The Minister of State for Defence and former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has challenged the state government to account for what he described as more than ₦1tn received with no visible results. Addressing a massive crowd of APC supporters in Gusau, Matawalle delivered a fiery message on transparency and responsible governance, accusing the…
Two children have drowned in separate well incidents in Dala and Dawakin Tofa Local Government Areas of Kano State. This was contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Kano. Abdullahi said a six-year-old boy, Ahmad Abdurashid, drowned in a well…
The European Union and British health agencies have reaffirmed the safety of paracetamol use during pregnancy, rejecting claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that linked the common painkiller to autism. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said evidence of such a link remained “inconsistent” and warned against drawing hasty conclusions. Trump, at a White…
A massive wildfire in California is threatening ancient giant sequoias after flames reached the McKinley Grove, a stand of about 165 of the towering trees located in Sierra National Forest. Forestry officials said the Garnet Fire, which began on 24 August following a lightning strike, spread into the grove on Monday despite extensive protection measures,…
One person has been confirmed dead, and several others remain at risk following an incursion of hippopotamuses into communities in Guyuk and Shelleng Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, local officials said Monday. Mr. Shalom Kassa, Chairman of Guyuk Local Government, told journalists in Banjiram that a young man was reportedly killed by one of…
Senator Aishatu Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly known as Binani, has extended her heartfelt condolences to families who lost loved ones and property in the recent flood disaster that struck Yola, Adamawa State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the flood, which occurred on Sunday, claimed several lives and destroyed properties, including homes, livestock, and farmlands….
Residents of Maru Local Government Area in Zamfara State have heaped praise on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Minister of State for Defence Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle, and Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa for what they describe as a “timely and life-saving intervention” in the region’s long-running security crisis. For over a year, communities…
A man shot and killed his son with a homemade gun during a birthday party he threw for his father, police said on Tuesday. The 63-year-old shooter was detained without a warrant after the police were alerted to a shooting at an apartment in Incheon, west of Seoul. The man is suspected of firing two…
A record 83.4 million people have been forced to flee from their homes, fuelled by an increase in disasters and conflict, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said. The UN migration agency in its 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement on Tuesday said the number of people living in internal displacement had more than…
No fewer than 14 people have died and six others hospitalised after consuming over night toxic liquor in northern India, police said on Tuesday. Maninder Singh, the senior police officer who revealed this said also said that seven people have been arrested on allegations that they supplied the toxic liquor. Singh said that the arrested…
