The bride’s father, who was abducted on Sunday in Chacho village, Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, has confirmed that the kidnappers have contacted the family and is urging the state’s government to step in right away.
Malam Umaru Chacho informed journalists in the village on Monday, including members of a Channels TV crew, that despite making contact, the bandits have not yet demanded ransom; instead, they have instead contacted the traditional community’s ruler.
He urged the authorities to free the abducted victims before things get worse.
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The bride, her bridesmaid, two male relatives, nine other women, according to Chacho, were among the thirteen people who were abducted during a midnight attack that targeted the neighborhood.
Around 12 a.m., the assailants made an invasion of the village and headed straight to the bride’s family home.
According to him, the attackers stormed the house and demanded information about the bride’s room before going straight into the bride’s room.
The family is unsure whether the young bride was targeted in the incident.
One patient, who is thought to be the bride’s brother, was shot and seriously hurt during the procedure. Due to Chacho’s lack of medical facilities, he had to be treated in a far-off place.
This most recent incident marks Chacho Village’s nearly tenth bandit attack. More than 30 people have been killed in repeated assaults over the past five years, leaving the area fearful and deeply traumatized.
The 2026 Giro d’Italia will take place in Bulgaria, which will be its second year in a row after Italy.
The race has now started seven times abroad, including Jerusalem in 2018, with the opening three stages in Albania taking place in May.
The three-week event will end in Rome on May 8 through May 31.
The Women’s Giro d’Italia will begin in Cesenatico on the east coast of Italy, starting on May 30th, but will not start in Bulgaria.
It will wrap up its nine stages in Saluzzo on June 7.
Elisa Longo Borghini, the reigning men’s champion, will defend her title on her own soil while Simon Yates, a former champion, reigns as men’s champion.
When asked about his involvement in a new Netflix documentary about convicted offender and long-term nemesis Sean “Diddy” Combs, 50 Cent responded that “it’s not personal.”
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50 Cent has responded to questions about his involvement in a new Netflix docuseries about his long-term nemesis Sean Diddy Combs. Coming to Netflix on December 2, Sean Combs:The Reckoning, is a four-part documentary that will delve into Diddy’s life as a media mogul and now convicted offender.
In a nearly two-monthlong trial in New York, Sean Combs was found guilty of two charges of transporting former girlfriends for prostitution, but he was cleared of the more serious racketeering and sex trafficking. Since the deep-dive documentary’s announcement, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has received the most attention as the executive producer.
Jackson made the claim on Good Morning America on December 1 that his intention to create the docuseries was to support Combs rather than provide a platform for the alleged victims of the music mogul. According to Curtis, “what they consider to be pre-existing beef is that I have been uneasy about him suggesting that he take me shopping” for 20 years.
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I perceived it as a tester, as in, “You’ll come play with me.” It isn’t personal, ” “
Alexandria Stapleton, the show’s director, said, “I think it’s important to also let people know that this isn’t entirely the point of view of those who didn’t like Sean.” We weren’t just attempting to capture the most outrageous details. Not everyone had to have an allegation to be a part of this project, so the real goal was to tell a story.
Two Combs trial jurors will be featured in the project’s first-ever discussion of how they came to their mixed verdict.
Before, during, and after Diddy’s trial, which stemmed from a dispute that started in 2006, 50 Cent asserted in his 2006 diss track “The Bomb” that Combs had been a suspect in the 1997 murder of the Notorious B. I. G. Despite Combs refuting the allegations, has been very vocal.
Fans have called 50 Cent’s most recent move a “corner moment,” and the two have since exchanged stories and grown infatuated.
One user remarked on social media that 50 Cent’s Diddy documentary production was the most “get your popcorn” energy they’ve seen all year. I’ve already been told that peace won’t be present by the title “The Reckoning.” 50 Cent won’t let 2025 come and go quietly.
The English Football League has given Sheffield Wednesday, who is now 27 points from safety in the Championship, another six-point deduction for regulations that they broke.
Dejphon Chansiri, the former owner, has also been given a three-year ban from running or serving as a director of any EFL club.
According to BBC Radio Sheffield, their most recent deduction comes after being unable to pay players in March, May, and June as well as for other non-payments made by staff and HMRC.
After the club filed for administrative relief, the Owls were given 12 points in October.
They are now 27 points clear of Swansea in the 21st place based on this latest ruling.
The EFL says it won’t seek to deduct any more points from the club’s conduct during the current season, but investigations are still ongoing.
