At least 16 travellers from Northern Nigeria were brutally killed in the Udune Efandion community of Uromi, Edo State, after being labelled as kidnappers. It was gathered the incident occurred on Thursday when the victims, reported to be primarily Hausa hunters, were en route from Port Harcourt to Kano for the Sallah festivities. They were…
Tragedy struck on Saturday night when a senior naval officer, identified as Lieutenant Commodore M. Buba, was stabbed to death during a robbery attempt at the Kawo Bridge area of Kaduna metropolis. According to eyewitness accounts, the officer, who was undergoing a course at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, had a flat…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared Wednesday, 20th August 2025 as a work-free day. The public holiday was declared to mark Isese (traditional) day in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Olanike Adeyemo,announced this in a statement issued on Monday. The statement was made available to our correspondent by the…
The death toll from Saturday’s tragic petrol tanker explosion at Dikko in Niger State has risen to 86, with 55 others injured. According to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), the explosion, which occurred when a tanker carrying petrol overturned, has left a devastating impact on the region. NSEMA Director General, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba…
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Saturday granted forgiveness to Yoruba self-determination activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, during a widely attended reconciliation visit at the Ile Oodua Palace, Ile-Ife. The historic gathering, which drew prominent Yoruba monarchs, traditional chiefs, and a massive crowd of supporters, marked a turning…
In Lagos, the most populous city in West Africa, nothing is a waste in the hands of those who can see value in it. Despite inherent risks, particularly those that have to do with human safety and public health, when the opportunity to make cash or profit presents itself, the love of money is prioritised…
The Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, has donated 3,000 rams to the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Zamfara to bolster the Sallah festivities. Distributing the rams on behalf of the minister in Gusau on Thursday, the APC State Chairman, Alhaji Tukur Danfulani, said that 100 rams were allocated to each of…
President Bola Tinubu has assured that the new tax reform laws were not implemented to punish poor Nigerians. The president said this while announcing the launch of a Personal Income Tax Calculator developed by his administration. He said the calculator would allow citizens to compare their estimated tax under the new laws to what they…
The Federal Government has budgeted N6.21bn for salaries of workers of the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company next year, according to the proposed 2025 budget. This is an increase of N1.92bn or 44.76 per cent from the N4.29bn allocated in the 2024 budget despite the inability of the company to produce a single sheet of steel…
A police officer allegedly attached to the Force Headquarters in Abuja has been accused of stealing the glasses of Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general election, during a protest on Monday. Sowore, who disclosed the incident via his Instagram page, claimed the officer, dressed in mufti, stole…
