July 2025
Troops kill three notorious terrorist kingpins in Sokoto ambush
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, OPFY, have eliminated three notorious terrorist kingpins during a successful ambush in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State.The development was disclosed in a post on Saturday by counterinsurgency expert and security analyst, Zagazola Makama, via X. According to the report, the operation took place on Thursday, July 25, […]
Tiwa Savage fires longtime manager Mekka Millions, disassociates self from him
Popular Afrobeat songstress, Tiwa Savage has announced separation from her manager, Mekka Millions. The musician made the announcement on Saturday evening in a series of posts on her Instagram story. While warning the public and show promoters to stop contacting Mekka Millions for booking, Tiwa noted that she will not be liable for any financial […]
Islamic clerics oppose daytime curfew imposed for Ogun monarch’s burial rites
The League of Imams and Alfas, Ogun State, on Sunday, raised the alarm over traditionalists’ plans to impose a daytime curfew on the residents of the Ikolaje and Idiroko communities in the Ipokia Local Government Area of the state. The planned daytime curfew, which is already generating tension and anxiety in the affected communities, particularly […]
Intimidation stopping serving governors from joining ADC – Abdullahi
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has attributed the reluctance being shown by in the serving state governors from joining the coalition opposition party on intimidation. ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, made the disclosure on the sidelines at the third plenary session of Northern Political Consultative Group (NOCG) held in Abuja yesterday. Asked why […]
Tinubu physically fitter than most presidents – Bwala
Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala said President Bola Tinubu is “physically fitter than most leaders in advanced countries”. Bwala said this in an interview with DW Africa in reaction to questions about the president’s frequent foreign medical trips. He said, “In fact, the president of Nigeria physically is fitter than […]
High court restrains Governor Bago, others from accessing disputed farmland
A Minna High Court has issued an interim order restraining Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago and five other defendants from accessing a farmland belonging to one Bello Wakili and nine family members in the state. The court’s decision, made in case number NSHC/MN/215/2025, will remain in effect pending the resolution of the legal dispute. […]
2027 presidency: Jonathan North’s best choice, not Peter Obi — PDP chieftain Umar Sani
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Sani, has claimed Northern Nigeria would prefer former President Goodluck Jonathan to emerge as the party’s presidential candidate rather than Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Sani stated this on Saturday while speaking on Trust TV’s Daily Politics. He was reacting to […]
Lagos doctors declare three-day warning strike
Medical doctors employed by the Lagos State Government have announced a three-day warning strike scheduled to commence at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, July 28, 2025, in protest against what they described as the “unlawful and disrespectful” deduction of their salaries by the state. Operating under the Medical Guild, the doctors said the strike action follows […]
Tinubu death rumour: Northern youths defend DSS, attack Amnesty International
A Northern socio-cultural group, Northern Ethnic Youths Group Assembly, NEYGA, has chided Amnesty International, AI, for supporting fake news to destabilize Nigeria. On Friday, an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court had remanded 29-year-old Ghali Isma’il in prison for posting fake TikTok videos that President Bola Tinubu died due to food poisoning. He was arrested by operatives […]
Mixed reactions trail Reps’ bill barring Nigerian officials from private education, healthcare
The recent move by the House of Representatives to bar public officials from using private healthcare and education facilities has ignited fresh arguments about the propriety of such development. Nigerians, particularly the ordinary masses, have been crying over the continued decay and abandonment of health facilities as well as educational institutions in Nigeria by those […]