Former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has hit back at the Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, over his comment describing former governor Aregbesola’s eight-year tenure as ‘worst in the history’ of the state. In what appears as a ‘tit-for-tat’ response, the former minister described the attack as unfortunate just to curry favour…
The killing of at least seven farmers in Bum community, Chugwi area of Vwang District, Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, late Wednesday, has been widely interpreted as the latest link in a rapidly escalating chain of reprisal violence that has gripped several parts of the state since early December 2025. Sources…
The death of a 32-year-old Nigerian national in Nalasopara on Saturday night has shocked the Nigerian community in India. This was after it was revealed that he was beaten to death by his fellow countrymen during a violent quarrel. Police confirmed that three Nigerian nationals had been arrested in connection with the crime, according to…
Officials of the State Security Services (SSS) and the police shot rounds of live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters and journalists covering the ongoing protests in Abuja. According to Premium Times, the SSS officials, masked and in black uniforms, arrived in several Toyota Sienna vans, and started shooting live rounds at the peaceful…
The Sokoto State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned strike over the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage. The state NLC chairman, Comrade Abdullahi Aliyu Jungle, disclosed this during a press briefing over the weekend. He revealed that the new wage, set to take effect in January 2024, will benefit…
The Federal Government and the World Bank have entered a fresh partnership towards tackling poverty and boosting the living standards of Nigeria’s vulnerable populations. This was as the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) described the stance of former Senate Chief Whip, Mohammed Ndume, on World Bank loans secured by the President Bola Tinubu administration…
A popular Netherlands-based research firm Dealroom.co, has named Nigeria’s Lagos as the fastest-growing tech ecosystem in the world for 2025, ahead of Turkey’s Istanbul and India’s Pune. The firm disclosed this in its Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2025 report recently released. The report explained that Lagos emerged top fastest-growing tech city because it plays home…
United States president Donald Trump has warned that Europe is in decline because of migration, telling leaders they need to close borders and deport migrants. Trump made this known while delivering his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly. “They’re being destroyed. Europe is in serious trouble. They’ve been invaded by a force of illegal…
A Lagos Magistrate Court has arraigned a 37-year-old woman, Akanji Kofoworola, for allegedly using her Facebook account to publish, distribute or project articles and obscene content against a Nollywood actress and businesswoman, Lizzy Anjorin. Kofoworola was brought before Chief Magistrate Wahab Balogun by operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, on a three-count…
The family of veteran Nollywood actress, Peju Ogunmola, has released an official statement to clarify the cause of death of her only child, Ayomikun, debunking online claims that he died in a bathroom accident in the UK. The Nigerian movie industry was plunged into mourning following the news of the young man’s passing. In the…
