BALTASAR ENGONGA FACES 18-YEAR JAIL TERM IN CORRUPTION TRIAL AMID SEXTAPE SCANDAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. The former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, Baltasar Engonga, is facing up to 18 years in...
WILDFIRES FORCE MASS EVACUATIONS IN GREECE AND TURKEY AS STRONG WINDS FUEL FLAMES
Agency Report Wildfires fanned by gale-force winds have triggered mass evacuations on the southern Greek island of Crete and in Turkey’s western province of...
KADUNA SDP CHIEFTAIN BASHIR ZAKARIYA DIES IN FATAL ACCIDENT
A chieftain of the Kaduna State chapter of the Social Democratic Party(SDP), Bashir Zakariya, has died in a car accident along the Zaria-Kaduna highway on...
TRUMP SCORES MAJOR WIN AS CONGRESS PASSES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND SPENDING BILL
By Aishat Momoh. O. U.S. President Donald Trump secured a significant political victory on Thursday as Congress narrowly passed his sweeping tax and spending...
FRENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS’ STRIKE GROUNDS HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS, DISRUPTS EUROPEAN TRAVEL
Agency Report Tens of thousands of passengers across Europe faced travel chaos on Thursday as French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike, citing...
BAYELSA HIGH COURT JUDGE REGAINS FREEDOM 12 DAYS AFTER KIDNAPPING IN YENAGOA
By Aishat Momoh. O. Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a serving judge of the Bayelsa State High Court, has regained his freedom 12 days after being...
LIFE AND TIMES OF EX-SUPER EAGLES GOALKEEPER, PETER RUFAI
Peter Rufai was born on 24 August 1963, and died on 3 July 2025. He was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Rufai passed away...
JUST IN: EX-SUPER EAGLES GOALKEEPER PETER RUFAI DIES AT 61
A former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, is dead! He was 61 years old. “We mourn the passing of legendary Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai,...
EFCC ARRAIGNS BUSINESSWOMAN FOR ALLEGED $700,000 FRAUD, N190M THEFT IN LAGOS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a Lagos-based businesswoman, Adekemi Folorunsho, before the Ikeja Special Offences...
OUR PRODUCTIVE FARMLANDS HAVE BECOME KILLING FIELDS- BENUE FARMER
Benue farmers on Thursday declared that the region’s productive agricultural lands had transformed into lethal zones for intruders. The agriculturalists who expressed their thoughts in...