Eight more corpses of policemen who were killed in a deadly attack on security operatives at Agu Centre, on the border of Katsina-Ala and Ukum LGAs of Benue State, have been recovered. The incident occurred on Friday when a team of security operatives encountered armed invaders, leaving an initial three personnel confirmed dead and eight…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all banks, payment service banks, and other regulated financial institutions to immediately withdraw any advertisement or promotional material that fails to comply with existing consumer-protection and fair-marketing rules. The directive is contained in a circular issued on November 27, 2025, signed by Olubunmi Ayodele-Oni for the Director…
Disc jockey Florence Otedola alias DJ Cuppy has said that a spiritual awakening shifted the course of her career. The 31-year-old reflected in an X post on how her growing spirituality led her down an unexpected path — but one that ultimately brought greater fulfilment. Cuppy, as she is also called, was baptised at Holy…
The claim that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, allocated 2,082 hectares of land to one of his sons in Maitama and Asokoro, has been described as “another falsehood from the vault of those whose main job is to malign the FCT Minister.” Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications…
A 50-year-old man, Aqil Fakhr al-Din, and a resident of Kufa, Iraq, was mauled to death by his pet lion only days after purchasing it. The attack happened last Thursday, with the lion devouring most of his body in the garden of his home. He had for years kept lions and other wild animals in…
Tensions flared at the onset of the Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye, rivals for the position of National Secretary, clashed. The PDP, currently grappling with multiple crises, convened the meeting at its National Headquarters on Wednesday. The meeting was underway with Ambassador Iliya…
Suspected Gunmen have abducted a first-class traditional ruler, Oba James Dada Ogunyanda throwing the entire Yagba West Local Government Area into pandemonium. The abduction of the monarch took place in the early hours of Thursday our correspondent gathered. Speaking to our correspondent an eyewitness said, “A group of heavily armed men stormed the monarch’s palace…
A married man, Abi Baragon, has been arrested by Rivers police for stabbing his sidechic multiple times after she rejected his marriage proposal. The 46-year-old man allegedly stabbed his side chic, Orineme Ayanate, multiple times, leaving her with life-threatening injuries. In a video that went viral in June 2025, the side chic cried for help…
Former presidential aide Doyin Okupe had hinted about his death during what was his final media interview. He spoke with The Whistler Newspaper just months before his death on Friday, March 7. Okupe, 72, passed away in Lagos during surgery. In his last interview, which later went viral, Okupe was credited to have paused briefly…
The Acting Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Prof. Joseph I. Ikechebelu, has ordered investigation into a shocking altercation in which a student allegedly bit and physically confronted her lecturer. A spokesman of the school, Njelita Louis, said the management of the institution would impose the appropriate sanction on any of the parties found culpable….
