Three people were killed and 17 others injured in a lone motor accident on April 21, 2025, at Ajanla Area, Ibadan, along the Ibadan/Lagos Expressway. The accident occurred at about 1505hrs when the front left tire of a Toyota Hummer commercial bus, with registration number Taraba JAL 705 RS, burst as it approached Ajanla Village…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Tuesday confirmed the derailment of the Abuja-Kaduna train, stating that due to injuries sustained by many passengers, the Corporation has mobilised nearby hospitals amid tight security provisions. In a statement by NRC, it stated that efforts are on the ground to move all passengers on the train back to…
Fresh details have emerged on how Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, a Nigerian businessman and managing director of Fargo Petroleum and Gas Ltd, forged several documents to claim N3.7 billion in a petrol subsidy fraud. In his new book titled ‘The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum Subsidy Fraud’, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the…
The minister of education, Tunji Alausa, has announced that all full-time Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates will now be mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The resolution of the long-standing issue regarding their mobilisation is contained in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday by the director of press and…
An Upper Area Court sitting in Kado, Abuja, has restrained the police from investigating a paternity dispute against former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, pending the hearing and determination of the case. The presiding judge, Shehu Ahmadu, in a ruling, ordered the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police and his officers not to…
Martins Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan, and Bobrisky, the crossdresser whose birth name is Idris Okuneye, will testify before the house of representatives joint committee on financial crimes and reformatory institutions today. Ola Olukoyode, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and Haliru Nababa, controller-general of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), are also…
The remains of the late Arise TV News anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, also known as ‘Sommie’, have been buried amid tears at Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased, who died in September 2025 during an armed robbery attack at her residence in Abuja, was interred at about 1:30 pm on Saturday, after…
Tony Okocha, chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, has said that the political structure of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike in the state is intact. Okocha, who spoke with reporters in Abuja, accused Governor Sim Fubara of engineering the protracted political crisis in the state. Okocha, who predicted that the APC…
Wunmi, the widow of the late Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as Mohbad, has penned an emotional tribute honouring their time together, stating that the singer’s passing has brought her unbearable pain. The rapper and songwriter died under mysterious circumstances on 12th September 2023. A Coroner’s Court in Ikorodu, established by the Lagos State Government, is…
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State and ex-Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has expressed deep sadness at the passing of Elder Statesman Pa Edwin Clark. In a statement issued today by the head of the Fayemi Media Office, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, Fayemi described Pa Clark as a patriot and a towering…