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Na @arojinle1 people be this 😲 pic.twitter.com/ZpKZ9acKTo

— Akereyejo (@Palermo_seun) June 7, 2026

Suspected bandits caught in Ikorodu, Lagos. They’re all from Chad & Sudan, No Nigerian.

I like this. The people of Southwest are on alert and will never harbour criminals. pic.twitter.com/SWiLDJ9BSx

— Elelu Ayoola (@EleluAyoola) June 7, 2026

Wolexyoshi:
Today Sunday 7th June 2026, some Fulani guys were apprehended in my area (Abule-Eko/Igbopa) here in IJEDE in Ikorodu.

They were 12 in numbers but 9 was arrested. They have been secretly living in a Self Contain apartment within the community. When interrogated, they claim to have come from Sudan and Chad and that they are into Network Marketing.

When their phones were checked, transaction of 10m, 5m and 3m were seen and one of them was seen loading AK 47 rifle with bullets in his photo gallery.

They have now been handed over to the Police, but people in the community are not trusting the Police so as not to release them later.

We go share and share so Police won't say nothing happened and that it's a false alarm like they claim last week.

May God help us all in this trying time.

Dreal1247:
That family will soon leave Nigeria and relocate to another country till God knows when to visit Nigeria again.

PRESS RELEASE
 
NIGERIA POLICE FORCE CONFIRMS SAFE RESCUE OF ABDUCTED WOMAN AND HER TWIN SONS
 
The Nigeria Police Force announces the successful rescue of Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, who were abducted on June 3, 2026, in Ibadan, Oyo State.
 
The hostages were rescued during a coordinated operation by the Force Intelligence Department Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) in Ibadan at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2026. Mrs. Adegoke and her children were abducted while she was driving them to school at about 7:30 a.m. on June 3, 2026.
 
The rescue was achieved through sustained intelligence gathering, surveillance, and tactical operations. These efforts enabled investigators to track the kidnappers’ movements, resulting in a confrontation with FID-IRT operatives.
 
During the confrontation, two suspected kidnappers were fatally wounded and two rifles were recovered. The victims were rescued unharmed and are now in safe custody, receiving medical care and support.
 
The Inspector-General of Police commends the courage, professionalism, and effectiveness of the FID-IRT operatives and all officers involved. Their resilience and commitment were instrumental in the safe rescue of the hostages.
 
Security operatives have intensified efforts in the area to apprehend fleeing members of the kidnapping syndicate. Preliminary intelligence indicates that some suspects escaped with gunshot injuries. Operations are ongoing to track, arrest, and bring all involved to justice.
 
The Nigeria Police Force appreciates the public’s support, cooperation, and patience during the operation. We remain committed to combating violent crime, protecting lives and property, and ensuring the safety of all citizens.

DCP ANTHONY OKON PLACID, psc (+), mnipr, mni
Force Public Relations Officer
Force Headquarters, Abuja
6th June,2026

Footage of the rescue operation of Adelabu’s sister and her twins son. pic.twitter.com/xwqsrj6Pjn

— YabaLeftOnline (@yabaleftonline) June 6, 2026

The Nigeria Police Force presents a compelling account of an 18-month intelligence-led investigation by the Force Intelligence Department – Special Tactical Squad, culminating in the arrest of a notorious syndicate linked to kidnapping, armed robbery, and extortion within the Federal Capital Territory.

Through the voices of the victims, and suspects, this documentary provides an inside look at the painstaking efforts that led to the dismantling of a criminal network that terrorised innocent citizens and threatened public safety.

Watch the story behind the operation and the pursuit of justice.

The Nigeria Police Force presents a compelling account of an 18-month intelligence-led investigation by the Force Intelligence Department – Special Tactical Squad, culminating in the arrest of a notorious syndicate linked to kidnapping, armed robbery, and extortion within the… pic.twitter.com/l0YH4ri8UY

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) June 6, 2026

If you’re coming to me with the intention of sleeping with me and dumping me, your preeq will never stand again IJN

— Nigerian lady swears

If you’re coming to me with the intention of sleeping with me and dumping me, your preeq will never stand again IJN

— Nigerian lady sw€ars pic.twitter.com/UZw2spfFhD

— Dami’ Adenuga (@DAMIADENUGA) June 5, 2026

Look at the type of animals the Governor of Niger State is rearing.

Look at the type of animals the Governor of Niger State is rearing 😲 pic.twitter.com/XHd2v866JS

— Big Uncle (@Usmanashafe) June 4, 2026

The lies have gone on long enough. It stops now!!!

