•Delta State Specialist Hospital Operatives from Delta State Police Command have commenced an investigation into the N100 million missing laboratory machine in Delta State Specialist Hospital. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Onojaeme, disclosed this in Asaba while speaking to our correspondent about the missing laboratory machine ...
•Pirates Suspected pirates hijacked a passenger boat carrying 20 travellers along the Bonny-Okrika waterways in Rivers State yesterday. This came as the Bonny Local Government Council said it had rescued nine of the passengers, while a frantic search is on to rescue the others, reports The PUNCH. The Bonny LG Chairman, Anengi Claude-Wilcox, sa...
•An aeroplane Crews in Alaska were searching today for a small commercial plane that went missing with 10 people on board, local authorities said, in the latest US air incident. The Bering Air Caravan with nine passengers and one pilot on board was reported overdue yesterday on a flight from Unalakleet to Nome at 4:00 […]
•Tanker explosion Eighty six of the victims of the Saturday’s fuel tanker explosion in Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, have been buried, the State Emergency Management Agency disclosed yesterday. The Director-General of the agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, said the mass burial, conducted in collaboration with Gurara LGA and loc...
•Peter Afolayan Heartland FC has declared their defender Peter Afolayan Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL), according to a statement from the club’s management. The club revealed that Afolayan has been unreachable since December 28, 2024, when the first stanza of the league season ended, reports Daily Trust. Heartland’s Chief Coach, Charles ...
•Works Minister David Umahi There is uneasy calm and confusion over the omission of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road from the 2025 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly recently by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The coastal road, one of the signature projects of President Tinubu which has generated a lot of controversy since its comme...
•Scenes of the attack Four days after Boko Haram terrorists overran a military base in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, many soldiers are still unaccounted for, credible security sources have revealed. Terrorists, in their large numbers, carried out the attack around 4pm on Saturday at the Forward Operating Base, Sabon Gari area, r...
The Socio-Economic Rights and AccountabilÂity Project (SERAP), a Lagos-based non-profit organisation, has urged the Nigerian NationÂal Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to acÂcount for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing N825 billion and $2.5 billion meant for ‘reÂfinery rehabilitation’ and other oil revenues, as docuÂmented in ...
•Gunmen Anambra State is gripped by fear following two tragic incidents involving prominent clergymen. The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi has confirmed the murder of Rev. Fr. Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, a Catholic priest and pharmacist, who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Boxing Day, yesterday, December 26. The attack occurred between 7 p.m. and 8...
•Armed Fulani herdsman At least 11 persons were reportedly killed on Christmas Day when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen and Jukum militia attacked communities in Kwande Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. Sources disclosed that the invaders stormed the communities shortly after the residents returned home from the Christmas Day ...

