The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old security guard, Bright Bassey Elijah, attached to a nursery and primary school in Calabar, following an allegation of sexu@l ass@ult involving a five-year-old pupil of the school.

The incident was reported to the Police on September 28 by the proprietress of the school in Calabar. According to the report, the suspect was allegedly caught taking the five-year-old pupil to an uncompleted building within the vicinity of the school, where the alleged assault occurred.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the command’s spokesperson, Eitokpa Akata, said the suspect is currently in Police custody.

He said preliminary investigation is ongoing, after which the suspect will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation.

Akata said the Command is treating the matter with the seriousness it deserves, particularly given the age of the alleged victim. He mentioned that appropriate investigative and child-protection procedures will be followed in accordance with the law.

The police imagemaker urged parents, guardians, school authorities and members of the public to remain vigilant and promptly report any suspected abuse or exploitation of children to the Police.

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A Special Court for Kidnapping and Cultism in Benin City, Edo State, has sentenced a four-member kidnapping syndicate to d3ath by hanging or lethal injection.

The suspects, Marvelous Isaac, 32; Gift Raphael, 27; Wisdom Michael; and Rufus Michael, were arraigned before the court on an 11-count charge bordering on kidnapping, conspiracy, armed robbery, possession of firearms, among other offences.

The court, presided over by Justice Aigbona Terry Momodu, however, held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and therefore sentenced them to ***** by hanging or lethal injection.

The convicts had reportedly abducted a woman at the Vegetable Market, off Airport Road in Benin City, but her husband escaped.

Governor Monday Okpebholo had, following the Vegetable Market incident, set up a Special Court to try cases of kidnapping and cultism.

Nigerian singer Candy Bleakz has spoken about her sexuality, revealing that she identifies as demisexual.

In a video shared online, the singer said she often receives questions about her sexuality and that people are usually intrigued when she tells them she is demisexual.

“I also get a lot of questions around my sexuality and when I tell them I am demisexual, they are also intrigued. I don't know why, can't I be demisexual?” she said.

The federal government has arraigned Adeniyi Adeyemi, Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council.

Adeyemi was arraigned before Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja this afternoon September 30.

He is facing an eight-count charge bordering on alleged forgery.

The Federal Government alleges that he forged an appointment letter purportedly issued by President Bola Tinubu and signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.

He is also accused of forging presidential letterhead paper.

The charge further alleges that Mr. Adeyemi forged a request for collaboration with the Ministry of the Area Council and requests for land allocation and office space across the 36 states of the Federation, purportedly issued from the State House, Abuja.

When the charges were read to him, he pleaded not guilty.

The court then ordered that he be remanded in Kuje prison.

The court also ordered that Adeniyi remain in prison pending the hearing and determination of his bail application.

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has called on the people of Ebonyi State not to support the presidential ambition of a former Governor who is currently canvassing for their votes ahead of the 027 preidential election.

While addressing people of the state, Umahi, in a video that has gone viral, asked the former governor to mention one person from the state he appointed while he was in office.

He questioned Obi’s relationship with Ebonyi people, alleging that the former governor did not appoint any indigene of the state into his administration while serving as governor of Anambra State.

“When you were a governor, give me one Ebonyi person that you gave an appointment. When they removed Abakaliki Street that had been there for over fifty years, you said nothing. It’s only when it comes to votes that they say we Ebonyi people are one with other states in the South East. But when it comes to insulting us, they insult us. We are not second-class citizens. We are proud Ebonyi people” Umahi stated.

He urged residents of Ebonyi to use their votes to fight the seeming classism within Igbos.

‘’Use your votes to fight. We will not go back to Egypt. We say no to secodn colonization. God has freed us. Wehave a state of our own. We are celebrating 30 years of freedom and nobody will take us back. What happened before was an accident of history. It will not repeat itself. Now you know better’’

A 29-year old man identified as Ebikeme Seiye from Akede community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has been arrested for r@ping a 5-year-old named, Oyeintari Idonwanbofa.

The suspect was apprehended by the Bayelsa State Community Safety Corp Amassoma Cluster on Wednesday, 30th of September 2026 after the victim’s elder cousin brother, Mr Tobokeakpo Selekeme reported the matter.

During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he r@ped the minor, claiming he was under the influence of hard drugs (Kolos).

The Bayelsa State Community Safety Corp Amassoma Cluster later handed the suspect over to the Amassoma Police Divisional Headquarters for further investigation and possible prosecution.

The victim is currently receiving medical treatment in a hospital.

President Tinubu has dismissed reports that claimed he was ill and undergoing treatment in France.

Speaking to newsmen after he arrived in Nigeria from France this evening, President Tinubu said he is “healthy, sound, and ready to go”.

When asked about concerns raised by some Nigerians and his supporters towards the end of his vacation about his health, the President said there was nothing wrong with him.

“Ready to kick, ready to walk. There’s nothing wrong. Rumour will always be emanating from politics, but the facts remain I’m here. Healthy, sound, and ready to go,” the President said

A pilot on a flight from Dubai to Israel allegedly st@bbed his co-pilot in an attempt to hijack the plane midair, according to reports. 

Israeli fighter jets were scrambled after Flydubai Flight FZ1073 dramatically dropped approximately 13,000 feet in 30 seconds as it veered off course on Wednesday morning, September 30, FlightRadar data shows. 

The Boeing 737 plane, which Israeli media said had around 150 Israeli passengers on board, then again transmitted the initial general emergency signal before later landing at Tabuk airport in northwestern Saudi Arabia, the website said. 

Passengers on board FlyDubai flight FZ1073 said they feared they would di£ as they heard "screams and saw blood" during the fight. 

The plane appeared to nosedive before returning back to Saudi Arabia, where it landed in Tabuk, a civilian and military base. 

A witness told the Jerusalem Post that one pilot st@bbed the other before passengers near the front of the plane forced the attacker out of the cockpit. 

Two other pilots who were onboard at the back of the plane helped land the flight. 

A passenger told Israel’s Channel 12 after the plane made an emergency landing: “We heard screams on the plane. 

“Then they opened the cockpit and we saw bl00d, and someone had st@bbed the pilot with a pocketknife. 

“We prayed. There were also moments when we thought we weren’t going to make it out alive.” 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz held an urgent meeting to discuss the situation and scrambled warplanes amid fears a plane carrying dozens of its citizens had been hijacked. 

An Israeli official said a “major disaster was narrowly avoided”, according to the outlet. 

The outlet also reported that the Israeli security agencies including the IDF, Mossad and Shin Bet believe the incident may have been intended as an act of terror. 

According to one senior official, the co-pilot is currently being questioned, and indications suggest that he may have intended to take control of the plane and crash it with the passe

Former Lagos big girl Mandykiss has revealed that she has returned to her mother’s shop in Ijebu to start her life over.

In a video, she acknowledged that people may mock her over her current situation but urged them to learn from her experience instead.

“You are free to mock me, but learn from my mistake. Live your life, do you hear?” she said.

According to her, she was driving at about 9pm when three well-dressed thieves began robbing motorists in traffic. She said the robbers ripped off her windshield chromes from her Mercedes Benz car. The side bars reportedly cost N300, 000 each.

She also mentioned that the traffic thieves robbed the people behind her, carting away their phones and other valuables.

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