•Adebayo Adelabu The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has escaped death following a plane crash in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It was gathered that the private jet operated by Flint Aero crash-landed last night at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. Having departed the Abuja airport yesterday evening, the aircraft crash-landed into the b...
•Antony Blinken The United States has alerted its citizens in Nigeria of threats to major hotels in the “larger cities” of the country. The US issued this warning in an emergency information for American citizens dated November 3, adding that the Nigerian security agencies are working to counter the threat, reports Channels TV. It also [&helli...
Incorporated Trustees of Mzough U Tiv, an umbrella body for Tiv nationalities worldwide, has instituted a suit against the Tiv Area Traditional Council (TATC) over alleged cultural practice by the Tiv tribe. The allegation borders on claims that the Tiv man entertains his stranger with his wife, reports The Nation. Lead counsel to Mzough U [&h...
•Douye Diri A fresh suit demanding the disqualification of Bayelsa State Governor and candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Douye Diri, from the forthcoming governorship election in the state has commenced at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The suit, which also seeks to disqualify Diri’s deputy and running mate, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, ...
•Late General Sani Abacha The presidency yesterday said France will return $150 million looted by former Nigerian military leader, General Sani Abacha. In a statement, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said President Bola Tinubu commended the European country for the decision, reports Channels TV. Rece...
•House of Reps The House of Representatives has urged Nigerians to hold member of the National Assembly responsible over the purchase of official vehicles for the lawmakers. Members of the National Assembly faced severe criticism over plans to buy an SUV valued at N160m each for the 469 lawmakers. But speaking yesterday on Channels Television,...
A Kano State High Court has restrained the state government from taking any action against private primary and secondary schools in the state. The ex-parte order restraining the government to maintain the status quo was granted by Justice Nasiru Saminu after hearing a motion ex-parte filed by Barr. AbdulHafees D. Khalid for the applicants. App...
European football governing body UEFA upheld a 500,000 euro fine ($537,000) on Spanish champions Barcelona on Friday for a breach of their financial control rules. UEFA’s club financial control body (CFCB) said in a statement the Catalan club wrongly reported profits “on the disposal of intangible assets” in the financial year 2022, reports AF...
The naira continued its rebound against the dollar today, strengthening to N950/$ on the average in the parallel market. This represents a N170 gain or a 15.18 per cent appreciation of the local currency compared to the N1,120 it traded for yesterday, reports The PUNCH. This is also the second day of recovery for the […]
•Fr. Emokhidi Rev. Fr. Samson Emokhidi, a priest of the Archdiocese of Abuja, has been declared missing. According to a statement released by the Chancery, Samson was last seen leaving his residence at 8:45 pm on Sunday, October 1, 2023. The statement signed by Chancellor of the Archdiocese, Fr Sam Tumba, said there had been […]

