<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[General News - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest General News news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-ng</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:57:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[I heard students shouting ‘bandits, bandits’: Oriire survivor narrates dramatic capture]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Matilda IkediobiTales of students being abducted from schools have become all too common in Nigeria, but&nbsp;until recently, nothing of the sort had ever been recorded in Oriire Local Government Area of&nbsp;Oyo State. That changed on the fateful morning of May 15, when gunmen stormed Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle, and Yawota Baptist Nursery and Primary School, abducting 39 pupils and seven teachers. As the attackers descended on the schools, pupils writing their tests screamed: &ldqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/i-heard-students-shouting-bandits-bandits-oriire-survivor-narrates-dramatic-capture/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/i-heard-students-shouting-bandits-bandits-oriire-survivor-narrates-dramatic-capture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultists trailing rivals linked to NURTW leaders open fire on police]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Evelyn UsmanWe did not know there&nbsp;were policemen in the area. It was Temidayo who fired the gun, while I was hit by bullets fired by the policemen.&rdquo;This was the account of 45-year-old Tosin Agbeyangi, a caterer arrested after a failed reprisal attack by suspected cultists in the Mafoluku area of Oshodi, Lagos, ended in a gun battle with policemen on routine patrol.Agbeyangi, who sustained a gunshot wound in the leg during the exchange of fire, told journalists that he and members]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/cultists-trailing-rivals-linked-to-nurtw-leaders-open-fire-on-police/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/cultists-trailing-rivals-linked-to-nurtw-leaders-open-fire-on-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Orire, Kogi operation: 529 kidnapped schoolchildren, worshipers, farmers, others remain in captivity]]></title><description><![CDATA[&hellip;for more than 60 days&bull;Borno, Kwara, Kaduna, Zamfara hard hit&bull;DHQ: 1, 754 captives regained freedom in six months&bull;&lsquo;Hostages figure could top 7, 000 across seven states&rsquo;&bull;Security experts blame poor intelligence coordination, weak political will&bull;CSOs charge govt to dismantle kidnapping networks, create national hostage databaseBy Nnamdi OjiegoBarely days after security&nbsp;forces secured the&nbsp;release of the 39 pupils&nbsp;and seven teachers abducte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/after-orire-kogi-operation-529-kidnapped-schoolchildren-worshipers-farmers-others-remain-in-captivity/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/after-orire-kogi-operation-529-kidnapped-schoolchildren-worshipers-farmers-others-remain-in-captivity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smugglers block Ota-Idiroko Road as illicit trade thrives ]]></title><description><![CDATA[&bull;Schoolchildren, workers, others stranded&bull;Customs: We are not awareBy Kennedy MbeleFor several months&nbsp;now, residents and motorists, among others, plying Ota-Idiroko Road in Ogun State have been having it rough as smugglers bringing in rice, turkey and groundnut oil from Republic of Benin have been blocking the highway at will, thereby disrupting vehicular traffic.Some residents in the area said this was the height of the illicit trade that causes government to lose revenue and di]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/smugglers-block-ota-idiroko-road-as-illicit-trade-thrives/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/smugglers-block-ota-idiroko-road-as-illicit-trade-thrives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reviewing NAMA’s impressive 2026 mid-year performance ]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Abdul Jayu&nbsp;Over the years, the Nigerian Airspace&nbsp;Management Agency, NAMA, has maintained a safe and stable air navigation environment.&nbsp; The agency under the leadership of its Managing Director/Chief Executive, Engr. Farouk Ahmed Umar entered 2026 with the enormous responsibility of sustaining safe, efficient and reliable air navigation services amid rising aircraft movements, ageing infrastructure, funding constraints and increasing demands for technological modernisation.&nbs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/reviewing-namas-impressive-2026-mid-year-performance/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/reviewing-namas-impressive-2026-mid-year-performance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delta 2027: Great Ogboru on a rescue mission…]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Martha AjagbawaPresently, in Delta State, there is a lot of&nbsp;shenanigans going on, coupled with misplaced priorities regarding some fundamental projects. The MORE Agenda of the Oborevwori administration, three years down the line, seems ineffective and inconsequential.Many Deltans were taken aback when the Governor announced the construction of 25 police divisional headquarters&mdash;one in each local government area (LGA) of the state&mdash;not too long ago, thereby appearing to usurp a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/delta-2027-great-ogboru-on-a-rescue-mission/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/delta-2027-great-ogboru-on-a-rescue-mission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How did Sheriff happen to Delta?]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Ejiro IdamaDelta people are resilient. We will manage&nbsp;flood, manage NEPA, abi BEDC sef, manage fuel price, and still find time to manage politics. But every once in a while, a question escapes from the beer parlour, the keke, the WhatsApp group: &ldquo;How did Sheriff happen to Delta State?