COURT SACKS OLUYEDE AS EKITI PDP GUBER CANDIDATE, DIRECTS NEW PRIMARIES
By: Balogun Ibrahim A Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has removed Dr. Wole Oluyede as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in...
PORTABLE REMANDED AFTER OGUN ARRAIGNMENT
By: Balogun Ibrahim A State High Court in Ota, Ogun State, has denied bail to controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable. Portable was...
GOV AIYEDATIWA MARKS 61ST BIRTHDAY WITH PARDON FOR SEVEN INMATES
By: Balogun Ibrahim Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has exercised his constitutional power of mercy, granting full pardons to seven convicts serving various sentences in...
VILLAGERS FLEE SOKOTO FOLLOWING TURJI’S LATEST THREAT
By: Balogun Ibrahim Fear has gripped Tidibale, a small farming community in eastern Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, after notorious warlord Bello Turji...
BENUE ‘SLAUGHTER HOUSE’ RAIDS: 41 SUSPECTS APPREHENDED
By: Balogun Ibrahim Police in Benue State have arrested 41 suspects in connection with alleged illegal slaughterhouses operating in Makurdi, the state capital. The Police...
US DELIVERS MILITARY SUPPLIES TO NIGERIA
As part of continuous efforts to improve bilateral security cooperation between the two nations, the United States has provided Nigeria with vital military equipment. United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), which is in charge of US military activities throughout the continent, verified the delivery. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, AFRICOM said the supplies were handed over to Nigerian partners in Abuja. “U.S. forces...
OSIMHEN FIRES NIGERIA AHEAD WITH AFCON SCORING TOUCH
By: Balogun Ibrahim If there was a moment that captured Nigeria’s failed World Cup qualifying campaign, it was Victor Osimhen’s astonishing miss during a crucial...
SHOCK,GRIEF IN LAGOS AS NUJ–NAN MOURNS MOJI ENIOLA
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Nigerian Union of Journalists, National Association of Nigeria (NUJ–NAN) Lagos Chapter, is in mourning following the sudden death of...
TRANSPORT MINISTER MOURNS DEATH OF 5 PERSONS IN LPG TRUCK MISHAP
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR On Monday, January 12, 2026, a deadly traffic accident involving a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker in Lawanti village, Akko Local Government Area, Gombe State, claimed the lives of five people. The LPG tanker allegedly crashed into victims in the Lawanti hamlet along the Bauchi–Gombe route, causing immediate deaths and multiple injuries. Residents have described the catastrophe as surprising and terrible, and it has left the town in grief. Senator Said Alkali, the Minister of Transportation, responded to the tragedy by offering his sincere sympathies to the residents of Lawanti district, especially the families of the five victims who perished.
PORTABLE CHARGED TO COURT OVER CAR THEFT, ASSAULT, REMANDED IN CUSTODY
On Monday, the Ogun State High Court in Ota, Ogun State, arraigned controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, better known by his stage name Portable, on a nine-count criminal allegation. Oluseyi Babaseyi, our correspondent, was informed by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer that the accusations include assault, stealing, causing bodily harm, and resisting arrest. Portable’s arraignment followed a viral video that surfaced on Sunday showing him in police custody. The incident is reportedly connected to...