The Department of State Services, DSS, has arrested Omoyele Sowore, the 2019 and 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, ACC following his return to Nigeria. The development comes after it was learnt in early September that the DSS had instructed airport security and immigration authorities to intercept and detain Sowore. The directive to…
United States lawmaker, Riley M. Moore, has rebuked China over its reported warning to Washington against plans for military intervention in Nigeria over alleged genocide against Christians, declaring that the Asian country would not dictate America’s foreign policy. In a post shared on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, Moore expressed support for the…
A small plane has crashed at a London regional airport, the police and Southend London airport announced Sunday. Video footage showed a 12-metre plane in flames with a plume of black smoke at Southend-on-Sea, an airport east of London. “We are working with all emergency services at the scene now and that work will…
About five people have been feared dead at Abuloma Clan, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State as unidentified gunmen attacked a venue where Ijaw Youth Council was having its election. It was gathered that on Saturday, bandits had invaded the area under heavy gunpowder and shot sporadically. Sources, who did not want…
Veteran actor Babatunde “Baba Fokoko” Bamgbode has countered allegations made by his colleague that the President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu ‘MC Oluomo’ Akinsanya, betrayed and abandoned them after they campaigned for President Bola Tinubu in the build-up to the 2023 presidential election. Recall that In June, Fatai “Lalude” Adetayo…
The government of Burkina Faso says an aircraft carrying 11 Nigerian soldiers has violated its airspace. In a statement signed by Assimi Goita, the junta leader, the Burkinabe government said an aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) was forced to land on Monday in Bobo Dioulasso, following an “emergency situation in flight” while…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, December 23, 2024, arraigned the Managing Director of Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited, Akindele Akintoye at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over an alleged $35 million fraud. He was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite on charges bordering on money laundering and contract fraud. On October 31,…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has addressed the controversy surrounding the federal government’s decision to appoint popular musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, also known as KWAM 1 or K1 De Ultimate, as an ambassador following his unruly conduct at Abuja airport. In a statement on X on Wednesday, Keyamo explained that it…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to order an immediate investigation into allegations that senior government officials and politicians named in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) forensic audit report have obstructed its publication. The report, which covers the period between 2000 and 2019, was commissioned to examine…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has demanded an investigation into the alleged burning of Ilesa High Court 2 building by suspected arsonists. Security sources said the building was razed down Sunday evening, raising suspicion of the involvement of arsonists. Checks by The PUNCH revealed that three judges are using different courtrooms within the premises of…