Mali and Burkina Faso have announced travel restrictions on American nationals in a tit-for-tat move after the US included both African countries on a no-entry list. In statements issued separately by both countries’ foreign ministries and seen Wednesday by AFP, they said they were imposing “equivalent measures” on US citizens, after President Donald Trump expanded…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has vowed to take fresh legal action against the Senate leadership after security operatives stopped her from entering the National Assembly complex on Tuesday, despite a valid court order reinstating her. The Kogi Central senator, who was suspended for six months earlier this year, said she will meet with her legal team…
In a bid to reduce the burden of cervical cancer in Nigeria, the Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHDA) has introduced the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine. Speaking at the Idemili North Stakeholders Engagement Meeting for HPV vaccine Intensification, Dr. Nkem Okeke, Supervisor for Health in Idemili North Local Government Area, emphasized the importance…
Barely 48 hours after a tanker explosion rocked Jigawa state and killed over 90 people, another incident has been reported along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Confirming the incident, the Federal Road Safety Corps said no life was lost in the tanker explosion that hit the Ibafo axis of the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. According to the…
A woman, Favour Odoba, has killed her husband, Momo Jimoh Jamiu, also known as Abdul-Kadir Nagazi, in Okene, Kogi State, over claims that he married a second wife. Sources said the couple had been married for about nine years without a child and that trouble began after the man married another woman who gave birth…
There may be drama between Martins Otse, popularly known as Verydarkman (VDM), and Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries (CMDM). The cleric has slammed popular social media critic, VDM, with a one billion naira lawsuit and a restraining order. This comes after VDM tackled the cleric some weeks back for selling miracle products,…
The national electricity grid collapsed again on Tuesday, plunging millions of people into darkness. The latest incident comes barely 24 hours after electricity distribution companies across the country announced the grid collapsed around 6:48 p.m, resulting in the loss of power supply across their networks. “Dear valued customer, kindly be informed that there was a…
The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Com. Olusola Ladoja has affirmed he remained the only legitimate, and globally recognised leader of the body. He maintained that there is no factional leadership in NANS, saying the purported claim of a parallel NANS President as laughable and a pitiable display of imposture. A…
The Chairman and Sole Administrator of Pacesetter Transport Services (PTS), Dr. Ibrahim Oladeji, popularly known as Dikko, has appealed to residents of Ibadan North Local Government to rally behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Folajimi Oyekunle, in the House of Representatives by-election scheduled for August 16, 2025. Speaking in Ibadan on Friday, Dikko urged…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the shortlist of 286,697 candidates for the second phase of its ongoing recruitment exercise, which began with a nationwide advertisement on December 27, 2024. According to a statement by the National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, PhD, the recruitment exercise aims to fill 3,927 vacancies across the Superintendent,…
