OLUBADAN OF IBADANLAND IDENTIFIES LAND GRABBING AS MAJOR CHALLENGE
By: Fasasi Hammad The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja has identified land grabbing as the most pressing challenge confronting residents and indigenes of...
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOVES TO EXPORT NIGERIAN GAS VIA TRANS-CONTINENTAL PIPELINE
By: Fasasi Hammad The Federal Government has intensified high-level discussions on a proposed $20 billion transcontinental gas pipeline aimed at channeling Nigeria’s abundant natural gas...
ARMY ACHIEVES MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS ACROSS BORNO, TARABA, NORTH-EAST STATES
By: Fasasi Hammad The Defence Headquarters has reported that troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised numerous terrorists and thwarted a sophisticated drone-assisted attack during...
MZOUGH U TIV CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION AMID RISING VIOLENCE IN TARABA STATE
By: Fasasi Hammad Mzough U Tiv in Taraba State has raised alarm over what it described as sustained and intensifying attacks on Tiv communities across...
TINUBU, UK PM STARMER HOLD HIGH-LEVEL TALKS, SIGN £746M PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL
Bola Tinubu is currently in talks with Keir Starmer in a high-level bilateral meeting aimed at strengthening diplomatic and economic ties between Nigeria and the...
SOKOTO CLERIC DEFIES SULTAN, LEADS EARLY EID PRAYERS OVER MOON SIGHTING DISPUTE
Agency Report A Sokoto-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Musa Lukuwa, on Thursday led his followers in observing Eid al-Fitr prayers in defiance of the official directive...
US SEEKS TO REVOKE CITIZENSHIP OF NIGERIAN OVER $91M TAX FRAUD SCHEME
Agency Report The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint to revoke the citizenship of a Nigerian national, Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, over...
MAN FREED AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS IN PRISON OVER $550 ROBBERY HE DID NOT COMMIT
Agency Report A 61-year-old man, Kenneth Windley, has been exonerated and released after spending nearly two decades in prison for a robbery he did not...
AKWA IBOM CJ FREES 37 INMATES OVER HEALTH, COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Fabian-Obot, has ordered the release of 37 inmates from custodial centres across...
JIGAWA GOVERNOR GRANTS PARDON TO 12 INMATES AHEAD OF EID AL-FITR
By Aishat Momoh. O. Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has granted a state pardon to 12 convicted inmates in a gesture of compassion ahead...