…FRSC reveals cause of accident • Gov Bago shocked, visits scene, bans use of one-way by tankers, others in state • State records over 6 different explosions resulting from petrol tanker accidents between 2019 and 2025 The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Niger State Sector Command, has confirmed that over 60 bodies burnt beyond recognition have […]

Russia’s Defence Ministry on Saturday said its forces took control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the latest in a series of gains it has reported in its steady advance westward. According to the ministry’s statement, Russian forces were now in control of Petropavlivka, a village between the towns of Pokrovsk and […]

Vice President Kassim Shettima has implored media professionals to serve as conscience of political institutions by standing for the truth in the discharge of their duty. Shettima argued that it would be a herculean task for citizens to build an ideal state if the intellectual class, especially journalists, are not allowed to be the conscience […]

The leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, says she does not want the consequences of terrible governments like Nigeria to play out in Britain. Badenoch stated this while delivering her first speech of the year at an event organised by Onward, a British think tank producing research on economic and social issues. […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed off a pharmacy located at Onitsha Crescent, Area 11 – Garki, Abuja, for allegedly selling expired and unregistered drugs. The agency disclosed this in a statement shared on X on Saturday. NAFDAC said its enforcement team acting on a tip-off from a […]

…700 youths register for maiden creative conference The Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Bamikole Omishore, has explained that the government is driving the economic of the state, using the creative sector as a driving force. In a statement made available to our correspondent on Saturday, Omishore […]

Nigerian troops have escalated their offensive against the notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, in Zamfara State. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, who made this known in a post on his X account on Sunday, stated that the recent coordinated military strikes have dismantled his key hideouts in Fakai, Shinkafi Local […]