Reproductive and public health physicians have warned that using fake or substandard condoms may lead to the spread of infections such as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and other sexually transmitted infections. The experts said that fake condoms often lacked the necessary quality and reliability, increasing the risk of breakage or slippage during intercourse and leading…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, has revealed that retired generals from the military are the masterminds behind the illicit mining operations. The former governor said a joint task force consisting of the Army, Police, and Air Force should be deployed against them. Oshiomhole made this allegation during the presentation of…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Abbas Tajudeen, says he has withdrawn the controversial Compulsory Voting Bill. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi on Monday, the Speaker stated that, āfollowing extensive consultations with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, he has decided to withdraw the Bill…
Miss Aaue Samuel Olubari, a 19-year-old candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has made history by winning a councillorship seat in Rivers State. The Rivers State Local Government elections were conducted on Saturday, August 30, 2025, across 6,866 polling units in 319 wards to elect local government chairpersons and councilors, replacing the council administrators…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has described the recent events in the Red Chambers as development that has made him sad because of its overall negative effect on the integrity, sanctity, image, and public perception of the institution. He called on Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Kogi central lawmaker, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, and other parties involved in…
The Police at Lion Building have arrested Mrs Sadiku Ruth Olubunmi, a 39-year-old banker with Seedwest Limited on Balogun Street, Lagos Island, over allegations of stealing ā¦116 million from customersā accounts. Olubunmi is accused of forging documents, including a letterhead of Towade Global Business Ventures, purportedly bearing the signature of Mrs Adelakun Funke, to fraudulently…
The Lagos state police command has cleared Pastor Paul Adefarasin of House on the Rock Church of wrongdoing after a viral video showed him holding what appeared to be a firearm. In a statement on Wednesday, SP Abimbola Adebisi, spokesperson of the command, said Adefarasin voluntarily appeared at the command headquarters in Ikeja for questioning….
Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has once again asked the federal government to free the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, after four years in detention. This was contained in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, Ezechi Chukwu, in Enugu weekend. The statement pleaded with…
The wave of defections from opposition political parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, may have extended to the camp of the Labour Partyās presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy, Daniel Bwala, stated in a television interview that some of Obiās…
Four persons have been killed and 13 others injured in a road crash on the Agaie-Lapai road in Niger State. The accident, which occurred on Monday near AlāFarma International School in Agaie Local Government Area, was a head-on collision involving three trailer trucks, one of which was transporting cattle. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency…