Troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, Lokoja, on Saturday recorded significant operational successes following coordinated fighting patrols and ambush operations conducted across parts of Kabba Bunu and Yagba West Local Government Areas of Kogi State. The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Hassan Abdullahi, in a press statement issued on…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, to probe multiple sexual allegations levelled against the Senior Pastor of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Chris Okafor. The order comes amid growing outrage generated by the viral allegations circulating on social media in recent days….
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has clarified that the Governor of Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara, is the leader of the party in the state. Yilwatda made the clarification on Friday night while speaking on Channels Television’s news and current affairs programme. According to the APC National Chairman, the position is…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has sparked fresh debate on prophecy and discernment after recounting, with humour, a controversial prediction linked to Nigeria’s ongoing Africa Cup of Nations campaign. Speaking during a recent programme at Redeemed Christian Church of God’s Redemption City, Adeboye urged worshippers to exercise…
The house of representatives has released the four tax reform acts recently signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement issued on Saturday night, Akin Rotimi, spokesperson of the house of representatives, said the move is aimed at ensuring transparency following the alleged alteration of the legislation. Abdussamad Dasuki, member of the…
The Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku in Delta State has confirmed the death of Rev. Fr Stephen Chukwuma, the parish priest of St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Boji-Boji Agbor, Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State. The priest was said to have died on New Year’s Eve after he reportedly slumped while delivering his…
The Janaza (funeral prayers) for Sina Ghami and Abdul Latif “Latz” Ayodele, close friends and team members of British-Nigerian boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, will be held on Sunday, January 4, 2026, at the London Central Mosque, 146 Park Road, London NW8 7RG. According to a statement released on Saturday by Boxing King Media, the funeral…
President Donald Trump posted a photo Saturday of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in custody on a US naval ship and wearing both a blindfold and handcuffs. “Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, along with a picture showing Maduro hours after he was snatched by US forces….
Nyesom Wike, Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former Rivers State governor, has intensified the ongoing political feud with his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, by declaring that allowing Fubara a second term in 2027 would amount to “political burial” for himself and his allies. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Okrika Local…
The long-running rivalry between the FCT Minister and former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his successor, Siminalayi Fubara flared up again on Friday, as Wike condemned his political godson for allegedly referring to him as a “barking dog.” Wike, during a thank-you visit to Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area in Rivers State, once more challenged…