The Oyo State Police Command has arrested one Lawal Faruq, who allegedly set fire to his ex-lover after their relationship went sour. The incident reportedly happened on Thursday at a military barracks in Ibadan, the state capital. A counterinsurgency expert,…
Special Adviser on Media and Communications to Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Tunde Moshood, has slammed Senator Orji Kalu for alleging that Nigerian pilots and cabin crew take smoke igbò (substance abuse). According to Moshood, Kalu’s…
The Lutheran Church of Norway on Thursday apologised to the country’s LGBTQ community, at a gay pub in Oslo, for the discrimination and harassment it subjected them to in the past. “The Church of Norway inflicted shame, serious harm and…
The Edo State governor Monday Okpebholo, has announced that Edo languages would be reintroduced ointo the school curriculum across the state. In a statement on Thursday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, Okpebholo reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to…
An articulated vehicle laden with a container Thursday morning fell at Onitsha Owerri Road, killing three passengers on a tricycle on the spot, while three tricycles carrying passengers were trapped under the container. As of the time of filling this…
Foreign Investors from Washington DC have expressed confidence in Nigeria’s ongoing economic reforms. This was disclosed as various speakers at the Nigeria Investors Forum held on the sidelines of the 2025 WBG/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington D.C., yesterday, spoke. According…
Madagascar’s ousted president confirmed for the first time that he had fled the country, issuing a statement after a military-led power grab prompted by weeks of demonstrations that have plunged the island nation into crisis. President Andry Rajoelina left between…
All the eight local government chairmen in Bayelsa State have resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), declaring their support for Governor Douye Diri who recently quit the party. NEWSMAXNG reported that Diri defected from the PDP alongside members of the…
Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan has lamented that projects he initiated as governor of Bayelsa State after he became Vice President to the late President Umaru Yar’Adua in 2007 were not completed. Speaking on Wednesday at the inauguration of the…
The governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). This was contained in a Facebook post on by the governorship Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah. According to Alabrah, the governor resigned from the…
