•Bishop Matthew Kukah The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said until the challenge of a ‘bread and butter’ mentality was resolved, Nigeria’s democracy could continue to look like a lottery. Kukah said many people in the country do not appreciate democratic practice due to lack of fundamentals that should be on the [&helli...
The Village Head of Dan Gulam in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Umar Ibrahim, has been accused of raping and impregnating one Hanatu Yahaya (not her real name), infecting her with HIV in the process. This was contained in a letter (dated October 16, 2023) to the Secretary of Dutse Emirate Council, Dutse […]
Nearly 17 years after he got married, Kolawole Olanrewaju from Ikire in Osun State says he has found out that all the four children he thought he had with his wife, Toyin Olanrewaju, belong to another man. He said a DNA test conducted on the four children aged 16, 12, 8 and 5 at DDC […]
•NDLEA operatives at work NDLEA has arrested three visually-impaired men operating an illicit drug ring between Lagos and Kano. A fourth equally disabled member of the gang is still at large. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi stated today in Abuja that the lid was blown off the group following the arrest of […]
Lightning killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra yesterday. An eye witness told our correspondent that the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted, reports NAN. “The students were practicing on the football pitch ...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to probe the grim allegations that over US$15 billion oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries in Nigeria are missing and unaccounted for between 2020 and 2021.” The allegations are contained in t...
Without prompt intervention from the state government, Oyo workers and pensioners represented by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and their affiliated groups might initiate an indefinite strike in the state starting tomorrow Monday, November 6. A congress where the decision might be taken had been fixed for M...
Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) have successfully uncovered and dismantled an illegal weapon manufacturing factory in Vom, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement posted on its Facebook page yesterday. The recovered items include 6 AK-47 rifles, 4 sub-machine guns, 11 AK rifle bod...
No fewer than 15 states have spent N301 billion on airports that failed to meet the yearly passenger traffic requirement per airport. The airports, which are spread across the country, are underutilized as many hardly record daily flights while others only have a few chartered flights sometimes, reports Sunday Vanguard. Constructed by state go...
•Speaker Abass and Senate President Akpabio With elected officials choosing comfort over sacrifice, DIRISU YAKUBU interrogates the recent procurement of exotic vehicles for federal lawmakers. For the advocates of prudent management of resources, given Nigeria’s dwindling revenues, the past few weeks must have been very troubling. In the past d...

