The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘B’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna, has intensified its clampdown on smuggling with the interception of 250 bags of foreign parboiled rice cunningly concealed in a fuel tanker. The Unit also handed over seized pharmaceutical products and hazardous chemicals to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and…
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…
Ghana’s Defence Minister, Edward Omane Boamah, and the Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, have died in a tragic military helicopter crash that occurred on Wednesday in the Ashanti region, Reuters has reported. According to Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff to President John Mahama, the crash also claimed the lives of three…
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 Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has reinstated an interim order of forfeiture on 14 high-value properties linked to former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, overturning an earlier ruling by the Federal High Court that had set the order aside. In a judgment delivered via virtual proceedings on Wednesday, a three-member panel led by…
Over 50 women in Oviri Olomu Community in Ughelli South local government area of Delta State have declared sex strike over continued attacks by suspected herdsmen. The women who decried years of terror, rape and destruction by armed herders in their once-peaceful agrarian community, vowed on Tuesday not to engage in intimacy with their husbands…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the quick rollout of the free healthcare access initiative for low-income retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), describing it as a critical component of social protection and dignity in retirement. He also called for the prompt implementation of long-overdue pension increases and a minimum pension guarantee, which would provide…
Actress and filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye’s movie “To Be a Friend” has been taken down from YouTube due to copyright concerns over sound content. The film, starring Ademoye, Uzor Arukwe, Deyemi Okanlawon, and Kunle Remi, had amassed nearly six million views before its removal. Ademoye shared the news on Instagram, explaining that music rights issues led…
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Nafisa Aminu, Rukayya Fema, and Hadiza Kalli on emerging world champions in English language communication skills and debate at the 2025 TeenEagle Global competition in London, United Kingdom. Seventeen-year-old Nafisa was named the overall best in English language skills; 15-year-old Rukayya emerged as the overall best in debate, while Hadiza clinched…
Spirit Emmanuel Chukwudi, the General Overseer of the King of Kings Deliverance Ministry, in Gbonum Ulepa Ntezi, Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has released a prophecy about the 2027 presidential election. Chukwudi said Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party would lose his shot at ever becoming Nigeria’s number one…