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‘We are tired of burying our young ones’ – Plateau youths cry out as gunmen kill over 300, displace 50,000 others in 90 days
Following renewed waves of attacks across various communities in Plateau State by suspected Fulani militias, youth leaders have risen with one voice demanding an immediate end to the often unprovoked attacks and killings of their people. In the last three months, well over 300 people, including young men, women, children, and the aged, have been […]
Nigerian businesses to lose billions of naira as 25-day blackout hits Lagos, Ogun
Business owners, banks, and manufacturers are set to lose hundreds of billions of Naira as a 25-day blackout begins in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos State. This comes as Ikeja Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution, on Friday last week, in separate statements, announced that Lagos and part of Ogun State (Agbara) would be plunged into […]
Oyintiloye to Yilwatda: Win Anambra, Ekiti, Osun guber polls
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has advised the newly elected chairman of the party, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, to develop winning strategies for the upcoming Anambra, Ekiti, and Osun governorship elections.Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), in a statement in Osogbo on […]
Ondo students condemn killings in state varsity, demands justice
The National Association of Ondo State Students has condemned the recurring killings of students at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, calling for urgent intervention from the government and security agencies. In a statement co-signed on Saturday by its National President, Alade Tosin, and General Secretary, Agbeni Oluwatobi, the association described the spate of […]
Family of 10, 15 others feared dead in Niger boat accident
A devastating boat accident has claimed the lives of at least 25 people, including 10 members of the same family, in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident occurred at approximately 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, in the Gunu community, as passengers were en route to the Kwata-Zumba weekly market. The boat, reportedly […]
Tinubu, FHA commended over delivery of 100 housing units in Ibadan
President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Housing Authorities (FHA) have been commended for delivering 100 housing units to medical doctors and other professionals at the FHA Estate, Ajoda, Ibadan, Oyo State. The Alajia of Ajia in Ona Ara Local Government, Ibadan, Oba Akinsola Oladepo, gave the commendation in his address at the commissioning of the […]
Lawyer petitions Chief of Air Staff over personnel’s invasion of disputed Abuja property
An Abuja based lawyer, Jacob Solomon Agada has petitioned the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Bala Abubakar over alleged unlawful arrest, detention and torture of his client’s workers in Abuja by some Air Force personnel over a land dispute, in respect of which a suit is currently pending before a High Court of […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
