Popular skit maker Samuel Bankole, better known as Samuel Banks lost his newly purchased iPhone 17 Pro Max during the Luli Concert in Lagos. The content creator, who recently celebrated acquiring a new home, had been actively promoting the concert organized by the Celestial Church of Christ, expressing excitement about the event and what fans…
The Minister for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has charged residents of Sokoto State to report any jobless person living a flamboyant lifestyle in the society to security agents. The minister while speaking at the Sokoto State Governors office said such persons if probed further may be part of informants to suspected bandits disturbing the peace of…
Elliot Agari, friend of a newlywed couple, Dozie and Joan Okoye, has mourned their death said to have occurred during the gas explosion on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Agari mourned them in an online post, lamenting ‘I just don’t know how I’m feeling now.” Reports say Dozie and Joan, who got married…
The federal high court in Abuja has ordered six banks to provide the inspector-general of police (IGP) with information pertaining to the accounts connected to Omoyele Sowore, an activist and publisher. Emeka Nwite, the presiding judge, issued the order on Tuesday following an ex-parte application moved by Wisdom Madaki, counsel to the IGP. The defendants…
A 14-year-old girl has reportedly been raped by the son of her landlord in Alakuko area of Lagos. An X user with the handle #Rhwaley, shared videos of the victim and revealed that the incident happened on Monday. Rhwaley added that when the family confronted the landlord about the incident, he dismissed their concerns, saying…
The Federal Government has confirmed that debris from recent United States–backed airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist enclaves landed in parts of Sokoto and Kwara states, though no civilian casualties were recorded. In a statement issued on Friday by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, the government said the precision strikes were…
Florence Nwaeke, wife of former Head of Service, George Nwaeke, has raised alarm over her husband’s whereabouts following a controversial interview and his sudden disappearance. Speaking to journalists late Friday, Mrs. Nwaeke expressed fears for her husband’s safety, stating that she lost contact with him after he arrived in Abuja earlier in the day. “When…
The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved a “game-changing” twice-daily pill that is said to slow the spread of an incurable type of breast cancer. The drug, Truqap, developed by AstraZeneca, targets the AKT protein, a molecule known to fuel the multiplication of cancer cells. By inhibiting AKT’s action,…
Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N144.67tn ($94.23bn) as of December 31, 2024, representing a 48.58 per cent increase compared to N97.34tn ($108.23bn) recorded at the end of December 2023. The Debt Management Office disclosed this in its latest report on the country’s public debt profile. The report also revealed a quarter-on-quarter rise of 1.65…
The United States President, Donald Trump has disclosed that American airstrikes against suspected Islamic State (IS) militants in northwest Nigeria were intentionally delayed so they could be carried out around Christmas. Trump announced late Thursday that the United States had launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against IS fighters. In an interview with Politico, he…
