In a tragic turn of events, Libya faces unprecedented flooding, with 2,000 fatalities and 10,000 missing individuals. Learn about the devastating impact of Storm Daniel, the challenges of rescue efforts, and international aid responses in this comprehensive 5,000-word article. Libya is grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis as catastrophic flooding, triggered by Storm Daniel, has…
No fewer than six rooms in a private residential building were in the early hours of Tuesday gutted by fire at Akinsoji Zone, Ogbere Moradeyo, Oremeji Area of Ibadan. The Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Maroof Akinwande confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. Akinwande…
A prominent civil society organisation in Zamfara State has criticised the state government over what it describes as a “shameful” failure to support the late Professor Roko during his lifetime. In a statement on Saturday, the group’s secretary, Muhammad Gummi, expressed deep disappointment at the government’s handling of the professor’s medical plight, calling the recent…
The Katsina State Government, with the support of UNICEF, has mobilised youth groups to plant 100,000 trees, to combat climate change in the state, through the Green Rising Nigeria Movement project. The project is aimed at creating Nigeria Green champions of change initiative, tagged, ‘One Movement, 100,000 Journeys’. Mrs. Stella Okafor-Terver, UNICEF WASH Programme Officer,…
The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, says the Northern region is one of the biggest beneficiaries of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, particularly in the area of infrastructure. Speaking at the Government-Citizens’ Engagement Interactive Session organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation on Wednesday in Kaduna, Alkali said the Tinubu administration had revived…
President Bola Tinubu is on course to secure overwhelming support from Nigeria’s South-West region in the 2027 elections, according to Rep. Aderemi Oseni, Chairman of the House Committee on the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA). Oseni, who represents Ibarapa East/Ido in the House of Representatives, said political stakeholders and grassroots groups had already begun working…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has rejected claims made by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike that political parties in Rivers State are collaborating under a “rainbow coalition” to back President Bola Tinubu for a second term in 2027. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, IPAC National Publicity Secretary Egbeola Martins described Wike’s statement as unfounded…
A thunderstorm accompanied by severe lightning has claimed the lives of 32 cows in a remote village in Ogun State, Nigeria, in what officials are describing as a freak act of nature. The tragedy unfolded in Osara village, part of the Obantoko community, during a heavy rainstorm on Saturday. Local reports indicate that the animals…
Two clerics, Prof. Amidu Sanni, Chief Imam, Lagos State University, and Pastor Charles Ighele of the Holy Spirit Mission Church, Ikeja, have described President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s presence at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass as a demonstration of religious tolerance. The clerics spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN…
The committee says the Act introduces measures aimed at reducing housing costs, encouraging real estate development, and supporting small businesses and low-income renters. The Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee has dismissed as false a viral video claiming that new tax laws will take effect in 2027 and impose a 25 per cent…
