Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Chairman, Mr Christopher Maikalangu, on Wednesday received his Certificate of Return from the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Maikalangu emerged victorious in the APC primaries for the AMAC Chairmanship election held June 25, 2025, with 51 votes….
Eight school students at a hostel in India’s eastern state of Odisha were hospitalised after fellow students put instant glue in their eyes when they were sleeping. According to local media reports Monday, the incident took place on Friday night at a boarding school in Salaguda of Kandhamal district, about 248 km west of Bhubaneswar,…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday arrived in Rabat on a three-day official visit to the Kingdom of Morocco. The French president was received by the King of Moroccan, Muhammed VI and his Crown Prince, Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and Princesses Lalla Khadija and Lalla Meryem. Macron on the other hand was accompanied…
Prominent Business Executive and Socialite, Aisha Achimugu, has declared “hunger strike” in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody following her arrest by operatives of the commission. A statement by the legal team of Achimugu, led by Mr Chikaosolu Ojukwu, SAN, on Tuesday in Abuja said that their client was arrested at about 5…
A Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Hon. Adebayo Olagbenro, says zoning governorship ticket to any of the zones outside Ibadan could be a game changer for the party in 2027. He stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan. Olagbenro, a former Commissioner…
Dr. Noah Kekere, proprietor of Murna Clinic and Maternity, Yanshanu, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, says he has been discharged and acquitted by two state high courts over an organ harvesting allegation levelled against him in 2023. Speaking to journalists on Monday in Jos, Kekere stated that both courts found him and…
A dispute over farmland access has spiralled into deadly ethnic violence in Nigeria’s capital region, leaving one man dead, several injured, and more than 30 homes destroyed in Gurfata village, Gwagwalada Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Local reports say the unrest began on Tuesday when a Fulani herder, Shaibu Adamu, attempted to pass through…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss an application by Binance Holdings Limited, seeking to vacate the ex-parte order made in its favour. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on Feb 11, granted leave to FIRS to serve its originating…
Mr Stephen Emeomi-Magi, the best graduating student of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, has been rewarded with N500,000 by the Ahoanaruogho family of Benin, Edo. OAUSTECH’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Okitipupa. He said that the award was tagged: ‘Mrs Josephine…
Lieutenant General Oluyede, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has relocated to Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, due to the alarming rise in attacks on innocent villagers by herders and armed groups. These violent incidents have become almost daily occurrences, resulting in numerous deaths, injuries, and the destruction of homes, leaving many residents displaced….
