Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and South African firebrand politician, Julius Malema, are expected in Enugu State on Sunday for the 2025 Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the conference, scheduled to hold at the International Conference Centre, Enugu, from Aug. 25 to Aug….
Police authorities in Anambra State have arrested a 65-year-old man identified as Akpan Godwin, found with over 1000 rounds of live ammunition in the commercial city of Onitsha. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He said operatives of the Rapid Response Squad attached to…
Two persons have been confirmed dead, three injured in a ghastly motor accident near the permanent site of Ebonyi state University, along the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway. The tragic incident which occured on Saturday, involved a commercial bus loaded with passengers and a Mercedes Benz 911 truck conveying sachet water from Enugu to Abakaliki. Findings revealed that…
An underage has been reported killed, while 76 were rescued as the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) struck again in its ongoing manhunt for the notorious bandit kingpin Babaro and his gang, the masterminds behind the recent da deadly attack on Gidan Mantau Community in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. In a statement signed…
Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening strategic alliances with Japan and other international partners during the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama, Japan.Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations to the Minister of Power, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja.Tunji said…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has pledged to fast-track the completion of the permanent site of the National Defence College (NDC), positioning it as a future Defence Postgraduate University for the country and its international partners. Speaking through Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the graduation of 99 officers from NDC Course 33 in Abuja, Tinubu described the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Abdullahi Bashir Haske, son-in-law of opposition leader Atiku Abubakar, wanted over alleged money laundering, fraud, and corruption. In a notice on its X handle and Facebook page, the anti-graft agency urged Nigerians to report Haske’s whereabouts to the nearest EFCC office. Haske, 36, a businessman and…
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the 2027 presidential ambition of his former ally turned rival, Rotimi Amaechi, saying it is “dead on arrival”. In an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday, Wike said Amaechi stood no chance of clinching a party ticket or winning over Nigerian voters. Amaechi, who defected…
Armed bandits killed 13 people during dawn prayers in Nigeria’s Katsina State on Tuesday, in what officials described as a revenge attack. The attack occurred at Unguwan Mantau in Malumfashi Local Government, where gunmen stormed a mosque and opened fire on worshippers performing the Fajr prayer, said Dr Nasir Muazu, Katsina’s Commissioner for Internal Security…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that at least 69,376 Nigerians pre-registered online on the first day of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, which commenced on Monday, August 18, 2025. According to INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, the registration portal went live at 8:30…
