By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has confirmed in a preliminary report that four persons have lost their lives in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) incident where ten others got injured. A statement by the Borno State Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 convicted and sentenced the trio of Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a Mama Boko Haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode to fourteen years jail term each. The...
By Danjuma JOSEPH, Lafia – President Bola Tinubu, has praised Governor Abdullahi Sule’s administration for its remarkable progress in Nasarawa State. During a one-day working visit to the state on Wednesday, President Tinubu commissioned several legacy projects in Lafia, including the Lafia Flyover and Underpass, a 5km dualized Shendam...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assured the government and people of Nasarawa State that his administration will continue to support the state in developmental projects, particularly in the solid minerals and agricultural sector. He made the pledge when he visited the Emir Of Lafia, Justice...
By DAVID IORJA Abuja- President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday sign into law four groundbreaking tax reform bills that will transform Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework. This is according to a statement issued by the presidential Media aide, Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr. Onanuga said the four bills,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- A joint operation between the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force successfully thwarted bandits incursion into Bangi community in Niger State’s Mariga Local Government Area on June 24, 2025. The operation, based on credible intelligence, led to a intense gun battle between troops and...
US President Donald Trump compared the recent US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Trump stated, “I don’t want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing that ended that war. This ended...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reinstated Samuel Anyanwu as its National Secretary, in a dramatic U-turn. The announcement was made by the acting National Chairman of the party, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, at a press briefing held at the PDP headquarters in Abuja. Damagum, flanked...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that as at Monday, 23rd June 2025, the Commission has received letters of intent from 110 associations that wish to register as political parties. The Chairman announced this on Wednesday at a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has finally fulfilled its long-standing pledge of allocating houses to the victorious 1994 Super Eagles Team that won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Tunisia. The Director and Head of Department, Public Building and Housing Development,...
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Shehu Gabam, has denied his purported suspension, describing it as “fake news” and a product of political mischief. Gabam stated that he remains the party chairman and urged members of the public to disregard the suspension. Gabam, who spoke...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is facing a major crisis after its National Working Committee (NWC) suspended National Chairman Shehu Gabam, National Auditor Nze Nnadi Clarkson, and National Youth Leader Uchechukwu Chukwuma over alleged gross financial misconduct. The suspension was announced in a statement signed by the party’s National...
The Senate has approved an extension of the implementation of the capital component of the 2024 national budget from June 30 to December 31. The decision was reached during plenary, following the presentation and passage of an amendment bill to the Appropriation Act. Sen. Solomon Adeola, Chairman of the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing crisis over the party’s national secretary position. The meeting, which started at 2:30 pm, went into a closed-door session shortly after the opening ceremony. PDP Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum,...
The Lagos High Court has fixed July 2, 2025, for judgment in the application filed by Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, seeking to quash the DPP’s legal advice that freed Naira Marley and Sam Larry over allegations of being involved in Mohbad’s death. Senior Advocate Wahab Shittu, representing Aloba, argued...
Professor Pat Utomi has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the suit filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) over his alleged plan to establish a “shadow government” in Nigeria. Utomi, a Professor of Political Economy and Management Expert, argued that the DSS’s suit disclosed...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted a trailer loaded with stolen railway slippers in Bauchi State. The slippers were hidden beneath sacks of sawdust, raising suspicion of deliberate concealment and intent to vandalize public infrastructure. *Biggest heist in recent Times*...
The Federal Government will arraign Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, and John Ugbe, the company’s Managing Director/CEO, alongside six other top officials, on October 7. The defendants are accused of breaching the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act, 2018. The charges include failure to comply with a...
Media entrepreneur and storyteller Chude Jideonwo has released another true crime special “The TikTok Scammer”, a gripping true crime special that unpacks the emotional and financial trauma behind romance scams carried out through TikTok. At the center of the story is Jasmine Okafor, daughter of late Nollywood actor Mr...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has accused the National Coalition Against Mass Killings and Impunity (NCAMKI) of misrepresenting remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Musa, regarding the tragic Yelwata incident in Benue State. In a statement signed by the Director Defence...