COURT ADJOURNS BAIL HEARING IN $1.5M OIL FRAUD CASE OVER DEFENDANT’S ABSENCE
By Aishat Momoh. O. An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned the hearing of a bail application filed by businessman Joseph Ufoma, who is being...
TROOPS NEUTRALIZE A SUSPECTED TERRORIST IN KOGI STATE
By: Muftau Fatimo Troops of 12 Brigade have eliminated a suspected terrorist during a combat patrol in the Odoape–Adankolo Forest, located in the Kabba/Bunu Local...
CDS IDENTIFIES BORDER SECURITY, LOCAL DEFENCE PRODUCTION AS KEY PRIORITIES
By: Sunmola Ganiyat The Defence Headquarters has identified border security and indigenous technological development as central to Nigeria’s evolving defence strategy. In a statement issued...
INDIGENOUS CONTRACTORS THREATEN PROTEST AT APC CONVENTION OVER DEBT BACKLOG
The All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN) says its members may stage a protest at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention in Abuja...
LAGOS SET FOR COLOURFUL 2026 FANTI CARNIVAL TO CELEBRATE AFRO-BRAZILIAN HERITAGE, CULTURE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Lagos State Government has unveiled plans for the 2026 Lagos Fanti Carnival, positioning the annual cultural festival as a major...
PETROL TRUCK CRASH KILLS SIX IN IBADAN
A petroleum truck on Tuesday crushed no fewer than six persons to death along the Beere/Agodi Road in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
BAYO ADELABU APOLOGISES TO NIGERIANS OVER EPILEPTIC POWER SUPPLY
BY JEN NOMAMIUKOR Bayo Adelabu, the minister of power, said sorry to Nigerians for the bad electricity supply and the frequent power cuts that have...
SINGER ASA LOSES MOTHER
Nigerian singer-songwriter, Bukola Elemide, popularly known as Asa, has announced the death of her mother following a sudden brain tumour. The 43-year-old musician made the...
YELWATA KILLINGS TRIAL HALTED AS DEFENDANT COLLASPE IN COURT
The trial of people connected to the 2025 Yelwata killings stopped on Tuesday because one of the accused fell down in court. Nine defendants —...
COURT JAILS REPEAT FRAUDSTER THREE YEARS OVER N12M BANKING FRAUD IN LAGOS
By Aishat Momoh. O. Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced a repeat fraud offender, Oluokun Gabriel Adekola,...