The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has condemned the murder of travelers from Northern Nigeria in Udune Efandion community of Uromi, Edo State. In a statement issued Friday, Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, described the attack as a gross violation of human rights, stressing that extrajudicial violence…
Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party has condemned the detention of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters by the Nigeria Police Force. Obi, in a post titled “On the Arrest of Omoyele Sowore,” noted that the detention of a citizen shortly after he voluntarily honoured an invitation by the Inspector…
An adult content creator who slept with 101 men in the space of one day has opened up about what her parents think about her unusual career. In a stunt that’s prompted some to call for a ban on Only Fans, Lily Phillips filmed herself completing the ‘challenge’ in October, in what she has described…
Nollywood actress Ini Edo has opened up about her struggles with infertility, revealing that she has endured over six miscarriages and several failed in vitro fertilisation procedures. In a recent episode of the reality TV series Young, Famous, and African, the 42-year-old actress shared her personal journey, revealing that she got married at 26, hoping…
Several property worth millions of naira was destroyed on Saturday, in a fire that gutted a two-storey building at number 21, Oduntan Street, Mushin area of Lagos State. The affected building comprises of two units of 3-bedroom flats. The second floor of tte building was gutted by fire that reportedly started from the front flat…
Former Ekiti Governor, Ayo Fayose, has described the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as the only remaining opposition voice in Nigeria. Fayose made the assertion on Wednesday during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. The former governor, however, maintained that no one would be able to defeat President Bola Tinubu and the…
Ruth Auta, a Nigerian working as a nurse in the United Kingdom (UK), has been sentenced to three years in prison over the death of her 10-week-old son, Joshua Akerele. Auta was sentenced by a Bolton Crown court in the UK after she was found guilty of leaving the baby (without anyone watching over the…
The World Bank is set to approve two loans totalling $750m for Nigeria on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, according to documents published on the bank’s official website. The funding is directed toward strengthening health security and expanding climate-resilient digital infrastructure. The package includes $500m for the Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth in Nigeria (BRIDGE)…
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa says his victory in the just-ended governorship poll is a call to deliver more for the people of Ondo State. Aiyedatiwa won the Ondo governor election which was concluded on Sunday, beating the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Ajayi Agboola in the largely peaceful exercise. Speaking to reporters after he was declared as…
President Bola Tinubu says the rising assaults on democratic governance across Nigeria and West Africa pose a danger to everyone, including citizens who “stand aside and do nothing”. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, spoke in Abuja on Friday at the 68th birthday ceremony of former President Goodluck Jonathan, which also marked the 10th anniversary…