A 67-year-old man, Muhammad Uba and his wife, 52-year-old Fatima Muhammad, have been reportedly killed in a fire outbreak in Kano. The incident occurred on Friday at Rangaza (Inken) Layin AU area of Ungogo local government area of the state. According to the Kano Fire Service command spokesperson, Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, the control room received…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a notorious hacker, identified as Onuma Osita, who infiltrated the financial system of the Enugu State government and siphoned N1,097,700,300 from its coffers. The arrest was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Nigeria Police Force-National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), which launched a detailed investigation into the cyber…
Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, has continued attacking his ex-lover, Queen Dami, by releasing a song titled, ‘Bye Bye to Jaga Jaga’. He shared snippets of the song on his Instagram page on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Prior to releasing the song, which literally means “bye bye to rubbish”, the artiste claimed that Dami…
A wave of unrest is sweeping through Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State following a controversial move to appoint the Akibio of Ilora as a permanent member of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs—a decision that many residents say violates the long-standing rotational leadership tradition among the town’s monarchs. Afijio’s traditional structure…
Angry youths in Naka, Benue State, on Tuesday, set fire to the palace of Ter Nagi, Chief Daniel Abomtse, and parts of the Gwer West Local Government Secretariat while protesting the killing of three people. The violence erupted after suspected armed herders reportedly killed three operatives of the Benue Civil Protection Guards at Garuwa community…
A British-Nigerian art expert, Oghenochuko ‘Ochuko’ Ojiri who has appeared on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt has pleaded guilty in a terrorism financing case after failing to report a series of high-value art sales to a man sanctioned for alleged links to Hezbollah. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, admitted eight counts of failing to make a disclosure during…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 10 suspected members of Boko Haram in Ilesa, Osun State. Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson for the state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, said the suspects were members of Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP). He said the state government would continue to…
The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified a recent proposal which seeks to introduce a 12-year basic education system, against the current 6-3-3 structure. According to the ministry, the proposal presented by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, at the Extraordinary National Council on Education Meeting on February 6, 2025, in Abuja, was…
A newly recruited soldier, Dauda Dedan, has allegedly stabbed a police constable, Aaron John, of Taraba State Command to death in Jalingo. Confirming the incident to journalists in Jalingo on Wednesday, the state police spokesperson, James Lashen, said that the incident occurred at 9:00 p.m. on Monday in Mayo-Goyi, a suburb of Jalingo town. Mr…
The Nigerian Army on Sunday debunked reports circulating that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has died. Several reports, originating from a social media post by a Nigerian journalist announcing the death of the Army chief, had gone viral. The journalist claimed that Lagbaja had died of cancer 48 hours ago. The…