The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the 35 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over their alleged failure to account for the spending of about N14 trillion realised as fuel subsidy savings. Other respondent includes the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. SERAP…
A social media user and cancer patient, Mensah Omolola, better known on X (formerly Twitter) as AuntieEsther, has died after battling breast cancer. News of her death surfaced on Saturday night after Auntymuse (@AUNTYMUSE_) reacted to a post announcing her passing. Quoting an earlier post by @swaagsp, which read, “Unfortunately, we lost Aunty Esther. Very…
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), has announced the graduation of over 7,000 forest guards drawn from seven states across the country. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday by Rabiu Ibrahim, Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, titled “FG…
The Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai has, in seven months of operations, killed 438 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists. Abdulsalam Abubakar, the theatre commander of OPHK, North-East Sector 1, who disclosed this on Saturday at the Christmas Luncheon in Maiduguri, said the operations were coordinated between May and December. Mr Abubakar said…
Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan, Senior Special Assistant to the Osun State Governor on Community Engagement, has extended his warm congratulations to the Special Adviser on Media and Spokesperson to the Executive Governor of Osun State, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, on the occasion of his recent installation and turbaning as the Asiwaju of Alafiatayo Town and Baba…
Prominent Islamic scholar from Kaduna, Sheikh Abubakar Alkali Zaria, has vowed that northerners will not pay the new controversial tax scheduled for implementation January 1, 2026. In a video circulating online, Mr Alkali said any representatives from the north who supported the implementation of the tax reforms will be dealt with whenever they return home….
The Kano State Hisba Board has arrested nine young girls for allegedly engaging in prostitution, popularly referred to as “Good Evening Girls.” The Board’s Deputy Commander General, Dr. Mujahideen Aminuddeen, disclosed this in a statement made available to The Punch on Saturday. He said the suspects, eight females and a male, were apprehended during an…
Former Sokoto State governor and Senator representing Sokoto South, Aminu Tambuwal, has expressed concern over possible United States involvement in counterterrorism operations in Nigeria. He warned that past US-led interventions in other parts of the world had produced limited results. Tambuwal spoke on Arise Television on Friday amid reports of an airstrike linked to ongoing…
The Police in Taraba have detained an inspector and his girlfriend following the reported loss of an assault rifle along the Wukari–Jootar Federal Highway. According to the source, the missing firearm belonged to Insp. Joshua Charles, aged 45, attached to the Safer Highway Patrol team. The sources told Zagazola Makama that on Dec. 25, at…
The Chief of Army Staff, Waidi Shaibu, on Friday paid a visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, following a series of missile strikes conducted by US forces targeting several terrorist locations within Sokoto State. In a statement released on Saturday, the Nigerian Army said Mr Shaibu’s visit was a strategic component of the…