Dear Nigerians,
Fifteen National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were kidnapped in Kogi State on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, while returning from their orientation camp in Bayelsa State.
They were traveling to Abuja with Peace Mass Transit. They were intercepted along the Ofu/Itobe–Onicha-Igo axis in Ofu Local Government Area. The passenger manifest is attached.
The person in the video is the sister of one of the abducted victims. Please lend your voice & kindly share or retweet. They need to be rescued & reunited with their loved ones. 🙏
Good news from around the world that nobody is talking about.
1. Finland has been officially recognized as the best country for families.
2. In Brazil, elderly people with dementia are reconnecting with their memories through personalised music therapy.
3. Scotland became the first country in the world to make menstrual products free for everyone.
4. A man who lost his arm received the world's first-ever transplant of both arms and shoulders and, 23 years later, was finally able to hug his family again.
5. Spain has taken in 100 Palestinians from Gaza, including 20 seriously ill and injured children along with their families.
thank god for our shop having “women owned” on the front. a dude came in tonight with a girl, telling me everything they were going to get. I start making stencils and girl goes “I want it to look more like this” and shows me her phone screen, an uber showing up in 15 mins. -
I once sat with a girl who told me she had been raped.
She had gone to spend the night at her boyfriend’s house, & he spiked her drink.
She woke up to signs of sexual assault — confused, scared, & hurt.
I told her we could go together to make a police report.
I sat beside her as the officer said things like:
‘You shouldn’t have gone over there.’
‘You shouldn’t have stayed the night.’
‘You shouldn’t have accepted a drink.’
‘You shouldn’t have been drinking alcohol at all.’
Every word he said was about what she did wrong — not about what was done to her.
I corrected him. I told him that none of the choices she made were her fault.
None of this was her fault.
He was the one who drugged and assaulted her. It’s not ok to say it’s her fault. He was shocked and mumbled well “no”
Instead of taking her report with professionalism, without judgment, without bias — he made her feel blamed.
She left without filing charges.
This is how rape culture persists
His name is Dr. Vanman Toinpre Steven. Just finished his housejob at UPTH, awaiting youth service.
Myself and Dr. Italia, his coursemate, were speaking about him just 3 days ago as she was worried about him, we having not heard from him in a while.
Yesterday, we got the news that he was dead. Killed on his way to work, a few kilometers from his place of work where he was on private practice.
He just wanted to make a honest living. We wonder again when all these will stop. When Nigerians will finally decide that it is enough.
The Nigerian Medical Association in Rivers State mourns. The NMA National, mourns.
Go well, great man. You will be missed. ❤️🕊️
My 13-year-old niece stopped going to basketball practice because one of the coaches kept offering to drive her home alone. Her mother thought she was being dramatic.
“He’s been coaching kids for years,” she said. “Why would he suddenly be a problem?”
My niece refused to explain. Then one Saturday, I picked her up from practice myself. The coach walked over to my car.
“You’re not her mom.”
“I’m her aunt.”
He smiled. “I usually take her home when her mom is busy.”
I looked at my niece. She immediately said, “No, you don’t.”
Dear Nigerian Medical Association @nationalnma
Are you aware of the allegations that Dr. Ogbomade Samson Romani was beaten up by patient relatives and now he's dead
Is his death going to be one of those deaths we only reference?
When is the @PoliceNG going to bring his killers to justice?
🚨 UPDATE: The Warri House Officer Has Died.
With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of Dr. Ogbomade Samson Romani, the House Officer at Central Hospital, Warri, who slumped earlier this week and was admitted into the ICU.
He died in the early hours of yesterday.💔
Dr. Samson, as he was fondly called, was described by colleagues as hardworking, respectful, and dedicated to his duty. He was a graduate of Niger Delta University (NDU).
This is not just another obituary.
In February, Dr. Samson was brutally beaten for nearly 20 minutes by hoodlums allegedly arranged by a patient’s relative. He sustained serious facial and abdominal injuries and had struggled with his health ever since.
His attackers were never arrested.
Now he is gone.
Reports indicate he was laid to rest shortly after his passing.
This marks the second doctor from NDU lost this week. It is a double blow for the NDU alumni and the entire medical community at large. 🎓
We again call on the Delta State Government and relevant authorities:
- Why were the February attackers never arrested?
- What protections are in place for healthcare workers?
- How many more young doctors must die before action is taken?
Dr. Ogbomade Samson Romani was beaten while serving the public. He deserved protection. He deserved justice. He deserved to live.
May his soul rest in peace.
Cc:
@RtHonSheriff@DSGovernment@PoliceNG@nationalnma@nard_nigeria@mohagirei
One day I would talk about how my first flatmate in the UK was “accused” of watching child p****
Watched police pick up bags of hard drives
There’s probably a police video of my reaction being used for training.
Flatmate that used to discuss saving children with me
How do I say this without being controversial?
Wareva
I don't think it's smart to bash feminism as a movement for atrocities that A MAN committed.
Some of them might have goofed but Ezra is a man fgs.
A Man.
Isn't it more concerning that a man is still at the core of this?😭
I just read the dissenting judgment delivered by Justice Helen Ogunwumiju, JSC, in Sunday Jackson v. State.
By refusing to affirm the execution of a man who lawfully defended himself from an armed herdsman, she upheld the constitutional right to life and safeguarded the integrity of Nigeria’s criminal jurisprudence. (1)