According to a statement posted on the Sheffield Wednesday website, “The EFL can confirm that Sheffield Wednesday FC are subject to six points with immediate effect for multiple violations of EFL Regulations relating to payment obligations,” and that Dejphon Chansiri is prohibited from owning or managing any EFL club for more than three years.
The league can confirm that it is not requesting any additional points deductions from the club despite the fact that discussions are still ongoing regarding the issues being looked at by the independent Club Financial Reporting Unit over alleged breaches during the 2025-26 season prior to the club becoming in charge.
Separately, Sheffield Wednesday and the EFL are still arguing over the fee cap’s appeal, which is scheduled to last until the 2027 transfer window. As part of the club’s transition from management, this issue is likely to be resolved.
In 2015, Chansiri led a Thai consortium that bought Sheffield Wednesday, but his ten-year ownership was effectively ended when he went into administration.
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“New owners will have a fresh start,” the statement read.
Rob Staton, BBC Radio Sheffield, doing analysis
Fans of Sheffield Wednesday, who were hoping for more clarity about their situation, received it today.
The Owls will start off the season with zero points. Fans and potential new owners, whoever they may be, can probably breathe a sigh of relief.
However, it improves. We now understand that the Owls’ fee cap, which had been in place up until the summer transfer window of 2027, will expire in January, despite initial information that suggested otherwise.
This is significant news. The new owners can then make an immediate transfer plan for League One recovery next summer, which is unavoidable.
Further, according to what we know, a bidder was present today in Hillsborough. We think there are other bidders who are over the “25p in the pound” threshold, which will prevent the club from being subject to penalties if they leave the administration.
A 985.9 billion 2026 Appropriation Bill, which is the state’s governor Uba Sani, has been presented to the State House of Assembly. It is described as a people-centred financial plan designed to consolidate ongoing reforms in security, infrastructure, education, and rural development.
The governor described the budget as “a solemn civic engagement” rooted in equality, transparency, and the welfare of the people when he presented it to lawmakers.
He claimed that traditional rulers, CSOs, women’s groups, youth organizations, academic leaders, business leaders, and vulnerable groups from all local governments were the subjects of one of the state’s largest consultation processes.
The document’s backbone, in his opinion, was made up of inputs from farmers, traders, teachers, artisans, disabled people, and widows, strengthening participatory governance and accountability.
Governor Sani compared the year’s performance to that of 2025, noting that despite economic pressures, fluctuating federal funding, and persistent security concerns, it would stand out as a year for “remarkable achievements and resilient advancement.”
Governor Sani stated that the proposed 985. 9 billion budget includes 734.2 billion recurrent revenues and 251.6 billion in capital receipts, with 71% going to capital expenditure, which is in line with the government’s development priorities.
On December 1, 2025, Governor Uba Sani addresses the State House of Assembly after presenting Kaduna’s 2026 budget.
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According to him, the state’s long-term transformation agenda for education and infrastructure received 25%, health 15%, agriculture 11%, security 6%, social development 5%, governance 5%, and environment and climate action 4%, respectively.
Sani reaffirmed that each of the state’s 255 wards would continue to receive 100 million dollars for community-identified projects through the Ward Development Committees, describing it as one of the largest grassroots budgeting schemes in Nigeria.
Concerning security, the governor noted that Kaduna was increasingly threatened by things like banditry, kidnappings, and communal conflicts, but that stronger cooperation with federal security forces improved operations and increased confidence in many troubled communities.
He claimed that communities that had been torn apart by conflicts were gradually resolving, farmland was open, and school activities that had previously been suspended due to insecurity had resumed full activity thanks to the Kaduna Peace Model.
On December 1, 2025, Governor Uba Sani addresses the State House of Assembly after presenting Kaduna’s 2026 budget.
Sani announced that his administration was carrying out 140 road projects totaling 1,335 kilometers, of which 64 were completed. He claimed that the new roads have forged links between previously abandoned communities and opened economic corridors.
The governor also praised the pace of the state’s transportation reforms, particularly the first KBRT system in Northern Nigeria, which features CNG-powered buses, digital ticketing, and a 24-kilometer dedicated corridor.
He claimed that the subsidized transportation system, which offers free and discounted rides, would sanitize intercity travel while the Interstate Bus Terminal in Kakuri, which is 75% finished, has saved residents over $500 million.
