A section of Ilepo Market at Oke Odo, Lagos State, has been set on fire as hoodlums clashed with traders in the market over bet money. Some witnesses told our correspondent that the crisis started yesterday evening and escalated today, reports Daily Trust. The police are on the ground trying to restore normalcy. “One of […]
•Akpabio and Ningi The Senate is set to recall Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP – Bauchi Central) from his three months suspension, it has been learnt. Senate President Godswill Akpabio disclosed this today while answering questions from reporters on arrival from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, reports The Nation. A...
Multiple air attacks on the Russian border region of Belgorod adjoining Ukraine today killed two people and injured at least seven, the governor said. Further east, an overnight drone attack on the Samara region caused a fire at a major oil refinery, the latest in a series of strikes against Russia’s fuel industry, reports AFP. […]
•Russia election Vladimir Putin is set to secure another six-year term as Russian leader this weekend in a vote the Kremlin says will show society is fully behind his assault on Ukraine. In power as president or prime minister since the final day of 1999, Putin has quashed all forms of opposition and dissent, exerting […]
•The suspects Police in Niger State have arrested one Idris Bala (30) of Masaka Area of Nasarawa State who was reported to have disguised to IBB Specialist Hospital, Minna where his friend, one Adamu Saidu (30) who was arrested for alleged robbery to set him free. Niger State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu […]
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s funeral is planned for Friday in a Moscow church, his allies said two weeks after his shock death in an Arctic prison. Authorities resisted handing Navalny’s body to his family for eight days, in what his team said was an attempt to “cover” up who was responsible for his death […]
•Bayer Leverkusen’s German midfielder Robert Andrich (3rd R) celebrates scoring goal A long-range shot from Robert Andrich took Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-1 home win against Mainz yesterday, setting a new German record of 33 games unbeaten. Andrich’s goal was helped by a goalkeeping mistake from Mainz’s Robin Zentner, who allow...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, today, set up a committee to look into the high cost of airfares. Acting Director General of NCAA, Captain Chris Najomo, said in a video press release posted on the Authority’s official X, formerly Twitter, handle. Najomo said the committee is tasked with reducing cost. He said: “It has […]...
•House of Reps House of Representarives has set December 2025 as deadline for the completion of the alteration of the 1999 Constitution ( as amended). The deputy speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who stated this, yesterday, at the inaugural meeting of the House Special Committee on Constitution Review, said this is to ensure that the exercise does [&hel...
•Guinness World Records Three Nigerian teenagers have set world records in skipping, the Guinness World Records said today. The British reference body said the teenagers set five records with their speedy skipping skills. “Gbenga Ezekiel, 18, achieved the most skips in one minute on one leg (278), breaking his own record of 265, and the [&hell...