Posters of Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala A. Mohammed, with the inscription ‘Kaura for President 2027’ have flooded Bauchi streets, Daily Trust can report. The posters were placed at strategic places including roundabouts, electrical poles and signboards along major streets within the state capital. Daily Trust observed that the posters were visible along major streets…
The 17-year-old minor, Quadri Alabi, who went viral during campaigns for the 2023 general elections when he stood in front of the convoy of a former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has narrated his ordeal while in detention. Alabi, who spoke when he appeared with his lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, on Channels Television’s The Morning…
A Pentecostal church in South Africa celebrated Easter Sunday with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with many of them entering into polygamous marriages. The International Pentecost Holiness Church said mass weddings are part of its Easter festivities and the tradition of polygamy, which is observed in some African cultures, has been incorporated into…
Mrs. Shimite Bello Love (née Nwakalo), Special Adviser to the Delta State Governor on Trade and Export, has died under circumstances that have raised serious suspicions and controversy. Known widely as Madam Sabificate, Shimite is alleged to have succumbed to poisoning on Easter Sunday. Family sources informed SaharaReporters that her husband, Pastor David Favour Love,…
Dr. Kayode Fayemi (CON), the immediate-past Governor of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has expressed profound sadness over the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis, describing it as “an irreplaceable loss to the global Catholic community and humanity at large.” In a statement issued by the Fayemi Media Office,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) certificate does not necessarily imply clearance to lawfully operate in Nigeria, amid the collapse of the fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme known as “CBEX”. The EFCC, in a statement on Monday, admitted that ST Technologies( not CBEX) is…
The Police Command in Gombe State has confirmed a fatal accident in the Billiri Local Government Area, which claimed multiple lives during the Easter celebration. Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Buhari, stated that five persons were confirmed dead and several others injured. “We recorded an accident at Billiri Local Government after…
Crisis is looming in Okitipupa, headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, over the killing of one Prince Ogo Omoge by a scavenger identified as Machido Abubakar. There were fears that youths of Okitipupa might carry out reprisal attacks on the Hausa/Fulani community. To avert any possible clash, the chairman of Okitipupa Local…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone has called on Governors, Monarchs in the region to strategize on security measures over the terror group, Mahmuda. In a press release by the association Treasurer, Comrade Ojetola Babatunde ‘Toyyem’, he noted that Southwest leaders must be at alert as the terrorist group are reportedly causing…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the death of the Catholic Pontiff, His Holiness Pope Francis, describing his death after the resurrection of Jesus Christ as a sacred return to his creator. Recall that President Tinubu, in his Easter message to the Catholic community, enjoined the global Christian community to thank God for Pope…