Benue APC rift persists as Alia, Akume differ on ‘automatic ticket’ outcome Fresh cracks have emerged within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, as Governor Hyacinth Alia and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, offered conflicting accounts of resolutions reached at a reconciliation meeting held on Sunday. The meeting, convened in Makurdi at the Government House, was organised at the instance of […] The post Benue APC rift persists as Alia, Akume differ on ‘automatic ticket’ outcome appeared first on Latest Nigeria News | Top Stories from Ripples Nigeria .
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Fresh cracks have emerged within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, as Governor Hyacinth Alia and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, offered conflicting accounts of resolutions reached at a reconciliation meeting held on Sunday. The meeting, convened in Makurdi at the Government House, was organised at the instance of […] The post Benue APC rift persists as Alia, Akume differ on ‘automatic ticket’ outcome appeared first on Latest Nigeria News | Top Stories from Ripples Nigeria .
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May 4, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC
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“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat In Colima, the alleged perpetrator of the double homicide of a bakery owner and his brother—proprietors of the *El Pichón* bakery—was arrested; the crime took place on April 14 in the state capital. The detainee has been identified as José Antonio N., alias "El 51." Investigations link him not only to the murder of the bakers but also to at least seven other killings committed over the past two weeks—including the murder of three siblings in the capital's Alvarrada neighborhood, as well as that of a state police officer on January 2, 2026. Colima’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Ricardo Gómez, reported that the detainee was a member of a criminal cell belonging to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), specifically the cell known as "Cobra." "So, we’re talking about a hitman who executed seven people in just two weeks; this highlights the magnitude of the violence generators relative to the population of a given state, doesn't it? A single individual takes seven lives in two weeks." During the same press conference, security authorities disclosed details regarding the operational methods of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel's criminal cells within the state. "They are organized into squads of six operatives; notably, every participant or member within these groups is an outsider.
"El Pío," the Son of "El Balta" and a Associate of Mayo Zambada, Has Been Arrested “Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat Federal forces arrested José Porfirio Díaz Medina alias El Pío, son of the Sinaloan drug trafficker Baltasar Díaz Vega, yesterday, Thursday. Who died in March 1988 during a shootout recorded in Mexico City, in which two judicial police officers died. According to official information, the arrest took place in the vicinity of a food business identified as the taqueria La Pasada on the Los Mochis Topolobampo highway, in the Las Misiones residential area, in the city of Los Mochis, without any major incidents being reported.
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