UPDATED: AT LEAST 56 KILLED IN ‘STAMPEDES’ DURING GUINEA FOOTBALL MATCH – GOVT
No fewer than 56 people were killed in “deadly stampedes” at a football match in Guinea’s second-largest city of N’Zerekore, a statement from the junta-controlled...
BREAKING: ARMY RELEASES INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, FISAYO SOYOMBO
The Nigerian Army has released investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo. The release was confirmed by one of Soyombo’s lawyers, Abimbola Ojenike. “He has just been released...
BAMISE: COURT CLOSES ANDREW NICE’S CASE, ADJOURNS FOR ADOPTION OF FINAL WRITTEN ADDRESS
By Aishat Momoh. O. A Lagos High court Sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), on Friday, adjourned till January 30, 2025 for adoption of final...
BREAKING: WTO REAPPOINTS OKONJO IWEALA AS DG
Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is her second term in office, the WTO said...
JUST IN: A’COURT DISCHARGES AND ACQUITS DR. OLALEYE OF DEFILEMENT
The medical director of the Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, was cleared by the Lagos Court of Appeal of the accusation of defiling...
PRESIDENT TINUBU COMMITS TO RETURNING OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN TO CLASSROOMS WHILE EQUIPPING THEM FOR FUTURE
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reiterated his administration's commitment to giving Nigerian children's education first priority during a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron at the...
COPYRIGHT CONTROVERSY: SINACH FACES N5BN LAWSUIT OVER ‘WAY MAKER’ SONG
Michael Oluwole, a music producer, has filed a lawsuit against Sinach, a well-known gospel singer, alleging copyright violations. For her 2016 hit song "Way Maker,"...
‘I’D HAVE BEEN GREATER THAN WIZKID IF I HADN’T FALLEN OUT WITH PSQUARE’ – MAY D
The Grammy-winning Nigerian musician Mr. May D has asserted that if he hadn't had a falling out with his previous record label, Square Records, Wizkid,...
TRAGEDY STRIKES AS ACTOR JULIEN ARNOLD DIES DURING CHRISTMAS CAROL PERFORMANCE
Popular Canadian stage actor, Julian Arnold is dead. According to reports, the actor passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at the age of sixty....
FG TO CONDUCT CENSUS IN 2025 – NPC
Nigeria's population and housing census is scheduled for 2025, almost 20 years after the country's previous census was conducted in 2006, according to National Population...