A fire outbreak at a storey building in Ori-Eru, Idikan area of Ibadan, has claimed the lives of a husband, his wife, and their grandson. The fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday. Yemi Akinyinka, general manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, made this known in a statement on Friday in…
The factional interim National Chairman of the Labour Party, Senator Nenadi Usman, has claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government has impoverished Nigerians more than any previous administration in the country’s history. She described the level of suffering across the nation as “intolerable.” Speaking to Reporters in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of…
In a surprising turn of events, a pastor from the End Time Messages church in Chiredzi has been mandated to pay child support after DNA tests confirmed he fathered two children with the woman whose wedding he conducted. The marriage of Eunice Mururi and Farai Hatirarami crumbled after it was confirmed that Hatirarami is not…
Nigeria’s slim 2-1 victory over Lesotho on Friday has kept their 2026 FIFA World Cup hopes alive; but qualification is still delicately poised heading into the final round of Group C fixtures. The Super Eagles were made to sweat against Lesotho, with captain William Troost-Ekong and debutant Akor Adams finding the net to secure a…
Police authorities in Lagos have summoned three officers for allegedly extorting N1m from corps members. Footage of the encounter between the corps members and officers had made the rounds on social media late Friday. The incident is said to have happened in the Surulere area of Lagos. A social media user Oluyemi Fasipe who shared…
The traditional ruler of Umeh Kingdom in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, His Majesty Ambrose Odiri Owhe I, has died at the age of 103, having reigned over the kingdom for 50 years. The monarch, who ascended the throne in 1975, was officially gazetted by the then Bendel State Government in 1984,…
The immediate past Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ude Chukwu, officially joined the Labour Party on Saturday at his country home in Nkoro, Ohafia Local Government Area. Chukwu, who recently resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he served under former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, described his defection as a new political chapter for…
The Trump administration released hundreds of thousands of pages of records on Monday about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. despite concerns from the civil rights leader’s family. “The American people have waited nearly sixty years to see the full scope of the federal government’s investigation into Dr King’s assassination,” Director of National Intelligence…
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…
In a stunning twist of fate, the infamous bandit leader Bello Turji has allegedly set free all captives held by his notorious gang. This dramatic turn unfolds amidst an unprecedented surge in military operations aimed squarely at capturing Turji and dismantling his expanding network in Zamfara State and beyond. Intelligence sources revealed to Zagazola Makama…