Men of the Ogun state Police command on Wednesday, December 7, uncovered a shallow grave at Ajebo in Abeokuta where the remains of 18-year-old Quadri Salami, a 100-level student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, killed for ritual purposes were buried at Mile 6 Ajebo area of Abeokuta, the state capital.  A statement […]

…Screening Exercise at Cenotaph Complex, Asaba, from Monday 4th – Sunday 17th December, 2023. Delta State Government on Tuesday, November 5, urged qualified Deltans and members of the general public to participate in the ongoing screening exercise for the Nigerian Army 86th Regular Recruits Intake (RRI) for Trades and Non-Trades Men and Women. The exercise […]

The death toll from the bombing of Muslims celebrating Maulud Nabbiy in Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State has increased to 120 as officials of Amnesty International who visited the affected communities confirmed the increase in the death toll.  An air strike intended to flush out terrorists had on […]

Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima has responded to comments made by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, over the proposed N15.5 billion budgeted by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to construct a new official residence for the VP. FCT Minister, Nysom Wike, had recently revealed […]

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has apologised to Nigerians on behalf of the military, denying claims of ethnic cleansing. On Sunday night, December 3, the Nigerian Airforce used an army drone to accidentally bomb civilians in Tudun Biri, Kaduna State, which left at least 85 villagers dead and about 66 hospitalised. Musa […]

The World Health Organisation in a press statement on Tuesday, Dec. 5, said globally 2.6 million people die from drinking alcohol every year and over eight million from an unhealthy diet. The WHO called for increased taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to reduce deaths from drinking alcohol and unhealthy behaviours. In new data […]

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) says that Nigeria recorded a total of 77,000 new HIV infections and 43,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2022. The National Programme officer of the organization, Doris Ogbang made the disclosure Tuesday, Dec. 5 in Abuja during the commemoration of World AIDS Day (WAD), by the UN system in […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has issued a warrant of arrest for the new Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso; the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, and 17 others after they refused to honor the committee’s invitations to address inquiries regarding their operations. This followed the adoption of a motion by […]

Actor Terrence J is engaged. The actor whose real name is Terrence Jenkins proposed to his model girlfriend Mikalah Sultan over the weekend. According to posts on the pair’s respective Instagram Stories, Terrence, 41, asked Sultan, 25, to marry him in a surprise proposal in Miami.  Both reshared photos posted by various friends and family […]