For far too long, Pastor E.A. Adeboye and The Redeemed Christian Church of God have been subjected to false narratives, deliberate misrepresentations, and misleading commentaries driven by personal interests and agenda setting.

Let it be clearly stated: Pastor Adeboye and The RCCG will not be defined by falsehood, and neither will the Church remain silent while inaccurate narratives are repeatedly circulated as facts.

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has designated channels and authorized representatives responsible for communicating official positions on behalf of the Church. Therefore, before accepting, sharing, or amplifying any claim concerning Pastor E.A. Adeboye or The RCCG, verify it through our official public relations platform, @rccg_pr.

Pastor Adeboye Did Not Protest Against President Goodluck Jonathan’s Government

A false narrative has been circulating online, accompanied by a photograph of Pastor E.A. Adeboye holding a placard during a public walk. The image has repeatedly been misrepresented as evidence that Pastor Adeboye led or participated in a protest against the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

This claim is FALSE.

The photograph in question was taken during a peaceful nationwide walk held in response to a directive issued by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) during the administration of the late President Muhammadu Buhari. Churches across Nigeria were instructed to hold peaceful walks after service, calling attention to the persistent killings of Christians and urging the government to take decisive action to protect lives.

The walk in Ebute Metta, where Pastor Adeboye participated, was part of that nationwide exercise. It was neither organized against President Goodluck Jonathan nor connected in any way to his administration.

Ironically, despite the significant media presence at the event when it took place, some of the same photographs have years later been recycled and falsely presented as evidence of a protest against a completely different government.

It is important to note that Pastor Adeboye’s message during the walk was clear: all lives matter to God. His placard emphasized the value of every human life, regardless of religious affiliation. The call was for the protection of innocent Nigerians, both Christians and Muslims.

Yes, Nigeria is facing enormous challenges, and citizens have every right to desire solutions. However, the growing demand that Pastor Adeboye should “command” the President or the First Lady on how to run the affairs of the nation is both unrealistic and unreasonable.

Pastor Adeboye is a clergyman, not the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

Nevertheless, he has not remained silent.

During the November 2025 Holy Ghost Service, Pastor Adeboye publicly offered counsel to the President of Nigeria regarding the worsening security situation and the continued killing of innocent citizens by terrorists. He warned that urgent action was necessary before foreign powers found justification to intervene in Nigeria under the guise of combating terrorism.

He further advised that security chiefs should be given a clear ultimatum to decisively address the menace or vacate their positions.

In his words:

“When they eliminate the terrorists, ask them to eliminate their sponsors too.”

At 84 years old, Pastor Adeboye continues to provide spiritual leadership, moral counsel, and national guidance within the limits of his office as a minister of the Gospel.

For the avoidance of doubt:

• Pastor Adeboye cannot command the President or the First Lady on how to govern Nigeria.

• Pastor Adeboye and RCCG are not responsible for the current challenges facing the nation.

• RCCG is not a political party.

• Pastor Adeboye does not hold political office and was not elected into government.

• RCCG is not the religious arm of any political party in Nigeria.

Facts matter. Context matters. Truth matters.

Before sharing claims about Pastor E.A. Adeboye or The Redeemed Christian Church of God, verify them through RCCG’s official communication channels.

Prayer Walk held on 2nd of February 2020 at the directive of CAN.

Verify:https://t.co/foCSn92VMh pic.twitter.com/NS0cJmjIAu

— RCCG (@rccghq) June 2, 2026

Daddy GO Pastor Adeboye Did Not Protest Against Goodluck Jonathan’s Government, RCCG Insists.

Daddy GO Pastor Adeboye Did Not Protest Against Goodluck Jonathan’s Government, RCCG Insists.#bonanaija pic.twitter.com/lDVLcHQZ8l

— BONA NAIJA (@BonaNaija) June 3, 2026

Godfullsam:
Kenneth won't even spare any time replying this guy.

I am waiting for an epic response soon.

Viral video of 2 men confronting and verbally harassing a lady in revealing clothing on a public street, criticising her outfit as indecent and harmful to society.

In the footage, the woman defends her choice of attire as a personal matter unrelated to the men, while they argue it promotes immorality and seduces passers-by, escalating into a tense exchange.

Public replies reveal deep divisions, with some users endorsing the men's actions as necessary moral policing in an African context and others condemning them as bullying, assault, and an overreach into personal freedoms.

