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Six students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, and one visitor were abducted on Wednesday night after armed men stormed a students’ off-campus lodge in Gudi, Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. The Nasarawa State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, saying the armed attackers stormed the lodge and whisked the students away to an unknown destination. According to the statement, the incident occurred at about 9:00pm on May 6, 2026, at Anguwar Ninzo, on the outskirts of Gudi town. The attackers reportedly stormed the lodge and took the victims to an unknown location. The six identified victims are all students of the Faculty of Engineering at the university’s Gudi Campus. The seventh victim was said to be...

The State Department will ‌begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who ​owe a significant amount ​of unpaid child support. The department told The Associated Press on Thursday, May 7, that the revocations would begin Friday, May 8, and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or more. That would apply to about 2,700 American passport holders, according to figures supplied to the State Department by the Department of Health and Human Services. The revocation program will ‌soon ⁠be expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support, ​which is ​a ⁠threshold set by a little-enforced 1996 law, ​the AP reported, citing ​the ⁠State Department. It was not clear on Thursday how many passport holders owe more than $2,500 because HHS is still colle...

The U.S. Centers ​for ‌Disease ‌Control and Prevention has classified the ​hantavirus ​outbreak as a 'level 3' emergency response, the lowest ​level of ​emergency activation. The move signifies that the risk to the general public remains low, and the situation is being actively monitored by the public health agency. Activating the Emergency Operation Centers indicates that an emergency team has been set up to support a response. According US News, Global health authorities are working to contain an outbreak of hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. The outbreak, involving the Andes strain of hantavirus, has so far resulted in five confirmed cases, three suspected infections, and three deaths among passengers connected to the voyage, according to World Health Orga...

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has confirmed his reassignment as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to South Africa. Fani-Kayode announced his new post on Thursday, May 7, noting that President Bola Tinubu had approved the shuffle. He was initially posted to Germany. Fani-Kayode said he had made a formal request to Yusuf Tuggar, then-minister of foreign affairs, informing him of his discomfort with his Germany posting. “I was not comfortable with Germany for a number of personal reasons and given the fact that I had lived in Europe most of my life I would prefer to go to South Africa which is a country that I had never been to and for which I have so much interest,” Fani-Kayode said. “I also expressed the fact that I would rather serve in a country th...

The House of Representatives on Thursday constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate debts owed to the Federal Government by state actors, private entities and Ministries, Departments and Agencies, appointing the member representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, Oluwole Oke, as chairman of the panel. The committee was inaugurated following the adoption of a motion moved at plenary by Salisu Yusuf and five other lawmakers. The panel is expected to examine outstanding liabilities owed to the Federal Government, identify debtors, assess recovery efforts by relevant agencies and recommend measures for recovering the funds. Speaking on the motion, Yusuf expressed concern over Nigeria’s growing debt burden and declining revenue profile, warning that failure to rec...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, May 7, convicted a former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, on a 12-count fraud and money laundering charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice James Omotosho, said it was satisfied that the anti-graft agency had successfully established the former Minister’s culpability beyond reasonable doubt. The court convicted him on all grounds of the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/273/2024. Mamman, who served in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, was found complicit in the illegal diversion of public funds totalling about ₦33.8 billion. The court found that he made a cash payment of $655,700 (equivalent to ₦200 million) f...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of nine properties linked to the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, to the Federal Government. Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission counsel, Oluwaleke Atolagbe, moved an ex parte motion to the effect. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that though Justice Egwuatu delivered the ruling on April 24, the enrolled order was sighted on Wednesday, May 6. The affected assets are located across high-value areas in Abuja. They include four blocks of terraces at Dakibiyu; a duplex with penthouse and office complex at No. 3, Niger Street, MStreet; one standalone duplex at Villa 1, Unit 1, Palm Springs Estate, Mpape; and a block of flat...

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the transfer of 1,332 personnel from the Delta State Command following public outrage over the extrajudicial k!lling of a civilian. Force Headquarters spokesperson, Tony Placid, disclosed the development yesterday, May 6, stating that the large-scale redeployment was approved by the police high command. The directive by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) was reportedly triggered by the controversial k!lling of 28-year-old Oghenermine Mena, as well as allegations of unprofessional conduct against some officers in the command. Sources familiar with the development said the IGP was angered by what was described as the “excesses of deviant officers,” prompting a major shake-up across divisions and departments in the s...

A court in Hwange, Zimbabwe, has ordered a woman to refund US$2,500 in child maintenance payments after DNA results showed the man who had been supporting the child was not the biological father. The ruling followed a long running paternity dispute involving Clean Nyathi, who said he had questioned the child’s paternity since 2014 and repeatedly requested a DNA test. “This whole issue started in 2014 in Dete. I always knew deep down that the child was not mine. That is why I pushed for a DNA test,” Nyathi said. Nyathi claimed his former partner, Cynthia Dube, initially resisted requests for testing, which he said increased his suspicions. “She kept refusing when I asked for DNA. That alone raised suspicion,” he said. According to Nyathi, he eventually paid approximately US$450 him...

Suspected thugs have k!lled three people in Kano State, triggering outrage and heightening fears over a resurgence of politically motivated thuggery in the state. According to Daily Trust, the incident occurred shortly after the swearing-in of Murtala Sule Garo as the new Deputy Governor of Kano State at the Government House. Eyewitnesses said the attackers, wearing branded T-shirts and armed with dangerous weapons, descended and trapped their victims inside the Kano Medical Centre (KMC), a private health facility located along Race Course, a road a few meters away from the government house The victims were identified as Nura Ribadu, 38; Albashir Tukur, 23; and another resident of Dandago, all of whom were said to be peaceful community members. Viral videos circulating online s...