The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, chaired by Aliyu Wadada, has raised serious alarm over discrepancies involving trillions of naira in the audited financial statements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), describing the revelations as mind-boggling and worrisome. During the investigative session on Wednesday, where the Chief Financial Officer, Dapo Segun, appeared before…
In a rare and controversial judgment, a young man was sentenced to 15 strokes of public flogging on Wednesday by Magistrate Farida Ibrahim of the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse 6, Abuja. The Chief Magistrate Ibrahim handed down a sentence of public flogging to the young man accused of fighting with a prostitute. He…
A suspected ritualist identified as Suberu Jose, has been arrested by operatives of the Kogi State Police Command, for allegedly attacking the country home of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The suspect and others now at large, allegedly attacked the house located in Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area of the State, on Tuesday night, June 17,…
Iran launched a medium-range ballistic missile, the Sejjil, at Israel for the first time, stated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the Iranian news outlet Tasnim News. The IRGC claims that as part of the twelfth wave of the True Promise 3 operation, ” two-stage super-heavy long-range Sejjil missiles” were fired at Israel….
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that despite being intensely disliked by some individuals, he remains the democratically elected President of Nigeria. Speaking during his visit to Benue State to assess the security situation following the killing of hundreds of people, Tinubu noted that personal hatred and political attacks come with leadership responsibilities. “But do…
The late elder statesman and former Ohanaeze Ndigbo President -General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has left behind a final Will that bans his wife, Lolo Frances from remarrying. The document, released on June 16, 2025, and managed by Will administrator Chief Chukwuma Ekomaru (SAN), outlines how the respected businessman and politician’s wealth is divided among his…
Former Nigerian Vice President Namadi Sambo has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sambo, who served under President Goodluck Jonathan from 2010 to 2015, quietly finalised his move to the APC through the Kaduna State chapter. The defection was confirmed on Wednesday by APC member Imran…
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc Honoris Causa) on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike. The Vice-Chancellor of university, Prof. Owunari Georgewill, disclosed during the presentation of the conferment letter to Wike, at his residence in Abuja on Wednesday. Georgewill…
President Bola Tinubu is expected to depart Nigeria for Saint Lucia on June 28 for official engagements and private leisure time. Philip J. Pierre, the Caribbean prime minister, announced the trip at a pre-cabinet press briefing on Monday, according to St Lucia Times, local media. “Two of these days, June 30 and July 1, will…
A Customary Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced Pastor Favour Okoise, General Overseer of Refiners Fire Global Assembly, to life imprisonment for raping a 16-years-old girl. Okoise committed the act on the minor whom he calls his ‘spiritual daughter’ between November and December 2016, in Calabar South Local Government Area….