Abuja-Nigeria, The Inspector-General (IGP) of Police, on Thursday, re-arraigned controversial social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly called VeryDarkMan (VDM), for allegedly cyberbullying actresses Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dikeh. VDM was also alleged to have cyberbullied famous Nigerian producer and singer Samuel Oguachuba, also known as Samklef, among others. He was re-arraigned before Justice Musa Liman…
A group of All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Zamfara State has urged the party’s National Chairman, Umar Ganduje, to reject any attempt by Governor Dauda Lawal to defect to the APC ahead of the 2027 elections. The group, operating under the banner of Zamfara APC Supporters (ZAS), issued a strongly worded statement on Wednesday,…
Find below, the Dollar to Naira exchange rate for today, 15 May 2025. The exchange rate between the Naira and the US dollar according to the data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the official forex trading portal showed that the naira traded for ₦1596.70 per dollar on Wednesday , May 14th 2025…
Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has urged Nigerians to remain vigilant against visa fraud while revealing that the UK processes roughly 1,500 visa applications daily from Nigeria. He made the call while speaking to journalists at the UK-Nigeria Economic Growth Conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Montgomery advised applicants to use official…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has sued Prof. Pat Utomi over his alleged plan to establish what he called, “a shadow government” in the country. The DSS, in a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, prayed the court to declare the move as an attack on the constitution. The News Agency…
By Amos Tauna, Kaduna The Middle Belt Forum, Kaduna state chapter, has called upon President Bola Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani to reverse what it describes as “former governor El-Rufai’s Southern Kaduna traditional structures,” which undermine their cultural identity and political autonomy. The forum stated, “The administration of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai (2015–2023) bequeathed a…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says that no fewer than 120 million persons have so far been captured in the ongoing nationwide National Identity Number (NIN) enrollment since inception. The Director General of NIMC, Mrs Abisoye Coker-Odusote disclosed this at a media conference on Wednesday in Abuja. She said the enrollment would still continue…
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Wednesday said that his country is working with U.S. President Donald Trump to promote peace. “We can continue to work together to bring peace to our region or other regions, such as peace between Russia and Ukraine,” Tamim said during his meeting with Trump in Doha….
The Senate has passed for second reading the 2025 Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Appropriation Bill of N1.7trillion presented for consideration by President Bola Tinubu. This followed the presentation of the general principles of the bill by Leader of Senate, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), at plenary on Wednesday. Bamidele, having moved for suspension of the…
The United States (U.S.) seeks normalisation of relations with the new government of Syria, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. “We are currently exploring normalising relations with Syria’s new government as you know, beginning with my meeting with President Ahmed Al-Sharaa,’’ Trump said at the Gulf-US Summit in Riyadh. The meeting between Trump and…