&rdquo;It&rsquo;s not an insult. It&rsquo;s not praise. It&rsquo;s that particular Nigerian question we ask when history takes a left turn and we are all in the bus.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is not a witch-hun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/how-did-sheriff-happen-to-delta/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/how-did-sheriff-happen-to-delta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koulamallah: Africa’s lone voice, by Patrick Omorodion]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the week I saw a letter from the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to FIFA Secretary General registering Nigeria&rsquo;s support for the re-election of Gianni infantino as FIFA president posted by my colleague, Charles Anazodo.I then remembered the actions of Infantino at the ongoing World Cup which has brought disrepute to football and its organisation.Strikingly, no word of dissent from any African country, that is the federations or the head of their continental body, CAF, Dr. Patrice]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/koulamallah-africas-lone-voice-by-patrick-omorodion/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/koulamallah-africas-lone-voice-by-patrick-omorodion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The odd quirks of Peter Obi at sixty-five]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Valentine ObienyemThe Greek biographer Plutarch, in the preamble to his &rdquo;Life of Alexander&rdquo;, observed: &rdquo;I am writing biography, not history; and the most brilliant exploits do not always manifest a man&rsquo;s virtue or vice so well as a slight thing, a word or a jest, which often tells us more of his character than a siege where ten thousand die.&rdquo; He understood that greatness is often revealed not by monumental achievements but by seemingly insignificant habits and m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/the-odd-quirks-of-peter-obi-at-sixty-five/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/the-odd-quirks-of-peter-obi-at-sixty-five/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s time to move forward, by Funmi Komolafe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brethren, let&rsquo;s thank God for a new day.&nbsp; For us, it should be a time to move forward.Moving forward means moving from the point you are now to a new point.&nbsp; Indeed a new status.It also means, it is time to make up your mind to shift from stagnation to motion.It could also mean a time that you want to put challenges behind you and have a better life.All of these are possible but with the help of God.For it is written, John 15 vs. 5 ( KJV): &ldquo;I am the vine, ye are the branch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/its-time-to-move-forward-by-funmi-komolafe/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/its-time-to-move-forward-by-funmi-komolafe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigeria’s democracy without legislators and judiciary, by Dele Sobowale]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Legislators have the first place in the temple of glory; conquerors come behind them&rdquo; &ndash; Voltaire, 1694-1778, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 126When one of the world&rsquo;s&nbsp;leading philosophers made that remark in the eighteenth century, democracy was a new idea. What another sage, half a world away, in America, described as &ldquo;the government of the people, by the people and for the people&rdquo; was an intoxicating new form of government &ndash; promising freed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/nigerias-democracy-without-legislators-and-judiciary-by-dele-sobowale/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/nigerias-democracy-without-legislators-and-judiciary-by-dele-sobowale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The toy-boy that was the best thing to happen to this cougar!]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Bunmi SofolaAngela was in her mid 30s&nbsp;when she became broody.&nbsp; &ldquo;I began to wonder if I&rsquo;d ever settle down, and become a mum&rdquo;, she said.&nbsp; &ldquo;To say I&rsquo;d live life to the full so far would be an understatement.&nbsp; My 20s and the majority of my 30s had consisted of mild partying, travelling as an air hostess and being a free spirit.&nbsp; Long-term relationships had never stuck and I was the ultimate single girl.&nbsp; Thanks to my job, I&rsquo;d met]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/the-toy-boy-that-was-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-this-cougar/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/the-toy-boy-that-was-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-this-cougar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate: Thank you, but…, by Tonnie Iredia]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent times, new narratives are emerging daily in Nigeria&rsquo;s fight against insecurity. On a daily basis, we now hear of bandits and kidnappers that are captured by our gallant security forces. New developments, more impetus, greater hopes. Also, recently, the Nigerian senate approved a donation of fifty million naira (N50m) to the families of five individuals who lost their lives during the rescue operation that followed the abduction of pupils and teachers from schools in Oriire local]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/senate-thank-you-but-by-tonnie-iredia/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/senate-thank-you-but-by-tonnie-iredia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England beat France 6-4 in World Cup third-place playoff]]></title><description><![CDATA[England beat France 6-4 in a high-scoring World Cup third-place playoff thanks to a hat-trick from Bukayo Saka while Kylian Mbappe became the highest scorer in the tournament&rsquo;s history.France were 4-0 down at half-time but coach Didier Deschamps made substitutions at half-time and Mbappe notched the 22nd World Cup goal of his career,Despite a spirited France comeback England hung on to win.<br />
