BREAKING: OLUYEDE ASSUMES OFFICE AS 24TH COAS
As Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede took over as the 24th Chief of Army Staff (COAS), the Nigerian Army ceremoniously lowered and raised the command flag at...
FOREIGN POLITICS: JOHN DUMELO WINS PARLIAMENTARY SEAT IN GHANA
John Dumelo, a well-known actor from Ghana, has been elected to the parliamentary seat for Ayawaso West Wuogon. The incumbent Lydia Alhassan of the ruling...
JUST IN: COURT GRANTS DELE FAROTINMI N50 MILLON BAIL
An Ekiti State Magistrate Court has granted bail to human rights attorney Dele Farotimi in a defamation action brought by Afe Babalola. Omoyele Sowore, the...
REPS CANDIDATE LEAVES ADC OVER VALUES
On Monday, Zakari Garba, the African Democratic Congress's 2023 House of Representatives candidate for the Ningi/Warji Federal Constituency of Bauchi State and former Director of...
NEWS: UK GRANTED 300,000 NEW VISAS TO NIGERIANS IN THE ‘LAST COUPLE OF YEARS’ – ENVOY
In the "last couple of years," the UK claims to have issued 300,000 additional visas to Nigerians. Nigeria is a big benefactor of the UK's...
(JUST-IN) WORLD NEWS: SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT BANNED FROM LEAVING COUNTRY
Less than a week after briefly enforcing martial law and plunging the nation into disarray, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was prohibited from leaving...
ENTERTAINMENT: NETFLIX MEGA HIT ‘SQUID GAME 2’ PREMIERES IN SEOUL AFTER MARTIAL LAW
The Squid Game has returned. As Seoul struggles with actual political unrest, Netflix's most successful series ever, a dystopian South Korean portrayal of a divided...
NIGERIA CUSTOMS GETS FIRST FEMALE PILOT
As the Nigeria Customs Service's (NCS) first female pilot, Deputy Superintendent of Customs (Pilot) Olanike Nafisat Balogun has broken down barriers in aviation and blazed...
UK COURT REVERSES RULING, ORDERS DEPORTATION OF NIGERIAN MAN OVER IMMIGRATION OFFENCES
An earlier decision that prevented the deportation of Olutobi Ogunbawo, a 43-year-old Nigerian who was found guilty of immigration charges, has been overturned by a...
EDO GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION PETITION: TRIBUNAL HOLDS INAUGURAL SITTING, PRE-HEARING SESSION TODAY
The first and pre-hearing session of the 2024 Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal is scheduled to begin. The petitions contest the Independent National Electoral Commission's...