Man arrested for staging own kidnap after losing company’s N1.3m in online gambling

The Edo State Police Command said on Monday that its operatives arrested a 21-year-old company worker, David Ekes, for allegedly staging his own kidnap. The Command’s Spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, an Assistsnt Superintendent of Police, ASP, disclosed that the suspect who works as a dispatch officer with Dibecs Industry Limited, located at Km 162, Auchi–Okene Expressway,…

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Days after mass killing in Kwara, alleged Boko Haram letter to community surfaces

A handwritten letter purportedly sent by Boko Haram, formally known as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, to the Sarkin Woro (traditional ruler of the Woro community), days before the brutal massacre that claimed over 170 lives, has emerged. The letter, dated January 8, 2026 (corresponding to 19 Rajab 1447 in the Islamic calendar), was written…

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Kidnappers who abducted medical doctor, brother, arrested in Auchi while visiting hospital to treat sick child

Fate played a trick on kidnappers of Dr. Abu Babatunde, Edo medical doctor abducted in Auchi, Edo State, and his brother, who was later killed, as they have reportedly been arrested after visiting the hospital. It was gathered that the suspected Kidnappers were reportedly apprehended after bringing their sick baby to the same hospital where…

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