In a bold celebration of identity, sisterhood, and cultural pride, the Association of Female Comrades is set to light up Ibadan with the grand finale of the Cultural Celebration Initiative (CCI) Southwest 1.0 Edition, a vibrant event uniting women across the Southwest in the name of heritage and unity. Organized by the Office of the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia, to name the politicians he said are behind the killings in the state. The Benue chapter of the PDP, in a statement on Saturday, accused the governor of engaging in a blame game over the killings. The opposition party was reacting to Alia’s […]

Suspected kidnappers have abducted a cleric and lawyer, Mr Emeka Irogboli, and a solar panel engineer simply identified as Biggie. The incident occurred at Ibusa, near Asaba, Delta State, on Friday. At the time of this report, the kidnappers have threatened to kill the victims if their families fail to comply with their ransom demands. […]

The Kwara State Fire Service has recovered the lifeless body of a 43-year-old man, simply identified as Kazeem, from a domestic well in Ilorin, the state capital. The lifeless body was recovered from a domestic well at Ile Alapo, Edun area of Ilorin metropolis, according to a statement by the spokesman of the fire service, […]

The family of the late veteran musician, Mike Ejeagha, has revealed his cause of death. DAILY POST reports that the ‘Gwo gwo ngwo’ crooner died on Friday evening at the age of 95. However, speaking in an interview with Vanguard newspaper on Saturday morning, the singer’s eldest son, Emma Ejeagha stated that his father died […]

The Ebonyi State Government, on Friday, said it had recorded 590 criminal cases and 897 civil matters within the past two years. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Ben Odoh, disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Abakaliki, according to News Agency of Nigeria. Odoh explained that out of the 590 […]

The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights has faulted the Ogun government for failure to install speed breakers on the newly rehabilitated Ikangba/Agoro road, in Ijebu Ode area of the state. The group claimed that the absence of these speed breakers is responsible for the frequent accidents and deaths recorded on the road almost daily. […]

The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has stated that over $450m was lost to subsidy fraud under the Petroleum Support Fund scheme between 2006 and 2012. According to a report cited on The Cable on Saturday, in his new book, ‘The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum […]

Following credible intelligence received, the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, under Operation Hadin Kai, struck key Boko Haram hideouts at Tumbumma Baba and Chiralia in southern Tumbuns, Borno State. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, stated this in a statement, adding that, “acting on credible intelligence, NAF aircraft […]