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LAGOS, Nigeria — The Advocacy for Alleged Witches, a Nigerian human rights organisation, has called on authorities to sanction Prophet Oyeniyi, the leader of the African Apostolic Church, after a video circulated on social media showed him physically assaulting an elderly woman during a so-called healing session. The video, shared… Read more »

GHAZIABAD, India — Doctors in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh say they successfully removed 50 foreign objects, including steel spoons and toothbrushes, from the stomach of a 35-year-old man in what they described as an unusual and dangerous case of self-harm. The patient, identified as Sachin, a resident of… Read more »

LAGOS, Nigeria — Abdulazeez Adediran, better known as Jandor, says he will once again contest the Lagos governorship in 2027, this time as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adediran, who ran as the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in 2023 before defecting to the ruling party in… Read more »

MANCHESTER, England — Britain’s counterterrorism authorities on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, declared a terrorist incident after a violent attack outside a synagogue in north Manchester left two people dead and three others seriously injured during Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar. The assailant, identified as… Read more »

LAGOS, Nigeria — Long queues resurfaced at filling stations in Lagos on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, only days after the resolution of a labour dispute between the Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). Checks across the city revealed congested lines at the… Read more »

UYO, Nigeria — Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has dissolved all statutory and non-statutory boards and commissions in the state, effective immediately. The announcement was made on Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Uyo by Enobong Uwah, secretary to the state government (SSG), who said the governor acted under the… Read more »

ABUJA, Nigeria — Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has denied media reports suggesting he pledged to step aside for a younger candidate in the 2027 presidential election. In a statement on Thursday, October 2, 2025, Paul Ibe, Atiku’s spokesman, said the former vice-president’s remarks in a recent interview with the BBC… Read more »

ABUJA, Nigeria — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved its executives in Akwa Ibom State, citing concerns that the leadership had fallen under the influence of Governor Umo Eno, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) earlier this year. On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, the PDP national leadership announced… Read more »

AWKA, Nigeria — The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Ikioye Orutugu, has ordered the immediate rearrest of two robbery suspects who were mistakenly freed due to what authorities described as administrative lapses by a police prosecutor. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed the development in… Read more »

ABUJA, Nigeria — Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he will withdraw from the 2027 presidential race if a younger and widely acceptable candidate emerges within the African Democratic Congress (ADC), his new political platform. Atiku made the remarks in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday, October 1,… Read more »