A rescued NYSC member, David Ayodele, has recounted how kidnappers threatened to kill him and other abductees after holding them captive for one month in a forest in Kogi State. Ayodele was among 15 NYSC members and six other Nigerians rescued from a kidnappers’ den in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. He said the victims were abducted while travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja after completing their NYSC […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has asked former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, to make himself available for questioning over an alleged $14.86 million fraud. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, made this known on Monday while responding to Sylva’s allegation that the commission had become an organ of the All Progressives Congress, APC. “He has been declared wanted; he should make himself available to the commission,” Oyewale said. Sylva […]
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 39. Messi made the announcement on Monday, saying the decision was painful but that he believed it was the right time to step away from the national team. The football legend had led Argentina to a second successive World Cup final in July. “It was a decision that hurt and still hurts deep in my […]
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has dismissed allegations of financial misappropriation within the agency, saying there is no evidence to support the claims. Sawyerr, who spoke in an interview with ARISE NEWS, also defended NELFUND’s financial processes, saying payments to institutions and students are made electronically and can be traced. He said NELFUND recently transferred more than N1 billion to the University of […]
The Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service has arrested a woman, Iyabo Sowunmi, for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta, for her son, Dare Sowunmi, who is on death row. She was arrested during routine screening at the prison entrance on Friday, August 28, 2026. The substance, suspected to be the psychoactive synthetic drug known as “Colos,” was allegedly […]
The Students’ Union Government of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, has demanded clarification over the reported rescue of National Youth Service Corps members abducted in Kogi State. The union said conflicting reports about the victims had raised concerns among their families and called for clear information on those reportedly rescued. The Kogi State Police Command had confirmed that 11 victims were rescued after armed men attacked […]
President Bola Tinubu has formally raised concerns over recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against Africans and other nationals in South Africa before the African Union (AU). Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the AU Extraordinary Session in Luanda, Angola, called for urgent collective action to address the attacks. He urged African leaders to place the issue on the agenda of the 40th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly […]
Unidentified gunmen have killed a popular comedian and media personality, Isaac Nwosu, popularly known as ‘Aiza Nwosu’, and another man in separate attacks in Awka, Anambra State. The victims were reportedly shot at S.M. Okeke Street, Amaikwo, and Capital City Road, Amaenyi, on Sunday night. According to the Anambra State Police Command, three unidentified persons travelling in a silver-coloured Toyota Corolla carried out the attacks. Police Public Relations Officer, SP […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has defended President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, particularly the removal of petrol subsidy, saying the policy has increased government revenues and improved the business environment. The defence followed criticism from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which demanded accountability over the trillions of naira generated since the reforms began. The ADC, through its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said subsidy removal and foreign exchange reforms generated […]
