•Tinubu and bandits It was not an interview. It was a private conversation, a rare moment of candour from a sitting governor who, in a hushed tone, admitted what many Nigerians dread to hear: insurgency and banditry may not end soon. The chat, which began on routine social issues, veered into the thorny subject of […]
•Governor Fubara and the waiting crowd yesterday Unknown to the supporters waiting to receive him back into the Government House yesterday, reinstated Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara was airborne at the time they were drumming and singing in front of the facility in Port Harcourt. Fubara and Rivers State House of Assembly members got t...
•Some displaced people and terrorists Survivors have recounted how Boko Haram insurgents killed 63 people in an attack on the Darul Jamal community, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. In an interview with our correspondent, residents said the terrorists stormed the community on Friday night, first engaging the military before proceedin...
•Wreckage showing the tail section of the crashed Air India Boeing 787-8 A faulty locking mechanism in the captain’s seat led to the deadly Air India Boeing 787 crash that killed 270 people, a preliminary report has revealed. The investigation found that the pilot’s seat slid backwards during takeoff, causing the captain’s hands to unintentio...
•Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan Mrs Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed that she nearly abandoned her pursuit of a Doctor of Philosophy due to the constant pressure and challenges she faced from her lecturers. She recently earned a PhD in Psychology, Guidance and Counselling from Ignatius...
•Late Pope Francis Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and “irreversible” heart failure, according to his death certificate released by the Vatican yesterday. The 88-year-old Catholic leader died yesterday morning, almost a month after having been discharged from five weeks in hospital where he nearly succumbed to double pneumonia, r...
•Late Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju The Nigeria Boxing Board of Control says boxer Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju, who died in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, was not granted approval for the fatal bout after his initial fight scheduled for Friday was cancelled after being adjudged overweight. The 40-year-old former National and West African light-heavywei...
•VeryDarkBlackman, Falz and Bobrisky Popular Nigerian rapper and activist, Folarin Falana, known as Falz, has revealed how controversial crossdresser Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, begged him for N3vmillion to secure a VIP section at the Correctional Centre. Falz gave the narration in a letter while confirming his communication with Bobrisky, re...
•Fulani herdsmen The National Leader of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, Professor Banji Akintoye, yesterday, intensified his call for separation from Nigeria asking South West governors and monarchs in the region to declare September 23 as Yoruba unity day. He, however, alleged that suspected Fulani bandits have killed no fewer than 29...
•First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu In the span of three months, the federal government spent approximately N701m to fund the foreign trips of the country’s First Lady, Remi Tinubu, to five countries. Recall that in 2023, the federal government allocated N1.5 billion for the procurement of vehicles for the Office of the First Lady, reports Saturday [&...

