A joint security operation involving the Army, Police, DSS, and local vigilantes successfully stormed the Egume-Ochaja forest to rescue all 21 captives, including 15 NYSC corps members, abducted along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Kogi State. The rescue followed threats from the kidnappers to execute the victims unless a ₦20 million per person ransom was paid.

While President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hailed the operation on X as a testament to national travel safety, public skepticism has mounted online over whether a ransom was secretly paid, though the police have firmly denied the claims as the manhunt for the fleeing gang continues.

Peter Obi says Nigeria’s biggest problem is not a lack of resources — but the quality of its leadership Speaking in Abuja on Sunday — at a sermon led by Apostle “Joshua Selman” — peter Obi asked Nigerians to pray for politicians — including himself — to stop stealing public money.

Former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva dramatically resigned from the APC over a betrayal of party ideals, just as the EFCC demanded he turn himself in over a multi-million dollar fraud case.

Conversely, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke was in high spirits, dancing at the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, to formally present his Certificate of Return.

Suspected terrorists brutally slaughtered eight farmers in Rabah LGA, Sokoto State, while the Akwa Ibom State Police Command executed a massive Show of Force across Uyo to guarantee election security.

Internationally, a street debate video by Freedom Watch GB founder Montgomery Toms went viral with 4 million views after he claimed true British identity requires ancestral roots.

Former Super Eagles striker Obafemi Martins endorsed Seyi Tinubu to lead the Nigeria Football Federation.

Leadership Newspaper honored BUA Group Chairman Abdulsamad Rabiu and ARISE News founder Prince Nduka Obaigbena as its prestigious Persons of the Year 2026.

Finally, a Las Vegas jury finally delivered justice after 30 years by convicting former gang leader Duane Keffe D Davis for orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.

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