The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has praised President Bola Tinubu’s proposed restructuring of the Forest Guard security framework, describing it as a vital initiative to strengthen national security and restore investor confidence. The traditional monarch made the remarks on Sunday during a courtesy visit to President Tinubu at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos….
Dr Ahmed Audi, Commandant-General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has ordered the immediate withdrawal of a petition by the mining marshal against the Nigerian Police Force. This is according to a statement signed by the NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi on Sunday in Abuja. Afolabi revealed that the petition,…
The management of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abuja has announced the commencement of an investigation into an incident captured in a viral video regarding its emergency response. This is disclosed in a statement signed by the hospital’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Obadiah Gana, on Sunday in Abuja. Gana revealed that the Minister of State…
Nine individuals tragically lost their lives in a serious road accident in Kyaramma village, Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State. According to the Jigawa State Police Command, the incident, which took place on Saturday around 2 pm, involved two Golf 3 saloon cars and resulted in numerous injuries. In a statement, the Police Public…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condoled with the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama and members of the Kaigama family of Taraba State on the passing of their brother and father, Fidelis Kaigama. Fidelis Kaigama died on June 6, at 84. In a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu described the…
A senior naval officer undergoing a course at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna State (name withheld), was gruesomely murdered on Saturday, 7 June 2025, near the Kawo flyover bridge while attempting to fix a flat tyre on his vehicle. Military sources said the officer, a senior course student at AFCSC…
Senator Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, representing Nasarawa West, has accused the former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, of lacking the principal symptom of a staunch politician. The Senate Committee Chairman on Public Accounts said he could not be on the same political platform as Malam El-Rufai. Recalled that El-Rufai abandoned the governing All Progressives…
The national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has received no fewer than 1,230 former supporters of Hon. Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila back into the NNPP. The defectors, who hail from Albasu and Sumaila Local Government Areas in the Kano South Senatorial District, were…
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has confirmed the death of Godwin Akpakpan, a 300-level student of Computer Science, who was allegedly killed by unidentified security personnel. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Akpakpan was reportedly apprehended by security operatives during a stop-and-search operation in Port Harcourt. The incident occurred late on April…
Activities for this year’s edition of Ojude Oba festival, sponsored by Globacom, began on Friday night in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, with a superlative entertainment event that had the Commander, Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi, and Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, the king of Fuji music. The event was an outstanding prelude to the big event holding on Sunday…
