An argument between two relatives turned tragic in Lagos on Monday, as one of them fatally stabbed his cousin during a physical confrontation. The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement released by the Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, noting that the suspect was at large. The police said a woman reported…
US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior US official told AFP Sunday. “We found out that the Israelis had plans to hit Iran’s supreme leader. President Trump was against it and we told the Israelis not to,” said the US official, speaking on condition…
Following social media backlash, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election has made a u-turn over his controversial comment on the alleged collapse of the national grid. After a power outage in some parts of Lagos on Saturday, January 11, 2025, which many erroneously attributed to national grid…
President Bola Tinubu says there is no plan by the federal government to take over the control of LGAs in the country. Bayo Onanuga, the presidential spokesperson, said in a statement that Tinubu spoke in Lagos on Wednesday when members of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and Vice-President Kashim Shettima paid him a New Year…
The Nigerian police are seeking to arrest 601 account holders regarding a technical glitch that cost fintech company Flutterwave N21.2 billion ($21.2 million) in erroneous transactions last year. Over 9,663 unauthorised transactions were carried by point-of-sale merchants amounting to billions of naira after Flutterwave suffered a glitch, which “allowed agents to conduct transactions in excess…
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) attached to the Zone 9 Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) slumped and died on Thursday while having a meal at an eatery within the command premises in Umuahia, Abia state. Sources revealed that the officer had just returned from an investigative operation with his team and decided…
The House of Representatives has resolved to dissolve the current ad-hoc Joint Downstream and Midstream Committee investigating the importation of adulterated petroleum products, the non-availability of crude oil for domestic refineries, and other critical energy security issues. At the committee’s inauguration penultimate Monday, the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, speaking on behalf of the Speaker, Tajudeen…
Controversial Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has credited improved power supply across the country to the government of President Bola Tinubu, saying many states now enjoy 22hrs of electricity. Edochie who has not hidden his support for Tinubu has continued on that path despite attracting the ire of most netizens when he’s at it. He also…
Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu did not sign the peace accord during the 2023 presidential election. Kukah spoke on Sunday, during the Edo election security town hall meeting in Benin. “What is also very interesting is that the current president, when he was a presidential candidate, did…
President Bola Tinubu has called on West African leaders to draw inspiration from Ghana’s recent elections, which he described as a model of democratic maturity and national unity. A statement on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Tinubu praised Ghana for its peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections held…