The identity of the 177 people who were abducted on Sunday from ECWA Church and Cherubim and Seraphim Churches 1 and 2 in the Kurmin Wali community in Kaduna State’s Kajuru Local Government Area have been made public. The list depicts horrific scenes of entire families being uprooted from their homes and places of worship, leaving the town traumatized and essentially devoid of anyone with physical capabilities.
Following a boat accident at the Buruku crossing in the Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State, no fewer than six people—mostly children returning to school—have been officially declared dead. Following the wooden boat carrying passengers across the riverbank late on Monday night, numerous more people are still unaccounted for.
Adeniyi Kayode, the driver who transported former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua and two members of his staff prior to a tragic car crash, has been granted bail by a magistrate’s court in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area, Ogun State. Kayode was granted N5 million bail with two sureties, and the court postponed the case to February 25, 2026, for a follow-up hearing.
Bishop Gideon Osazee, the founder of Rollo Life of Christ Brethren Ministry, has been detained, according to the Edo State government, on suspicion of sexually abusing two young biological sisters. Their ages were said to be 13 and 17. In addition to the two sisters, four additional girls have come forward to claim that the man of God had sex with them.
During operations around the Timbuktu Triangle in Borno State, troops from Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), a military campaign against Boko Haram splinter groups in the northeast, resisted terrorist drone assaults. In a statement, Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, the spokesperson for Operation Hadin Kai, said that the activities, which were aided by the Nigerian Air Force, took place on Sunday, January 18.
The Federal Government is dedicated to lowering its reliance on borrowing while stepping up efforts to draw investment into the Nigerian economy, according to Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. On the fringes of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Edun was interviewed by Bloomberg TV on Tuesday.
Despite increasing cross-party political negotiations, the Kano State Government has stated that no decision has been made regarding Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s potential defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the All Progressives Congress. Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the governor’s spokesperson, made this claim in an interview on Tuesday after Yusuf and President Bola Tinubu met behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday.
After a secret ransom was paid, the kidnappers of seven indigenous people from Imoga Community in Akoko Edo Local Government were freed on Monday night. The victims were reunited with their families, according to Bode Ekundayo, coordinator of the Movement for the Advancement of Akoko Edo People, who told reporters on Tuesday.
After a N20 million ransom was paid to his kidnappers, Oba Simeon Olanipekun, the son of the Oniwo of Afin, who had been kidnapped by gunmen in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, was liberated. While his father and other kidnappers are still in captivity, the victim, named as Olaolu, a National Youth Service Corps member, was freed on Monday.
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a former special adviser to President Bola Tinubu, has issued a warning ahead of the 2027 elections that the All Progressives Congress could lose its reelection campaign as a result of subpar performance, complacency, and haughtiness. Speaking on national television on Tuesday, Baba-Ahmed emphasized that defections by themselves cannot ensure victory, emphasizing the necessity for the party to maintain the integrity of the election process and reestablish a connection with regular Nigerians.
