The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has stated that it is aware of the recruitment activities of a newly formed Jihadist group known as ‘Lakurawa’ using the social media and welfare packages. The Jihadist group had reportedly been imposing taxes and levies on communities in Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria. According to SaharaReporters, heavily armed Lakurawa Islamic preachers…
Tragedy has struck in the Idumoza community, Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, where a hotel under construction collapsed and killed its owner, identified as Andrew Isesere. The remains of the deceased owner were reportedly pulled out of the rubble on Sunday morning. According to eyewitnesses, the building collapsed last Friday, trapping…
Detained Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa has reversed his earlier stance, denying any involvement in the killings reported across parts of Nigeria’s South-East. Speaking through his lawyer, Jonathan Levy, in a statement, Ekpa distanced himself and his affiliated groups from recent violence, particularly in Orsu and other communities in Imo and Anambra states. “The publication contains…
The 36 state governors of Nigeria, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), have acknowledged the widespread hunger and hardship faced by Nigerians. The governors made the acknowledgement during an emergency meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. Rising from the meeting, the governors sympathized with Nigerians and expressed support for President Bola Tinubu’s reforms….
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, have arrested 120 suspected internet fraudsters in a coordinated raid across multiple locations in Lagos State. The suspects, comprising 95 men and 25 women, were apprehended on Monday, May 19, 2025, following actionable intelligence and weeks of surveillance on their alleged cybercrime…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit instituted against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, challenging the legality of the six-month suspension handed to Senator Natasha Uduaghan-Apoti, representing Kogi Central over alleged misconduct. The suit, which was instituted by one Ovavu Illiyasu and nine others, was thrown out by the trial judge,…
President Bola Tinubu observed the Jumat prayer at the Lekki Central Mosque in Lagos on Friday afternoon alongside the Muslim faithful. It was the president’s first public outing since attending prayers at the Alausa Central Mosque last Friday. In his sermon, the Chief Imam of Lagos Central Mosque, Ridhwan Jamiu, urged people to be grateful…
Chidimma Adetshina, the model who was forced to withdraw from South African beauty pageant, has emerged winner of Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 pageant. The 23-year-old law student came to Nigeria after accepting to participate in the competition following her controversial withdrawal from Miss South Africa 2024 due to xenophobic backlash over her nationality. Guy Murray-Bruce,…
The Federal Government has summoned the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the management of Dangote Refinery to an emergency conciliation meeting scheduled for Monday in Abuja, following the union’s threat to embark on strike. Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, who disclosed this in a statement over…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has said that the use of a stun gun as a form of threat or to create fear in the mind of another constitutes an offence under the law. Jimoh disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday while giving an update on the case involving…
