The Anambra State Police Command has intensified security measures ahead of the November 8 governorship election, deploying helicopters, drones, and tactical teams to ensure a peaceful and credible exercise across the state. Addressing journalists on Sunday in Awka, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, disclosed that the additional deployment was approved by the […]
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has announced plans to introduce 10,000 electric buses across the state by 2030, as part of an ambitious push towards a low-carbon public transport system. The agency disclosed the plan in a statement on Sunday, noting that it had entered into a strategic partnership with Greenplinth Africa Limited […]
Two men have been arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command while attempting to sell a motorcycle allegedly stolen from a resident of Darazo town. The suspects — 25-year-old Nura Yau and Bayero Isah, both from Akuyam village in Misau Local Government Area, were intercepted following an intelligence report from a vigilant resident […]
Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has alleged that he was deliberately prevented from seeing the late former President Muhammadu Buhari in the years leading to his death, despite their long political association. Dalung, who served under Buhari’s administration from 2015 to 2019, made the revelation during an interview on Inside Sources with […]
The Imo State Police Command has refuted claims circulating on social media that operatives of its Anti-Kidnapping Unit, popularly known as Tiger Base, tortured a suspected member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Magnus Ejiogu, to death. Police spokesperson Henry Okoye dismissed the allegations in a statement issued in Owerri on Sunday, describing […]
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Ade Adetimehin, has urged party members to close ranks and work collectively toward securing victory for President Bola Tinubu and the APC in the 2027 general elections. Adetimehin made the appeal on Sunday in Akure while addressing members during a reception for hundreds of […]
Power-generation companies across Nigeria have lost about ₦2.31 trillion to stranded electricity over the past 12 years, despite the nation’s persistent energy shortage. The figure, released by the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), represents the cumulative value of power that could have been delivered to consumers between 2013 and September 2025 but was left […]
A coalition of young members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State has publicly urged Governor Ahmad Aliyu to contest for a second term, praising what they described as notable progress across the state under his leadership. At a press briefing on Sunday, the group — calling itself the APC Youth Strategic […]
A horrifying scene unfolded on a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train in eastern England on Saturday evening when two men carried out a knife attack, leaving ten people injured — nine of them with life-threatening wounds. The incident occurred around 6:25 p.m. as the train travelled between Peterborough and Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. According […]
Tensions escalated on the international stage as the United States War Secretary, Pete Hegseth, declared that his department is “preparing for action” in Nigeria, following former President Donald Trump’s warning over alleged persecution of Christians in the country. Hegseth made the statement via his official account on X (formerly Twitter), responding directly to Trump’s […]
