A Nigerian couple, who identified themselves as Segun and Kemi Omotinugbon, has gone viral on social media after testifying in church about welcoming their first child nearly 30 years after marriage. The testimony, which has since been widely shared online, was delivered at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries during the Power Must Change…
A high-level delegation from the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday, in what appears to be a sign of strengthened bilateral ties on security and regional stability. The meeting featured key U.S. military and diplomatic figures, including Chargé d’Affaires of…
Kings Park Rangers, a non-league football club in England, have announced the death of Saburi Olayinka Adeniji, a Nigerian player for the club. According to the Halstead-based club, Adeniji, who played as a winger, was pronounced dead at Queen’s Hospital on Friday after staying in a coma for over three weeks due to a severe…
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has deregistered over 400,000 companies in 2025 over prolonged inactivity and failure to meet statutory requirements, in a move to sanitise the country’s corporate register. Registrar-General of the commission, Mr Hussaini Magaji, who disclosed this during activities marking the CAC’s 35th anniversary in Abuja at the weekend, said the exercise…
At least 30 people have been killed in a fatal road accident that occurred in Kano State on Sunday morning. A statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, confirmed the tragedy and said that the accident occurred at Kwanar Barde in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. He explained that the…
A gospel musician has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with the death of four persons inside a music studio in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The incident occurred at a studio located within the HFP Shopping Complex, Abraham Adesanya area of Ajah. Three of the deceased were reportedly members…
The police in Ekiti State have launched an investigation into the circumstances that led a middle-aged man, identified simply as Segun, to take his life by hanging on a tree at Ise Ekiti in the Ise/Orun Local Government Area. Sources said the man had attempted to slit the throat of his elder daughter before hanging…
A Nigerian mini bus driver has gone viral after revealing he borrowed money from Opay to brand his vehicle in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Ekiti state Governor, Biodun Oyebanji’s 2027 re-election campaign. The driver said branding the bus has been a long-time dream, but he couldn’t afford it until now. He explained…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, while heading to China with 95 jumbo-sized wraps of cocaine weighing 1.589 kilograms buried in his stomach. NDLEA said Nwabueze was arrested on Saturday, 31st January 2026, at…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced the permanent cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home directive across the South-East, effective Monday, February 9, 2026. The directive comes directly from IPOB leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who emphasized that the people should return to schools, workplaces, and markets without fear or intimidation. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful,…
