#FreeNnamdiKanu Protest: Security Operatives Fired Live Bullets At Us – Sowore
Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has accused security operatives of launching an unprovoked attack on peaceful protesters during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanu rally in Abuja. https://youtu.be/Qokjb4WTXGk Sowore made this known on Monday in an interview on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television. He alleged that security forces opened fire shortly after the protest began at the front of the Transcorp Hilton Abuja. He...
Police Open Fire To Disperse #FreeNnamdiKanu Protesters In Abuja (Photos, Video)
Tension erupted in Abuja on Monday morning, October 20, 2025, as security operatives reportedly opened fire to disperse protesters demanding the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, ABN TV reports. Eyewitnesses said the protesters, led by human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, and Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother...
NDLEA Seizes Drugs Hidden In Frozen Snails, Electrical Bulbs
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have seized consignments of illicit drugs hidden in frozen snails, electrical bulbs, and female clothes bound for the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to a statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the interceptions were made at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and...
21-Year-Old Disabled Girl With Autism Impregnated By Unknown Man In Port Harcourt (Photos, Video)
A heartbreaking story has emerged from Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where a 21-year-old physically challenged young woman, identified as Adanma, has reportedly been impregnated by an unknown man. ABN TV reports that Adanma, who suffers from autism spectrum disorder, is crippled, unable to walk, and can barely speak. According to her mother, the young woman’s condition made...
Army Condemns Officer’s Killing By Wife In Akwa-Ibom
The Nigerian Army 2 Brigade in Akwa Ibom State has condemned the killing of Lieutenant Samson Haruna, the Regimental Medical Officer of 6 Battalion, who passed on after his wife allegedly set him ablaze during a domestic dispute at the Willington Bassey Barracks The tragic incident followed a similar one involving one Christopher Enobong Jimmy, a 42-year-old man, who was...
Outrage As Armed Robbers Murders ARISE TV Abuja Anchor
Following the news of the death of a news anchor with the ARISE Television, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who was reportedly killed by suspected armed robbers at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, Nigerians have expressed displeasure about the insecurity ravaging the country. PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement signed by Hadiza Usman-Ajayi on behalf of...
NBA Calls On FG, Security Agencies To Rescue Abducted Member
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged the federal government and security agencies to act swiftly to secure the release of one of its members, Onyesom Peace Udoka, who was abducted alongside her sister and others along the Lokoja–Okene highway in Kogi State. Udoka, who was recently called to the Bar, was kidnapped while returning from the Call to Bar...
Nigeria Police Intercepts Smuggled Petrol To Cameroon
The Nigeria Police Force has intercepted about 103 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit being smuggled out of the country to Cameroon and the Benin Republic. In a statement on Friday, Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the operation was part of the NPF’s sustained crackdown on economic saboteurs and cross-border criminal gangs across several states. Hundeyin disclosed that 60 of...
Lagos Govt Demolish Illegal Structure At Trade Fair Complex
The Lagos State Government on Thursday moved to demolish illegal and unsafe structures at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, in a bid to restore order and enforce physical planning laws. Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, who confirmed the exercise in a post on X, said the operation was targeted at “illegal developments,...
“Don’t Just Criticise, Be The Solution” — Adeboye Tells Nigerian Youth
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called on Nigerians, particularly the youth, to look beyond constant criticism of leadership and instead develop the capacity to offer practical solutions. Delivering a devotional message titled “From Critic to Activist” in the Open Heavens Daily Devotional, Adeboye said while criticism has its place, true...
