The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has implored state governments to urgently invest in modern, non-wooden boats for commercial operations within their jurisdictions. His appeal came while expressing condolences to the victims and families affected by the recent boat tragedy in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State. He […]
The Deputy National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Zainab Ibrahim, has ardently championed the implementation of a “twinning formula” as an expedient measure to promote women’s participation and gender parity in the political arena. She elucidated that the twinning formula is a strategy embraced by certain political entities worldwide, which entails […]
The Cross River State government has vehemently denounced and ordered an investigation into what it perceives as a “flagrant act of lawlessness and abuse of power” following the untimely demise of 23-year-old Onyekachi Moses Mba in Calabar. Erasmus Ekpang, the State Information Commissioner, expressed profound sorrow in a statement over the young […]
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Agagbe camps in the Gwer West Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State have reportedly endured snake bites between January and August 2025. Jacob Ibaah, an IDP from a camp in Agagbe, informed reporters on Sunday that not fewer than 12 IDPs have suffered snake bites in […]
Resident doctors in Kaduna State have declared an indefinite strike commencing at midnight on Sunday, September 1, 2025, attributing this action to the government’s failure to implement the 2024 Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and other welfare agreements. The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Kaduna State chapter, in a communiqué released following an emergency […]
Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has strongly condemned the conduct of the just-concluded local government elections in Rivers State, describing the exercise as a sham and an assault on democracy. The elections, held on Saturday across the 23 local government areas […]
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed criticisms describing him as a religious fundamentalist, insisting that such perceptions are misplaced and held by people who neither know him personally nor have worked with him. Speaking on Sunday Politics, a Channels Television programme, El-Rufai said he remains indifferent to the views of his detractors. […]
The Dangote Group has condoled with the family of reality TV star, Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, over the tragic passing of her younger sister, Ruth Otabor. Ruth, who was critically injured in a road accident involving one of the company’s trucks in Auchi, Edo State, succumbed to her injuries despite […]
The Iyana-Isolo axis of the ever-busy Apapa–Oshodi Expressway in Lagos descended into chaos on Sunday afternoon when a diesel-laden tanker overturned and went up in flames, leaving at least two people injured. Eyewitnesses said the tanker, which was heading inwards Oshodi from Mile 2, lost control while the driver attempted to park by […]
Nigerian forward, Emmanuel Dennis has officially left Nottingham Forest following the mutual termination of his contract, the Premier League club announced on Sunday. In a short statement on its official website, Forest said: “Nottingham Forest can confirm that Emmanuel Dennis has left the Club following the mutual termination of his contract. We wish […]
