The Nigeria Police Force has arrested at least 22 suspects and recovered firearms and illicit drugs in series of operational across five states, including the foiling of a bandit attack on a police station in Benue State. The operations, conducted between August 8 and 10, 2026, also led to the arrest of suspected members and associates of the proscribed IPOB/ESN group in Imo State, suspected cultists and drug dealers in Akwa Ibom, as well as a man accused of attempting to sexually assault a 96-year-old woman in Ekiti State. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu. In Benue...

The Redeemed Christian Church of God ( RCCG) has ordained 2,820 candidates as full pastors, alongside 11,830 deacons and deaconesses and 5,977 assistant pastors, as the church concluded its 74th Annual Convention. This was disclosed on Sunday by the church’s Holy Ghost Service account on Instagram during the convention held at Redemption City, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. According to the church, 2,820 candidates were ordained into the office of full pastor during the week-long convention. The church said the office of full pastor is the highest pastoral office in the RCCG, noting that even the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, is a full pastor. The church’s Holy Ghost...

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested at least 22 suspects and recovered firearms and illicit drugs in series of operational across five states, including...

The Redeemed Christian Church of God ( RCCG) has ordained 2,820 candidates as full pastors, alongside 11,830 deacons and deaconesses and 5,977 assistant pastors,...