The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, in collaboration with the National Moon Sighting Committee, has announced that there were no confirmed reports of the sighting of the crescent moon marking the beginning of Sha’aban 1446AH. According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the committee stated that no moonsighting reports were received from…
President Bola Tinubu has launched a major agricultural initiative involving the rollout of over 2,000 modern tractors and thousands of other farming equipment. The programme, unveiled on Monday in Sheda, Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, is part of the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme aimed at modernising Nigeria’s farming sector. Speaking at…
Muhammadu Sanusi, the Emir of Kano, has appealed to residents to uphold peace, respect the law, and work together to ensure stability and harmony in the state. Speaking at a special Iftar (breaking of fast) at his palace on Sunday, the emir denounced those opposing his reinstatement, declaring that “fire would consume those inciting unrest…
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape. The state’s commissioner of police, Ayodele Sonubi, made this known at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday. Mr Sonubi said the command swung into action after it got information about the act of…
An e-hailing driver, Stephen Abuwatseya has apologised to the House of Representatives member representing ABA North/South of Abia State in the National Assembly, Alex Ikwechegh who assaulted him after an altercation occurred during a package delivery. In a video statement released to the press on Thursday, Abuwatseya expressed regret for provoking Ikwechegh and asked Nigerians…
A court in Madagascar has sentenced a man to surgical castration for the rape of a child in 2024, a judicial official said, in the first such measure on the Indian Ocean island. The case arose from the rape and attempted murder of a six-year-old girl in Imerintsiatosika, a municipality 30 km west of the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a shipment of cocaine bound for Saudi Arabia. According to a statement on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, the cocaine was concealed in 20 sets of religious books. Babafemi said the cocaine consignment, weighing 500 grammes, was discovered at a courier company in Lagos on…
A mobile court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has sentenced a 27-year-old man, Chukwunyere Okechukwu Akomas, to 14 years imprisonment for def!ling two minors. The two minors are 8-year-old and 11-year-old. Akomas was sentenced on Friday, January 10, 2025. The court found Akomas guilty on both counts and sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment on…
A young protester has joined the #EndBadGovernance protest, stating that her father can no longer afford to buy her biscuits and pay her school fees. In an interview with Vanguard News on August 2, 2024, the young girl explained why she decided to participate in the protest on its second day. She said, “I am…
The Co-Founder of Agape Christian Ministries, Bishop Funke Felix-Adejumo, has called on African women to embrace their sexuality without shame, challenging cultural norms that often suppress women’s desires and limit open discussions about intimacy. Speaking about the importance of healthy and fulfilling marriages in a video which she shared in an Instagram post on Tuesday,…