An activist from Kano, Comrade Muhammad Yahaya Barma, popularly known as Muhd Barma has condemned the murder of travelers from Northern Nigeria in Udune Efandion community of Uromi, Edo State. In a statement made available to our correspondent, Muhd Barma described the attack as heinous, urging security operatives to swift into action and bring the…
A 25-year-old tailor, Victoria Effiong, was arraigned on Friday before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Iba for allegedly refusing to marry a suitor after collecting N2.8m from him. Effiong is facing three counts bordering on breach of peace, cheating and obtaining by false pretence. The police prosecutor, Inspector Chinedu Njoku, told the court that…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Chima Hyginus Nkwocha, a.k.a “Young Billionaire,” for cheating by impersonation and money laundering. The commission in a statement on Wednesday night, January 8, 2025, said Nkwocha was jailed on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. Nkwocha was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, says he can positively change Nigeria’s trajectory within four years if elected president in 2027. Obi, who also assured his supporters that he would be on the ballot in the 2027 presidential election, stated this while speaking to journalists in Abuja on…
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has declared that he never betrayed Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ex-presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. El-Rufai made the remark while praying that opposition leaders like Atiku, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Rivers ex-governor Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola should join the Social Democratic Party, SDP. The former governor who…
The Confederation of African Football has delisted the Group D second-leg fixture of the ongoing 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Mediterranean Knights of Libya. The game was earlier scheduled to take place in Libya by 8 pm after the first leg took place in Godswill Akpabio…
In a major breakthrough in the fight against insurgency and violent extremism, the Nigerian Army has arrested a wanted terrorist kingpin, Idris Idris, popularly known as Babawo Badoo, alongside 37 other criminal suspects during coordinated operations across several parts of the country. The nationwide operations also resulted in the rescue of 15 kidnapped victims, the…
The Federal Government has announced the reintroduction of Nigerian History as a compulsory subject from primary to senior secondary school, 16 years after it was removed from the curriculum in 2009, under the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua administration. The Federal Ministry of Education announced this in a statement posted on its X handle on Wednesday. It…
Strong indications emerged at the weekend that prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, may crash further in 2025. Industry experts, who spoke to Saturday Sun, noted that petrol, which currently sells for between N900 and N950 in many fuel stations, may have its price further crashing to as low as N500 a…
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a cleric identified simply as Kadiri, who is alleged to have sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl in the Babasanya-Araka area of Ede. According to police spokesperson SP Abiodun Ojelabi, officers were dispatched to the area after receiving a report of the incident. He said the…
