A fuel laden tanker has gone up in flames in Jigawa State, North West Nigeria. The incident which happened at Jigawa-Kano border, caused panic among bystanders. Aliyu M. A., Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service, Jigawa State Command, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. According to Aliyu, “On November…
The sole House of Representatives member on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Leke Abejide, has predicted that the opposition coalition formed around the party will collapse by September. Abejide, who represents Yagba East/Yagba West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency of Kogi State, said the coalition’s failure to secure a single seat in the August 16…
Tragedy struck in Kaduna State on Thursday, as the Sarkin Yakin Zazzau, Rilwan Pate, slumped and died while attending an occasion alongside the Emir of Zazzau, Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. According to an eyewitness, Pate, who was also a Council Member of the Emirate and Councillor in charge of Health Related Matters, suddenly slumped during the…
A Baptist Church cleric, Pastor Daniel Bagama, and his three daughters have been abducted by bandits at Tudun Bussa village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Conference President of the Kaduna Baptist Conference, Rev. Ishaya Adamu Jangado, disclosed this in a letter copied to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), saying, “I…
African Democratic Congress, (ADC) has unfolded its plan to exit both the All Progress Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the corridors of power in all the states in the Southwest region. The process will start with Osun and Ekiti states governorship elections in 2026. The party made this known at the…
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela’s opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Machado was honoured “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” said Jorgen…
Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation and digital economy, says the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, 2025, is expected to be signed into law this week by President Bola Tinubu. Tijani spoke on Monday at a public hearing jointly convened by the senate and house of representatives committees on ICT and cybersecurity. “This bill…
A student in the Yola Campus of the Nigeria Law School, identified as Ayomiposi Ojajuni, has allegedly taken his own life over failure to sit for his final examination. The news broke Sunday that he killed himself on Saturday, December 6, because he was barred from doing the bar final examination at the Yola Campus….
A 48-year-old man, identified as Okafor, was fatally stabbed in his home at Jakande Housing Estate, Lekki, in the early hours of Monday, allegedly by a female sex worker he had invited over. It was learned that the incident happened at about 5:32 a.m. According to the police report, the complainant, who is a friend…
The Nigerian police are seeking to arrest 601 account holders regarding a technical glitch that cost fintech company Flutterwave N21.2 billion ($21.2 million) in erroneous transactions last year. Over 9,663 unauthorised transactions were carried by point-of-sale merchants amounting to billions of naira after Flutterwave suffered a glitch, which “allowed agents to conduct transactions in excess…
