Ibadan Explosion: FG says it awaits forensic report on actual cause
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals, has said it is waiting for the outcome of a forensic investigation ordered to ascertain the actual cause of the tragic explosion that rocked Ibadan, Oyo State capital last week. Special…
JUST IN: Tinubu reverses recent posting of top official to FCTA
President Bola Tinubu has reversed the posting of Dr Magdalene Ajani as the permanent secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). The reversal comes few days a protest by staff of the FCTA after President Tinubu’s of Ajani’s posting…
Borno Gets First Elected Female LG Chair As APC Wins All 27 Seats
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the chairmanship and 312 councillorship positions in all the 27 local government areas of Borno State. This is as APC candidate in Jere LGA of the State, Inna Galadima, has been declared chairman-elect,…
Navy seizes boat with 800 jerrycans of petrol
The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft Patrol Team in collaboration with the Forward Operating Base Badagry, has said they arrested a wooden boat with over 800 jerrycans of 30 litres Premium Motor Spirit, close to the boundary between Nigeria and Benin…
Abducted sisters regain freedom from kidnappers in Abuja
Five of the six Al-Kadriyar sisters who were abducted from the Bwari area of Abuja in early January have regained their freedom. According to TheCable, the Al-Kadriyar sisters were released around midnight of Saturday. The sisters were abducted alongside their…
BREAKING: Bwari kidnapped victims regain freedom
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has said its operatives in collaboration with the Nigerian Army have rescued victims who were kidnapped at Zuma 1 Area of Bwari Area Council of the nation’s capital city on January 2, 2024, and have…
BREAKING: Nigerian Police Arrest Three Kidnappers In Abuja, 16 Other Suspects, Recover Sophisticated Firearms
The Nigeria Police Force has said it has arrested three Bwari-based kidnappers with 13 other suspects arrested for various offences and recovered significant arsenal of arms and ammunition including a general purpose machine gun (GPMG).Parading the suspects and weapons recovered…
Explosion Rocks Agip Facility, Destroys Farmlands in Rivers State As Ogoni Experiences Shell Oil Spill
The Obagi community in Egi land, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area has witnessed an explosion which erupted from Agip Oil Company’s facility in the area. ARISE News visit to the scene of incident on Ssturday, observed that the fire from the…
‘I’m paid N577,000 monthly pension’ – Fashola
Former Minister of Works and Housing and ex-Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the only financial benefit he receives from the government is a N577,000 monthly pension as a former governor of Lagos State. The ex-minister also…
Appeal Court sacks NFF Board
What appears another round of confusion may have cropped up within the Nigerian football circle, as an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, sacked the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Board. In Appeal NO. CA/ABJ/CV/1006/2022, the court of Appeal panel, led…