The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather activities across the nation from Monday to Wednesday, warning of possible flash floods in some areas. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja envisaged morning thunderstorms on Monday with moderate rains over parts of Adamawa, Taraba, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan could have avoided her prolonged face-off with the Senate by simply issuing a public apology. The statement comes in the wake of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s ongoing legal battle over her suspension from the upper legislative chamber. The lawmaker, who represents Kogi Central, was suspended for six months…
Social media influencer, Aisha Yesufu has claimed that former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi first revealed his plan to do one term of office if elected President before the 2023 during the campaign for the 2023 presidential election. Yesufu, who is one of the confidants of Peter Obi revealed this on her X…
Activist lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam has petitioned the Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on the need to ban Big Brother Naija reality television show. Idam said the programme should be banned or regulated for promoting obscene, indecent, and profane content in line with the NBC Act of 1999. He disclosed that the programme…
Chairperson of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that it is unfair to generalise and attribute a crime committed by a few Nigerians to the whole of the country. Abike, who was responding to questions on the ‘Nigeria must go’ protest going on in Ghana, called on the host nation to…
The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has said Nigerians will enjoy uninterrupted electricity supply before the end of President Bola Tinubu’s tenure in 2027. Adelabu gave the assurance on Saturday during the commissioning of the Kwaru 1X15MVA 33/11KV injection substation in the Ikotun-Egbe area of Lagos State. He said the Federal Government was taking…
The family of Abubakar Yaqub, Chief Imam of the Kuchibuyi community in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, is in mourning after his son, Attahiru Abubakar, was allegedly shot dead by police officers during a land dispute in the area on Saturday. According to PUNCH Metro, Attahiru died instantly after being hit by…
Controversial Nigerian socialite, Okuneye Idris well known as Bobrisky has once again surprised his fans by crying out over a delay in his monthly period. Bobrisky who had earlier announced that he has biologically become a woman lamented over the delay in his monthly cycle. He stated that the delay might affect his routine if…
A Nigerian doctoral student has been charged and remanded in custody in Lisbon in connection with the killing and decapitation of a 34-year-old Guinean man, whose body was discovered in the early hours of July 31 behind the Lisbon Coliseum in the city’s Baixa district. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Jonathan Uno, was arrested after…
Conservative Party leader and UK opposition head, Kemi Badenoch, has opened up about her difficult experiences growing up, including her time at a Federal Government Girls’ boarding school in Sagamu, Nigeria, which she likened to a prison. Speaking from Westminster within sight of Big Ben, Badenoch — the MP for Saffron Walden since 2017 —…