The post England beat France 6-4 in World Cup third-place playoff appeared first on Vanguard News.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/england-beat-france-6-4-in-world-cup-third-place-playoff/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/england-beat-france-6-4-in-world-cup-third-place-playoff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kebbi commissioner lights up community, declares war on crimes, mosquitoes]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Victor Ahiuma-YoungBIRNIN KEBBI &mdash; In a move aimed at boosting security and promoting public health, the Kebbi State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Yakubu Ahmed, has donated solar-powered street lights and anti-mosquito chemical spray to residents of Rafin Atiku Ta Gabas in Birnin Kebbi.<br />
The initiative, flagged off on Saturday, is expected to improve visibility on major streets, deter criminal activities and create a healthier environment by reducing mosquito infestation in t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/kebbi-commissioner-lights-up-community-declares-war-on-crimes-mosquitoes/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/kebbi-commissioner-lights-up-community-declares-war-on-crimes-mosquitoes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jonathan commiserates with Amaechi over mother’s death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed sadness over the passing of Dame Mary Amaechi, mother of a former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi.Jonathan, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, on Saturday in Abuja, extended his heartfelt sympathies to Amaechi, the entire Amaechi family and all those mourning the late matriarch.He described the death of a mother as a profound loss, noting that although death is inevitable, the enduring legacy of a li]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/jonathan-commiserates-with-amaechi-over-mothers-death/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/jonathan-commiserates-with-amaechi-over-mothers-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lagos: Troops arrest 6 illegal bunkering suspects at Orile]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Kingsley OmonobiThe Nigerian Army, weekend, said that it&rsquo;s troops of 65 Battalion have successfully dismantled a suspected illegal bunkering site in the Orile area of Lagos State, leading to the arrest of six suspects and the recovery of items linked to the illicit activity.Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations said, &ldquo;The operation, conducted on 16 July 2026, followed credible intelligence on the activities of suspected economic saboteurs op]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/lagos-troops-arrest-6-illegal-bunkering-suspects-at-orile/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/lagos-troops-arrest-6-illegal-bunkering-suspects-at-orile/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oyo APC crisis deepens as six governorship aspirants reject Sharafadeen Alli’s candidacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Adeola BadruA fresh crisis has emerged within the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after six of the party&rsquo;s 11 governorship aspirants rejected the emergence of Senator Sharafadeen Alli as the party&rsquo;s gubernatorial candidate for the 2027 general election.The aggrieved aspirants insisted that the APC has not lawfully produced a governorship candidate, arguing that the process leading to Alli&rsquo;s emergence failed to comply with the provisions of the Elect]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/oyo-apc-crisis-deepens-as-six-governorship-aspirants-reject-sharafadeen-allis-candidacy/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/oyo-apc-crisis-deepens-as-six-governorship-aspirants-reject-sharafadeen-allis-candidacy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain’s Yamal aims to join elite club of teenage World Cup winners]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lionel Messi will become the oldest outfield player to appear in a World Cup final on Sunday as Spain&rsquo;s Lamine Yamal seeks to join an elite group of teenage winners.The match at the MetLife Stadium will be the first meeting between Argentina&rsquo;s Messi and the player who has succeeded him as Barcelona&rsquo;s new homegrown idol.The only player to appear in a final at an older age than Messi is Dino Zoff, the Italy goalkeeper who was 40 in 1982.Yamal, in sharp contrast, only turned 19 l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/spains-yamal-aims-to-join-elite-club-of-teenage-world-cup-winners/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/spains-yamal-aims-to-join-elite-club-of-teenage-world-cup-winners/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wenger admits World Cup hydration breaks split opinion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arsene Wenger said Saturday he accepted that the hydration breaks used at this year&rsquo;s World Cup were not universally popular and said FIFA will assess whether to implement them in the same way in the future.Wenger, FIFA&rsquo;s head of global football development, told a briefing on the eve of the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina: &ldquo;Sometimes people didn&rsquo;t like it and we have to analyse after the World Cup what the impact was.&rdquo;For this World Cup, FIFA brought i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/wenger-admits-world-cup-hydration-breaks-split-opinion/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ng/news/general-news/wenger-admits-world-cup-hydration-breaks-split-opinion/</guid></item></channel></rss>