The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 26-year-old housewife and her 30-year-old accomplice for allegedly staging her own kidnapping and extorting N2.5 million from her husband. The command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos. Adebisi said the command received a distress call on 24…
Jane Edidiong Ufot, the daughter of Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno, has posted a video on social media accusing him of sacrificing his deceased wife (her mother). Patience Oluwakemi Umo Eno died in September 2024 over an undisclosed illness. Mrs Ufot, appointed as a senior special adviser to the governor on health, safety and environment,…
The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved a “game-changing” twice-daily pill that is said to slow the spread of an incurable type of breast cancer. The drug, Truqap, developed by AstraZeneca, targets the AKT protein, a molecule known to fuel the multiplication of cancer cells. By inhibiting AKT’s action,…
The Kano State Government has filed fresh charges against the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, for allegedly diverting N57 billion. Named in the charge sheet alongside Ganduje, who is the immediate past governor of Kano State, is his Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Garo, and two others. Garo, Lamin Sani and Muhammad Takai were charged…
No fewer than 40 people are trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed on Saturday in the Sabon Lugbe area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. As of press time, sympathizers and emergency workers are on-site, working to rescue those still caught beneath the debris. The building, reportedly under construction, collapsed in the…
A security consultant, Kabiru Adamu, has cautioned that many young Nigerians expressing admiration for recent military takeovers in Africa do not fully understand the harsh realities of life under military rule. Adamu gave the warning on Friday during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. He noted that most Nigerians under the age…
Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation and digital economy, says the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, 2025, is expected to be signed into law this week by President Bola Tinubu. Tijani spoke on Monday at a public hearing jointly convened by the senate and house of representatives committees on ICT and cybersecurity. “This bill…
At the age of 75, Pastor James Ajibola, an Ogun State-based cleric, and his 63-year-old wife, Mrs. Janet Ajibola, became first-time parents after 40 years of marriage, welcoming a set of twin babies into their lives. Their remarkable story has since transformed their once-quiet home into a kind of pilgrimage site, as people from far…
Orji Kalu, senator representing Abia north, says former president Olusegun Obasanjo invited him to the presidential villa to inform him of his third-term ambition. On September 20, at a Democracy Dialogue in Accra organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, Obasanjo denied ever pursuing a third term in office. The former president had said no Nigerian…
Factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has lambasted the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, stressing that he is too desperate to lead Nigeria as a president. In a statement he personally signed on Thursday, Abure said Obi created the crisis in the Labour Party. According to him, Obi’s desperation…
