161m Nigerians now face food insecurity – FG
The federal government says about 161 million Nigerians are currently food insecure, even as it intensifies efforts to avert an impending food and nutrition crisis. The Director, Nutrition and Food Safety…
Ahead NEC: APC Dangles Chairmanship Between N/Central, N/West
Ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), there are indications that the party is yet to agree on where to pick its national chairman from. Credible sources…
‘Stand By Your Statement That Tinubu Has No Powers To Remove Councillor, Let Alone Sitting…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed the Presidency’s clarification on Vice President Kashim Shettima’s recent comments regarding the President’s constitutional powers. The party describes the statement…
Despite recurring accidents, Lagos fails to enforce daytime truck ban
When a container truck lost control and barreled into shoppers at Balogun Market on June 20, 2025, it wasn’t just a headline;…
HortiNigeria fingers poor storage, seasonal harvest to fluctuating tomato cost
The fluctuating price of tomato in the country has been attributed to seasonal harvest, changing weather, limited labour, and high cost of input. HortiNigeria, which raised this alarm, identify other causes to…
Is Shettima rebelling against Tinubu?
PICTURE a Vice President stepping up to a podium, his voice calm but heavy with meaning. Every word lands like a stone in…
Delta: Storm in a teacup over Tompolo, Tantita
Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, an ex-militant leader, and the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) engaged to shadow and provide…
Ex-Afromedia director Mohammed Gobir jailed seven years over N1bn, $3.5m fraud
A Lagos high court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced Mohammed Gobir, a former director of Afromedia Plc, to seven years in prison for a multi-million naira and foreign currency fraud. Gobir was arrested by operatives…
Lagos LG Polls: Odds Favour APC Despite Optimism In Opposition Camp
As residents of Lagos State go to the poll to elect those who will the lead the 20 local government areas and 37…
2027: Hurdles before APC, coalition as Nigerians weigh options
Following the adoption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) by opposition leaders as the platform on which to challenge the AllProgressives Congress (APC) at the 2027 polls, penultimate Thursday, talks have…
Akpoti-Uduaghan Writes Senate to Resume July 15, Appeals Contempt Conviction
The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Natasha…
Gunmen Kill Civil Defence Officer, Abduct 3 Students In Edo
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted three students of the Catholic’s Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary School, in Ivianokpodi, Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo state. It…
Alleged N29 Billion Fraud: Ex-governor Nyako, EFCC consider out-of-court settlement
A former governor of Adamawa State, MurtalaNyako, has opted for an out-of-court settlement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a N29 billion alleged fraud case. The EFCC arraigned Mr Nyako in…
Liverpool retires number 20 jersey in honour of Diogo Jota
Liverpool Football Club has retired the number 20 jersey in honour of its former striker, Diogo Jota.A statement by the club on Friday, signed by its CEO, Michael Edwards, confirmed that the number 20 will no…
Court dismisses scavengers, beggars’ N500m right suit against Wike, others
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the N500 million suit filed by some vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, petty traders, against the Minister, Nyesom Wike. Justice James Omotosho, in a…
CTC clarifies ruling: Natasha to apologise to court, not Senate
A Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Federal High Court judgment delivered on July 4, 2025, has clarified that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is…
Obaseki’s financial records will be probed – Okpebholo
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has announced plan to investigate the financial dealings of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki. The governor disclosed this on Friday while addressing a crowd of party…
When the sirens go silent: Inside Lagos’ dying emergency ambulance system
In the early 2000s, Lagos stood tall among Nigeria’s 36 states, pioneering one of the country’s most functional public ambulance networks. With sirens slicing through traffic and mobile intensive care units…
US court jails Nigerian 11 years for $1.3m COVID-19 fraud
A United States court has sentenced a Nigerian, Abiola Quadri, to 11 years in prison for defrauding California and Nevada out of $1.3m in COVID-19 pandemic unemployment and disability insurance benefits. The…
Last man standing: The story of Aminu Dantata’s rise
Aminu Dantata was one of the eighteen surviving offspring of Alhassan Dantata when I was growing up in the 1960s. Most of them lived on the same street founded by their father, around 1910, when he relocated to Kano…
Mohbad: Coroner orders trial of nurse, faults police inaction
The Coroner’s Court sitting in Ikorodu, Lagos, has recommended the criminal prosecution of an auxiliary nurse, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, over the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. The inquest…
Adeleke’s Defection: Osun APC, PDP in Panic
A wave of panic is sweeping through the camps of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in Osun State over Governor Ademola Adeleke’s reported plan to dump the PDP for the APC, findings by…
Court Remands 20 Suspects Accused Of Killing Wedding Guests In Plateau
The Plateau State High Court 10 sitting in Jos has remanded 20 suspects accused of killing wedding guests in Mangun community, Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. 13 of the travellers were killed,…
‘Kidnapper’ Arrested With N13m Cash, Arms Along Kaduna-Jos Road
Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN, currently conducting Operation LAFIYAN JAMA’A, have apprehended a suspected kidnapper with N13 million in cash along the Wamba-Jos road. The troops also recovered arms, including…