“A disturbing video shows a man confronting a lady for wearing indecent clothing. Repost and share your views. Do you think this is the right approach to address issues like this?” pic.twitter.com/5s337QjNqC

— GRV Stan (@CrownprinceCom2) June 2, 2026

Enugu state government launches London-style double decker buses. pic.twitter.com/XhZJhgs2c9

— Chude (@Chude_ND1) June 2, 2026

Family Finds Missing Son Locked in Prison for 18 Years Since Age 14 Without Trial

The family of Gospel Kinanee, who went missing as a 14-year-old boy in 2007, has finally been reunited with him after he spent 18 years in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre without any formal charge or record of arrest.

According to his elder brother, Gospel left home in the afternoon to play with friends in 2007 but never returned. After an exhaustive search across their community, police stations, hospitals, and other locations yielded no results, the family gave up hope. The trauma of his disappearance led to the death of both parents the same year.

In early 2025, the family was contacted by lawyers led by Cyrus Onu, who had discovered Gospel during a prison welfare and rehabilitation exercise. At the time of his discovery, Gospel, now 32, was mentally unstable, could not recognise his family members, and had no recollection of how he ended up in prison.

He was released after the Chief Judge of Rivers State granted him clemency. Medical examinations revealed he was physically stable but suffers from severe mental health issues believed to have developed during his long incarceration.

The family has expressed shock that correctional authorities had no case file or explanation for his imprisonment, describing it as a case of someone being “dumped” in prison with no record.

The family has now filed a lawsuit against the Rivers State Government and correctional authorities, demanding justice and compensation for the gross violation of Gospel’s rights. They are scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

The elder brother revealed they have received threats from prison officials warning them against speaking to the media and pursuing legal action. Despite this, the family says they are committed to seeking accountability so that Gospel can receive proper rehabilitation and begin rebuilding his life.

My brother went missing at 14, found in P’Harcourt prison 18 years after – Sibling


What is your relationship with Gospel Kinanee?

I’m the elder brother of Gospel Kinanee. We are from the same parents.

Tell us what happened to your brother.

Gospel went missing in 2007. He was around 14 years old when the incident happened. On that fateful day, we were all together during the day. In the afternoon, he went out to play with his peers. He came back home to eat and later went out again to play, but he never returned home.

We noticed he was missing around 8 pm or 9 pm when he did not come back home to sleep. My parents and everyone else were worried. We searched everywhere for him, but we could not find him.

Normally, when he goes outside to play, he comes back in the evening, but on that particular day, he went missing, and we could not find him. We waited till the following day for him to come back home because we thought maybe he had gone home with one of his friends to pass the night.

We continued the search the next day, but we still could not find him. We searched the entire community for him but could not find him. We thought it was a joke, but when the search continued for four days, and we still could not find him, we became more worried.

We searched everywhere, including police stations, hospitals, and prison yards. His disappearance led to the death of my father and mother. They both died the same year when the pain became too much for them to bear.

How did you find him?

As years passed by, we became tired of looking for him and gave up because we thought he was already dead. But to my surprise, early in 2025, I got a call from someone saying that some people were looking for me and that they had found my brother, Gospel.

I told them that my brother was dead because we had searched for him for years and given up, only for someone to call me 18 years later, saying he had been found.

So, I did not believe the person, but they told me that he was not dead and that they had found him in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre.

They insisted that I come to the correctional centre and see him. I still didn’t believe them because we already thought he was dead, and maybe it was another person they saw and mistook for my brother.

They told me that he was discovered in the correctional centre by a group of lawyers who were on a prison welfare and inmate rehabilitation mission. They said I should come because my brother would be released to me.

When I got to the lawyers’ office, I met the team lead, Cyrus Onu. He interviewed me, and we completed some documentation. They took me to the Director of the Correctional Centre.

Immediately I got there, I saw my brother outside, but he could no longer recognise me. I broke down in tears because I recognised him, and he was not looking sane at all. He had been in prison for 18 years.

He was locked up there when he was 14 years old, and he is now 32 years old. He could not recognise anybody. He had lost his sanity, but we still recognised him. He had become mentally unstable. He was not conscious of his state of mind, and he could not respond properly to the questions we asked him.

Was he having any form of ailment before he went missing?

My brother was very normal and agile. There was nothing wrong with him before his disappearance. He was a very healthy and strong boy, but when he got to prison as a little child of 14 years, we did not know what they did to him. He has now become mentally ill. We do not know what happened to him for him to become unstable.

How was he released?

After meeting him at the correctional centre and following the efforts of the lawyers, the Chief Judge of Rivers State granted him a pardon, and he was released to us.

He was among those the Chief Judge granted clemency, and he was released after spending 18 years in prison. We celebrated his release. We were very happy because we thought we had lost him forever.

