Residents and passers-by on Friday night scampered for safety as gas explosion claimed the lives of three persons as well as destroyed properties worth millions of naira at Idi-Iroko, Amuloko area in Ona-Ara local government area of Oyo. One of the victims, as reliably gathered was identified as the owner of the Tank farm while…
A notorious bandit leader, Isiya Kwashen Garwa, who was declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters, was among top bandits who reportedly accepted a peace deal in Katsina State. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, Garwa, whose name features among 19 most-wanted terrorists and bandits in Nigeria, has turned up in Hayin Gada community,…
The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Saturday said it arrested 16 officers for alleged indiscipline and breach of service regulations. The military said investigations showed that the grievances of the arrested officers were linked to repeated failure in promotion examinations and perceived career stagnation. According to a statement by Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General…
The death of the prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, has prompted condemnation from around the world, as hundreds of mourners carried their bodies through the streets of Gaza City. Sharif, one of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, was killed while inside…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has claimed that the major opposition party in Nigeria, the People Democratic Party (PDP) may not have a presidential candidate in 2027 if the party doesn’t wake up from slumber. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele advised that the…
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji yesterday led other party leaders to receive no less than 5000 defectors into the Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The defection took place during a rally at Aku town in Igbo-Etiti local government area of the state. Nnaji was accompanied by the…
The Federal Government has said that only eight universities have been accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and Benin Republic. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known on Sunday night while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. The Minister said the Federal Government only recognised three institutions in Togo and…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at a former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying he would “continue to contest as President on social media, but not as President of Nigeria.” Wike spoke on Thursday during the inauguration of newly constructed roads in the Mabushi District of…
Nigerian entertainer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, has responded defiantly after the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons declared him wanted for alleged offences including rape, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking. In a video shared online via YouTube on Monday, following the agency’s declaration, the controversial musician insisted he had committed no…
Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) said it has again uncovered another intruder who is also not a member of staff on the University’s WhatsApp Platform through a joint investigation by members of sister unions on campus, The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and The Non-Academic Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU). The University stated…
