when Russia carried out a bomb attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, authorities said on ​Thursday, October 8.  The Ukrainian authorities described the latest bombing as a targeted strike on civilians in the key ‌stronghold sought by Moscow. Another 18 people were wounded in one of the largest single attacks this year, which took place on a street where police said two city buses were operating at the time of the strike. President Volodymyr ​Zelensky described it as a bus stop. Images posted by police showed bodies ​strewn across a street littered with debris, as well as a ⁠charred shell of wha...

A train and a Honda car collided this morning, October 9, in Lagos State.  The collision took place at the PWD railway crossing, along Agege Motor Road, Ikeja.   This was disclosed on X by LASTMA.  A video of the collision shows the mangled remains of the Honda car as locals gathered around it and tried to push it away from the train tracks.  It was not stated if any casualties were recorded.   The tweet shared by LASTMA reads: "A collision involving a train and a Honda car was reported on the rail tracks at PWD seriously affecting vehicular movement at the moment. "The car has been pushed off the tracks now by onlookers as Effort is on for evacuation.  Officers are on ground managing the traffic situati...