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Police uncover usernames allegedly directing Melbourne arson attacks
Victorian police have identified multiple online usernames suspected of ordering crimes including alleged firebombings and extortions across Melbourne.
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30-year sentence in Minnesota fraud that drew Trump backlash
Government says Salim Said hit the jackpot in a scheme claiming to feed needy children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Strikes on Darfur market in Sudan killed more than 100, rights group says
Women and children killed as witnesses say attack struck civilian shopkeepers, RSF fighters.
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Arraignment of Imo NYSC kidnap suspects
The arraignment of five suspected kidnappers by the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Imo State High Court, Owerri, offers Nigerians partial relief after the terrifying abduction of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members travelling from Ibadan to their orientation camps. Three defendants, Usman Aliyu, also known as Chonge; Babangida Aliyu; and Mohammed Ali, alias Smallie Pepper, were arrested in Rivers and Abia states, paraded and subsequently identified by their victims.
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Police debunk 10 alleged ‘missing manhood’ cases in Asankragwa as medical tests confirm intact genitalia
Addressing a press briefing in Asankragwa on Monday, 26 October 2026, the Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Vitus Napen, disclosed that the first incident was reported at Wassa Dunkwa on 17 October, followed by nine additional reports across the municipality. Breakdown of reports and medical findings Out of the 10 reported incidents, Wassa Dunkwa recorded six cases, Asankragwa recorded two, while Aboi Nkwanta and Breman recorded one case each.
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Thaddeus Ojokoh: Freedom at last, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
On April 15, 2023, Ojokoh, a professional tailor, from Umuokirika, Ahiazu-Mbaise LGA, Imo State, was arrested at Afor-Oru market by policemen from the notorious police detention facility called “Tiger Base” in Owerri. Imo police arrest nine suspected IPOB/ESN terrorists; including Mbaise/Ngor-Okpala IPOB/ESN sector commander, recovers arms and ammunition,” that they “arrested one Matthew Chukwuma 48yrs ‘m’ of Mpam Ahiazu Mbaise LGA, Imo State, in his hideout at Umuahia, Abia State,” who “confessed to be the Sector Commander of a dreadful IPOB/ESN syndicate in Mbaise and assisted the curious…
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IGP faces contempt for estate leader’s arrest despite pending court order
By Innocent Anaba The leadership of the GTHomes Estate Residents Association in Lekki area, Lagos, has initiated contempt proceeding against the Inspector General of Police, IGP, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over the arrest of the outgoing legal adviser of the association, Mr. Austin Akpomreta, despite a subsisting order for parties to maintain status quo. Alleged $2.1m land deal: Lawyers bicker over case against Wike’s son By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Two senior lawyers have engaged in a war of words over the ongoing case concerning an alleged $2.1million Abuja land…
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QPS employee fined over antisemitic social media comments
Muamer Nukic, a QPS Protective Services Group employee, was arrested in January and charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass, or cause offence.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to definition of ‘industry’ in new Central law
The All India Trade Union Congress Tamil Nadu’s petition challenged the definition of ‘industry’ under the Industrial Relations Code (IRC) 2020 as “deliciously vague”; The senior counsel Gopal Sankaranarayanan said the definition in the IRC Code did not meet the requirements of the ‘triple test’
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Nigerian extradited from Benin to US over alleged $100m tax fraud
A 43-year-old Nigerian, Akinade Adedeji Raheem, has been extradited from the Benin to the United States to face federal charges over an alleged scheme involving more than $100 million in fraudulent tax refund claims using stolen identities. “Raheem and his co-conspirators allegedly obtained hundreds of stolen identities, filed fraudulent tax returns using that information, and laundered the proceeds through prepaid debit cards and purchases of used cars that were shipped to Nigeria and other locations,” Hertzberg said.
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Police close investigation into Hayden Panettiere's death
Police in South Carolina close their investigation into the overdose death of the actor, following a coroner's finding that it was accidental.
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Riot police deployed in Madrid as protests erupt over deadly train crash
A deadly train crash fuelled anger in Spain as far-right demonstrators clashed with police
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AU accredits Nigeria’s counter-terrorism centre for West Africa
By Kingsley Omonobi The African Union (AU) has accredited Nigeria’s National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), under the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), as a Regional Centre of Excellence in Counter Terrorism for West Africa and the Sahel. The accreditation was announced on October 27, 2026, by the Acting Director of the African Union Counter Terrorism Centre (AUCTC), Dr Idriss Mounir Lallali, on behalf of the AU Commission’s Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, at the conclusion of the African Lessons Learned Forum in Abuja.
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NT teen faces terror charges as police seize 3D-printed gun schematics
A Top End teenager is due to face court today charged with possessing documents likely to facilitate terrorist act and schematics for 3D-printed guns.
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Romania extends pre-trial detention of far-right politician Calin Georgescu
The Bucharest court has extended the pre-trial detention of Calin Georgescu by 30 days, appealing a lower court ruling.
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State Police: Presidency seeks private sector support for funding, blueprint
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—THE Presidency has challenged Nigeria’s organised private sector to develop a comprehensive financing and implementation blueprint for the proposed state police system, saying that businesses must take an active role in building the security institutions required to protect investments, create jobs and strengthen economic resilience. Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, who made the challenge, tasked the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, chambers of commerce and…
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Viral Video: NAFDAC speaks on police demand for Reg Number from Zobo hawker
NAFDAC speaks on police demand for Reg Number from Zobo hawker. A viral video shows police officers questioning a Zobo hawker over a NAFDAC registration number.
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Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park
The eight-year-old was in an enclosure with other children and a staff member when she was attacked.
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Troops Foil Ambush By Terrorists In Zamfara, Recover 520 Livestock In Sokoto
Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have foiled a terrorist ambush along the Anka–Guruzu Road in Zamfara State and rescued two abducted herders. In a separate operation in Sokoto State, the troops foiled an attempt by suspected terrorists to rustle livestock and abduct herders at Takasaba Village in Sabon Birni Local Government Area.
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Couple rattled after using car to rescue man being savaged by pit bulls
A Broome resident says she is "still shaking" saving a man from a dog attack on her street. The victim was seriously injured, but the animals remained on the loose for hours afterwards.
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High-speed train crash kills at least 68 people in Spain
The crash, between a moving train and another that was stopped further up the track, was caused by an "inexplicable" error, the transport minister said.
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Costa Rica’s mega-prison receives first inmates
President Laura Fernandez inaugurated the $35m mega-prison built to house up to 5,100 inmates near San Jose.
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Chris Okafor: Doris Ogala remanded in Ikoyi Prison
“I want to say something: a court is a commoner's place to talk, and my boyfriend wants to weaponise the law against me, and you said I shouldn't talk…”
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Defence questions EFCC witness’ evidence on N1.5bn airport contract in ex-minister Sirika’s trial
The defence questioned the thoroughness of EFCC’s investigation into the case, embodied by a star prosecution witness.