Sani continued, noting that the Kaduna Light Rail Project was moving forward with Phase I’s Phase I, Phase II, Phase II, Phase I, Phase II, Phase II, Phase II, Phase II, and Phase II, along with the state’s ongoing construction of significant bus parks.
More than 500, 000 hectares of abandoned farmland have been recovered and reopened, according to the governor, and feeder roads, markets, and extension services have been restored to increase food production.
He claimed that the state’s development push continues with a focus on education. The government reduced tertiary school fees by 40%, and the government reopened 535 schools in 2025 alone, and returned over 300,000 of the country’s out-of-school students to classrooms.
He further listed the establishment of bilingual schools and vocational hubs, as well as the construction of 736 classrooms, the renovation of 1,220 others, and the provision of boreholes, toilets, furniture, and training for more than 33, 000 teachers.
In terms of health, he announced the commissioning of the 300-bed Bola Ahmed Tinubu Specialist Hospital, the completion of 15 general hospitals, and the upgrading of all 255 primary healthcare centers to Level 2 status.
Sani claimed that his administration improved the state medical warehouse, strengthened emergency services, and allocated $1 billion to insure flimsy households.
Additionally, the governor praised accomplishments in vocational training, including the expansion of partnerships with Microsoft and Google, and the expansion of Panteka Market to support over 38, 000 artisans.
Sani recalled Sani’s account of Sani’s recall of how the state’s investment increased from 1.4 billion in 2023 to 74.2 billion in 2025, resulting in the distribution of more than 900 trucks of free fertilizer in addition to funding for irrigation, mechanization, livestock vaccines, and seed improvement.
He claimed that the African Quality Assurance Center, which is supported by the $ 510 million Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone, is transforming Kaduna into an agricultural hub and that farmers would be able to access export markets with the aid of the African Development Bank.
He urged lawmakers to take the proposal seriously, claiming that the 2026 budget represents “renewal, resilience, and a far-reaching vision” to ensure progress in every home, ward, and local government area of Kaduna State.
Hon. Hon., the Kaduna State House of Assembly Speaker, addressed the audience after the presentation. The budget was “ambitious, comprehensive, and in line with the state’s development priorities,” according to Yusuf Liman.
He claimed that the proposal for 2026 shows a clear commitment to strengthening human capital, ensuring equitable development in both urban and rural areas.
Liman praised the Governor for respecting the separation of powers and for allowing legislators to participate directly in constituency projects for the first time in the state’s history.
According to him, the Assembly has had the advantage of delivering democracy dividends and accelerating development initiatives because of the synergy between the Executive and the Legislature.
Ezekiel Dachomo, the reverend, has accused armed herders of using “reprisal” claims to justify repeated attacks on farming communities in the North-Central of Nigeria.
The cleric, who has spoken out against killing Christians in the Middle Belt, made the claim during a Monday interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief program.
Dachomo claimed that the attackers frequently refer to their raids as reprisals for the destruction done to rural communities.
He claimed that communities continue to suffer significant losses despite being unaware of their ordeal.
“When you come out, you are taken under a cow,” the cows will announce that they are coming for retribution. But he claimed, “They will never talk about the destruction that they have caused in the village.”
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He questioned the justification for the violence, citing the number of casualties from previous atrocities.
What have they done, one hundred and fifty-one? What kind of retaliation is occurring? That’s retaliation, right?
So, he said, “We have many ways of reprisal as well if the federal government will approve and justify this reprisal.”
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Farmers could use their own defensive strategies if attacks continue, according to Dachomo.
I have chemicals when you destroy my crops. We put it on our farm to prevent a crisis, not that we don’t have it. They eat and pass away when the attacks occur. Don’t let them hold us accountable. It is retaliation. He claimed that the Nigerian government approved reprisals.
The cleric claimed that he had instructed young people in the affected communities to “prepare for self-defence.”
After the violence in Gamboru, Dachomo recounted giving a government minister a list of the victims’ names. He criticized a presidential adviser, who he claimed had justified earlier assassinations.
She doesn’t realize that she was carrying on her hand the names, skeletons, and blood of those who are now interred. She is unaware that 501 people, including [herders], kill you, nail you, and shake your blood.
“It was retaliation,” he said. She was also defending it. I have no sympathy for the woman who is the president’s senior advisor. He claimed that she has been given an agenda.
‘Compromise’
Dachomo claimed that the security structure had been compromised and that military deployment had worsened local tensions.
You will see peace if you withdraw your soldiers. You’ll find peace if you withdraw the general army.
