Plateau United have resumed preparation for the 2025-26 Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, season.

The Peace Boys held their first training session after resumption at the New Jos Stadium on Friday.

The training session was supervised by the newly appointed head coach of the club, Shola Adegun.

Adegun teamed up with the former NPFL champions from Nigeria National League, NNL, Sporting Lagos last month.

Plateau United are in a rebuilding process following the appointment of a new management team by the state government.

The team finished in seventh position in the 2024-25 NPFL season.

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Lakurawa group launched a deadly attack on Zogirma village in Bunza Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Friday, evening, killing three mobile police officers and injuring civilians.
According to a post by security analyst Bakatsine on X, the attack occurred around 5:00pm, the same time a planned cash distribution was scheduled to take place in the community.

The funds were reportedly meant for residents but the team in charge of the disbursement were still in Bunza town when they were alerted of a possible security threat and called off the trip.
The attackers, riding in pairs on two motorcycles, stormed the village heavily armed. Though the operation failed to intercept the money, the gunmen opened fire on civilians, leaving several injured. One victim was reportedly shot in the stomach, with severe injuries exposing internal organs.

The three mobile police officers assigned to secure the distribution point were shot dead at the village entrance, marking a bloody end to the foiled ambush.

A former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele, has called for the immediate cancellation of the ongoing local government elections, citing widespread irregularities and alleged attempts to manipulate the process.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday morning, Bucknor-Akerele expressed serious concerns over the credibility of the election, accusing those in charge of planning to rig the polls in favour of a particular political party.

According to her, several eligible voters, including herself, were unable to locate their names on the voter register at their respective polling units.

“When you get to your unit, they say they already have a list of names. I visited my polling unit, and my name was not on the list,” she stated.

She also alleged that there had been disruptions at some polling centres and accused election officials of deliberately disenfranchising voters.

“I am calling for the cancellation of this election because there is a deliberate and coordinated effort to rig it in favour of one party,” Bucknor-Akerele asserted.