The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has cautioned Nigerians against the excessive desire for money. The agency issued the advice in a terse post on its X handle on Sunday. “Love money too much, and Ponzi schemes will love you …..as their next target….be guided, the Eagle loves you all,” the post read. This…
Tension has continued to envelope the oil communities of Ekid ethnic nationality of Akwa Ibom State following the arrest and prosecution of one of Governor Umo Eno’s fiercest critics, Princess God’sown Udoito, a radical land and environmental rights advocate. According to LEADERSHIP, Lady Udoito was arrested on Wednesday on the orders of the State government…
A 30-year-old man, identified as Mr. Stephen, has taken his own life following the death of his wife in Ikumi Shako Ward, Gurara Local Government Area, Niger State. It was reported that Stephen lost his second wife in March 2025 and had been battling severe depression ever since. Close friends and family revealed that he…
A 13-year-old boy, Siraju Haruna, had been killed following a rock-blasting exercise at Hoy Quarry, Papa Oja, Odeda Local Government Area of the state. Sources told Zagazola that the incident occurred on Friday morning. The quarry Manager, Adeola Temitope, 36, who also serves as a blast man at the site, reported the incident. According to…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the national assembly will enforce a law mandating a minimum of 30 percent local value addition before any raw material is exported. Akpabio spoke on Wednesday when he received members of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), led by Nnanyelugo Martin Ike-Muonso, the council’s director-general, at his office…
A court in the United Kingdom has sentenced one Adewale Kudabo, a York hospital worker who sexually assaulted a patient, to one year in jail. Alex Menary, the judge, said Kudabo had “abused the trust” placed in him as a medical professional. Kudabo had pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on the first…
Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery’s premium motor spirit, PMS, has arrived in New York, United States, for the first time. According to Reuters, Sunoco and Vitol organised the shipment on Monday. The delivery on the tanker, Gemini Pearl, marks a major milestone for the 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote refinery. Reuters reported that an additional shipment of Dangote petrol, which…
Thousands of Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday morning joined the #FearlessInOctober protest against hardships and poverty that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has unleashed on them. In photos of the protests, the protesters chanted “We are hungry” as they marched on the roads. Some of the banners they displayed are; “Bad…
Officials of the State Security Services (SSS) and the police shot rounds of live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters and journalists covering the ongoing protests in Abuja. According to Premium Times, the SSS officials, masked and in black uniforms, arrived in several Toyota Sienna vans, and started shooting live rounds at the peaceful…
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, says Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy, will retain his position if the coalition defeats President Bola Tinubu in 2027. El-Rufai spoke on Wednesday during the second edition of Arewa Tech Fest held in Katsina. The three-day event was convened by the former governor to bring…
