The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has denied allegations that it confirmed the use of courier services for drug trafficking since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office. A news article by Peoples Gazette titled āNigerian courier services easily transporting hard drugs since Tinubu became president ā NIPOST.ā claimed that NIPOST said drug smuggling through courier companies…
Barely 48 hours after 10 people died in a road crash in Ogun State, at least eight people have lost their lives in another road crash that occurred at the Atura Bus Stop in the Badagry area of Lagos State on Sunday. This is just as eight other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries after…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to order an immediate investigation into allegations that senior government officials and politicians named in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) forensic audit report have obstructed its publication. The report, which covers the period between 2000 and 2019, was commissioned to examine…
BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trumpās āindiscriminateā trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy. Emerging nations, which represent about half the worldās population and 40 per cent of global economic output, have united over āserious concernsā about US import…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has dismissed speculations that he plans to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing the reports as baseless and politically motivated. Mr Zulum, in a statement on Sunday by his spokesperson, Dauda Iliya, said the rumour making the rounds in some sections of…
An Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern, has called for constitutional amendments to establish sharia courts in the South-West. MURIC also demanded that Fridays be declared public holidays in recognition of Muslim worship practices across the country. The groupās Founder and Executive Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, presented the proposal during the South-West zonal…
Pharmacists under the platform of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) have raised the alarm that no fewer than 50% of drugs currently in circulation across the country are fake or substandard. The ACPN National Chairman, Pharmacist Ambrose Igwekamma Ezeh, made this known in a statement issued ahead of the associationās 44th Annual…
A 45-year-old man, simply identified as Mallam Masaāudu, has been stabbed to death during an altercation over the use of a public washing line in Katsina State. According to reports, the incident occurred on Thursday evening at the Ministerial Quarters, located near the Fatima Shema Estate in the stateās metropolitan area. Masaāudu, who was in…
Armed men attacked Solozo Market in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State killing one trader and abducting a woman and injuring another. Eyewitness who spoke to Zagazola Makama, revealed that the assailants ā estimated to be six men ā rode into the market on three Bajaj motorcycles around. 2.20pm. The main targets appeared to…
A day after asking his followers on X whether a new U.S. political party should be created, Elon Musk said on Saturday that the “America Party is formed.” “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!” he said in a post on X. “Today, the…