Mentally unstable man stabs 25-year-old to death in Niger
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a man, Mubarak, suspected to be mentally unstable for stabbing a 25-year-old man, Shamseen Danshehu, to death. The incident took place on Sunday evening in the Kwangila area of Minna, the state capital when Mubarak was said to have engaged Danshehu in a fisticuffs during which he allegedly […]
Senator Natasha denies apologizing to senate
Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) has dismissed reports claiming she apologized to the Senate over the controversy that led to her six-month suspension. In a statement on Monday, Akpoti-Uduaghan described the reports as “false and misleading,” affirming that she stands by her words and actions. She accused those spreading the misinformation of distorting facts […]
Naira-for-crude: Marketers fear price hike as FG suspends sale to Dangote
•IPMAN slams depot owners for stockpiling product, FG, Dangote resume talks today Following the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s suspension of the sale of petroleum products in naira, some filling stations have started stockpiling Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, The PUNCH reports. The retailers are storing the product to ensure they have enough to sell […]
Popular Islamic clerics in fierce dispute over voodoo, lineage claims
The Muslim communities have been taking sides following the outburst of the Murdir (leader) of popular Islamic school, Markaz Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies situated in the Agege area of Lagos State, Sheikh Muhammed Adam (El-ilory), who accused popular cleric, Sheikh Sulaimon Farooq, popularly known as Onikijipa, of masterminding his recent sickness through diabolical […]
Prolonged detentions: IGP’s order will curb abuse of human rights among policemen
A human rights group, Save the Poor and Needy Charity Initiative, SPANCI, has declared that the recent order by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, warning against unlawful and prolonged detentions will curb human rights abuses among policemen across the country. SPANCI made this declaration via a statement signed by its President, Comrade Yemi […]
Nigerian traveller concludes GWR record attempt in 71 hours
Nigerian travel content creator, Alma Asinobi, who was on the brink of history to complete her Guinness World Record (GWR) attempt to travel across all seven continents in 60 hours, ended her trip yesterday, however in 71 hours. Earlier yesterday, the 26-year-old who has successfully crossed six continents with her final stop in Sydney, Australia […]
Osun Group Criticizes Adesiyan Over Remarks on State Affairs
A socio-political group, Osun Democrats for Democracy (ODD) has carpeted Mr Jelil Adesiyan as a failed politician with no positive contributions to either state or national development. Responding to Adesiyan’s call for state of emergency in Osun state, the group in a statement by its publicity director, Arákùnrin James Bamgbose, lambasted the former failed police […]
Senators Natasha, Sunday Karimi clash over Akpabio’s saga, suspension
The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, and Kogi West Senator, Sunday Karimi, engaged in a heated exchange on Sunday over her suspension from the Senate. Karimi, a lawmaker from the All Progressives Congress (APC), defended Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension, describing it as justified and necessary due to the controversy surrounding her actions in the Senate. […]
US delegation to visit Greenland as Trump talks of takeover
A high-profile US delegation will visit Greenland this week as President Donald Trump promotes the idea of a US annexation of the strategic, semi-autonomous Danish territory. It was gathered that Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, will lead the delegation that includes White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris […]
Presidency says suspension of Fubara, others not power grab as governor appears in public
Aso Rock has dismissed the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other political actors in Rivers State as an attempt to grab the state, insisting that President Bola Tinubu acted decisively to prevent the state from descending into anarchy. This was as Fubara, yesterday, made his first public appearance after the declaration of emergency on […]