April 5, 2025
Gas truck, tanker, bus collision kills seven on Lagos Ibadan expressway
No fewer than seven persons have been recorded dead in a fatal road crash that occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The crash involved three vehicles, a Mack truck with registration number SEY363YY, a tanker registered as T2900LA and a yellow bus LSD180YA. DAILY POST reports that the accident which happened at about 7 a.m on […]
Supreme Court cancels five-year ban on lmo Attorney General Akaolisa
The five-year ban imposed on the Attorney General of Imo State, C. O. C. Akaolisa, by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, has been lifted. The ban was overturned by the Supreme Court of Nigeria following a series of suits against the committee. It will be recalled that in July 2021, a six-member LPDC panel […]
BREAKING: Lagos Police Command Alerts Officers To April 7 Nationwide Protest, Plans Massive Deployment
The Lagos State Police Command has issued a directive to all commanders and officers within its jurisdiction, alerting them to a planned nationwide protest scheduled for April 7, 2025. The police claimed this comes in the wake of its intelligence reports that “some groups operating under the guise of civil society organisations (CSOs)” are preparing […]
Uromi killings: Shops shut, public places deserted in Sokoto amid increased fear of reprisal
There is a growing tension in Sokoto State following the killing of 16 Hausa hunters in Uromi, Edo State, allegedly by local vigilantes and some youths. The tragic incident, which occurred on Thursday last week has sparked fears of reprisals in parts of the North, leading to panic and shutdowns in some areas. On Friday, […]
BREAKING: Suspected herdsmen attack Benue again, kill guard
A security guard was late Friday night reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen at the Otobi Dam in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. The latest attack comes on the heels of a series of deadly incidents across the Otukpo axis in recent weeks. The lawmaker representing Otukpo/Akpa State Constituency in the Benue State House […]
Ogun APC Spokesman, Tunde Oladunjoye is dead
Tunde Oladunjoye, the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson in Ogun state, has died. Oladunjoye, who hailed from Ijebu-Itele in Ijebu East LGA, died on Friday. Before becoming the party’s spokesman, Oladunjoye was the chairman of Ijebu East LGA. Dapo Abiodun, Ogun governor, described Oladunjoye’s death as a “terrible and devastating loss”. In a statement late […]
American rapper Eminem welcomes first grandchild
American rapper Marshall Bruce Mathers III, popularly known as Eminem, aged 52, has welcomed his first grandchild. It was revealed on Friday that the rapper has become a grandfather after his daughter, Hailie Jade, announced the birth of her son via Instagram. Sharing a photograph of the newborn, with the name Elliott Marshall McClintock inscribed […]
War: At 18 people feared dead as Russia’s missile hit President Zelenskyy’s home town
At least 18 people have been confirmed dead after a Russian missile strike hit President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home in the Ukraine’s central city of Kryvyi Rih. These include nine children as the missile struck the residential area on Friday, according to local officials. It was one of Russia’s deadliest attacks in 2025 in the three-year-old […]
Criticisms trail proposed 69.7km Lagos Green Line Rail project
Criticisms have trailed the proposed Lagos Green Line Rail Project, which is part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope mega-cities Light Rail Project. This comes after a presentation of a progress report by Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) and the Chinese Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, according to […]
Ibas seeks senate support to executive impactful projects
Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe IbasThe Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd), has solicited requisite legislative backing that will enable his administration to achieve its enunciated programmes to the benefit of the people. Such programmes, he said, include ensuring uninterrupted socio-economic activities and the provision of vital infrastructure […]