How is his health now?

Since his release, we have been taking care of him with the help of the lawyer, Cyrus Onu, who helped secure his freedom. He and his colleagues have been assisting us with his medical bills.

We are trying to help him regain his sanity, but the improvement has been slow. However, his health is far different from what it used to be. They conducted almost 50 tests on him at the hospital. We spent a lot of money.

They discovered that he was okay in other areas apart from his mental condition. He is now living with me. We are just praying that God heals him, restores his sanity, and helps us get justice for what happened to him.

But how did it happen? Was he arrested by the police?

He does not know how he ended up there. However, because of his current state of mind, we have not been able to find out from him what really happened. He can no longer recall anything, recognise his current situation, or even respond properly to questions.

What explanation did the police or the correctional authorities give you about his imprisonment?

They don’t even know the reason he was locked up. They could not give us any reason for his incarceration. I have learnt a lot from this case. Many people who are imprisoned are just dumped there, and the correctional officials do not even know why they are in custody.

They don’t bother to ask questions about why many people are incarcerated in their custody. They just dump people there, and people spend years suffering for offences they know nothing about.

Till today, they have yet to give us any explanation for his incarceration. There was not even a case file for him when we requested information about his offence. He was just dumped there.

What class was Gospel in when this incident happened?

He was attending Community Primary School and was in Elementary Three before his disappearance. The boy lost everything and can no longer live the life he dreamed of. He can no longer live the life the family wanted for him.

What losses did the family incur as a result of his disappearance?

Gospel would have been useful to himself, the family, and the community because that boy was very agile before he went missing. He was very good. He was someone who, if properly trained, would have become successful in life.

They just wasted his life. He would have been very useful. We lost a lot because of his disappearance. We were hoping that, as our lastborn, he would be useful to us and contribute meaningfully to the development of the family.

It was not easy for us. We spent a lot of money. My parents died because of his disappearance. My father sold many of his properties to look for him. He sold a massive farmland for just N300,000, which he spent searching for him.

There is nowhere in Ogoni and Port Harcourt that we did not search for him, but we could not find him. My father lost control and fell sick before dying. The agony was too much, and his disappearance shattered the family. Our family is no longer the same.

Are you happy that he is back home despite being mentally ill?

It is a mixed feeling for all of us. While we are happy that he is still alive, we are sad about his condition. That is why we want justice for everything they have done to him.

Any time I look at him, I don’t feel happy because those who were born around the same time as him, those he grew up with, are now doing far better than him.

They now have their own families and are useful to society, but our own brother is struggling with life. I’m not happy seeing him like this. We are just thanking God for keeping him alive.

Do you plan to get him married or help him earn a living?

If justice is done, because Cyrus Onu and a group of other lawyers are fighting for us, we have sued the correctional authorities and the state government over the incident, and we are hoping to get justice.

We are going to be in court on Monday. If we are able to get justice for him, it will help us rehabilitate him so that he can be useful to himself and society. We will also look for something meaningful for him to do so that he will not entirely lose out.

Did you receive any form of compensation from the correctional authorities, or did they apologise?

Nobody gave us any compensation, and neither did they apologise. Rather, we have been receiving different forms of threats from prison officials. They have been threatening us to stop speaking to the media and trying to get justice for our brother.

I don’t know how they got my number, but they have been calling me and seriously warning me against speaking to our lawyers and using social media to fight our cause.

They said we should instead be thanking them for helping to release my brother. They said, “Why are you doing all these things to spoil our name and put us in trouble?”

They said what I’m doing now would put them in trouble and that I should stop talking about the issue and forget about getting justice for my brother.

But I ignored them and told them that my brother was in their custody for 18 years, and they did not even bother to look for his family members.

I told them that we are not trying to put anyone in trouble, but to get justice for my brother. I also directed them to our lawyer and told them to stop talking to me. We are now scared for our lives because this is Nigeria, and anything can happen.

Do you allow Gospel to go out and interact with other people?

For now, he stays indoors apart from going to church with us and visiting the hospital. He is recovering gradually. He is happy to go to church with us.

We are taking our time to ensure he fully recovers. We allow him to stroll outside, but under supervision.

What are your demands?

We sued them because it was not easy for such a young boy to spend all his years imprisoned without being charged with any offence. We need justice. They must pay for leaving him there carelessly and dumping him without looking for his relatives.

He is a human being. For many years, he was left suffering. They did not bother to look for his relatives. So, they must pay.

They must compensate him for the damage they caused him and his family. He needs shelter and proper care, and he has to start life all over again.