•Peter Obi Former Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has condemned the recent attack by terrorists in Borno State, describing it as horrific and unacceptable. It was earlier reported how suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists abducted more than 100 women and children in an attack on Ngoshe ...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu and scene of residents scooping diesel from a fallen tanker in Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged residents of the state to prioritise their safety. The governor spoke in reaction to a viral video showing some residents scooping diesel from a 33-litre tanker that fell on the Liverpool Bridge in [&hel...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State More than 74 houses have been destroyed and several lives lost in a protracted communal crisis affecting Ijaw communities in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State. The conflict, which began in Okomu, has since spread to neighbouring communities including Agbede, Oweike, and Okorodudu, despit...
•Boat mishap A boat mishap has claimed the lives of at least 27 people in the Gbajibo community in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. The tragedy occurred barely seven months after a similar incident claimed the lives of 100 people in the area, reports Channels TV. It was learnt that the boat […]
Forty persons have been killed in another attack by assailants on Zike community, Kimakpa in the Kwall district of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to a Kwall community leader, Wakili Tongwe, the attackers invaded the village in the early hours of today and shot sporadically at residents who were scampering for safety [&...
•Kemi Badenoch Leader of UK’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has renewed her onslaught against Nigeria. The Nigerian-born politician dominated the headlines towards the end of last year over controversial remarks about her birth country, reports Daily Trust. While delivering her first speech of the year at an event organised by Onward, a B...
•Scenes of the deadly stampedes At least 57 lives have been lost during the sharing of food and palliative items in three separate incidents that occurred in three states of the federation. The incidents happened during the sharing of food items, a regular feature at Christmas and New Year festivities, reports Sunday Tribune. The philanthropic...
•Cultists A renewed cult war in some parts of Benin City, particularly, Upper Sokponba Road and its environs have reportedly claimed not less than eight lives in the state capital. Some sources claim that the death toll is not less than twenty in the last three days when the crisis erupted, reports Nigerian Tribune. The […]
•Boat accident A canoe accident has claimed four lives in Dikwa, Borno State. A statement by Public Relations Officer, Borno State Command, ASP Nahum Daso said it received reports at the Dikwa Divisional Police headquarters, that a distressing canoe accident occurred yesterday at about 1530HRS in the Bakassi community, between Mafa and Dikwa a...
•A section of Lagos-Ibadan-Expressway Five people have lost their lives while four others sustained injury in a road crash around Fidiwo Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to the Chief Routes Commander and Education Officer of the Ogun State sector of the Federal Roads Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, two vehicles were involved i...

