Nollywood actor Yomi Fabiyi has claimed he is in possession of what he described as a video showing how singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad, was killed. He made the fresh claim in a video he posted on social media, where he also appealed directly to President Bola Tinubu to intervene. Fabiyi said the clip…
Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Thursday challenged presiding judge Justice James Omotosho during his trial, insisting the proceedings could not continue because he had not filed his final written address. A video circulating online shows Kanu directly confronting the judge in court. Kanu argued that the court…
… calls for technology-driven security strategy Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has condemned the surge in violence across Nigeria, which has seen brutal attacks and mass abductions in Kebbi and Zamfara States. In a statement condemning the sad events, Pantami called on government institutions to immediately adopt modern,…
The agency said the affected products are already circulating in Nigeria, particularly in border communities neighbouring Chad. Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye speaks on drug insecurity during an interview on Sunrise Daily on March 3, 2020. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued an alert following reports that Chad has…
Sources say the incident occurred while the victims were working on their rice Suspected bandits have launched another attack in Kwara State, abducting four rice farmers in Bokungi Village, Edu Local Government Area. This came barely 24 hours after gunmen attacked a church in Eruku, Ekiti LGA, killed two people and abducted some others. Sources…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Thursday said its operatives stopped an attempted kidnapping in Guto Village, a border community in Bwari Area Council. The armed men, numbering about 30, reportedly invaded the community and attempted to force their way into a residence. A statement by the command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said police operatives…
The disappearance of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer, SRC Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, and her young daughter, Sewa, has ended in tragedy after their bodies were reportedly discovered inside the residence of a suspected herbalist in Osun State. Lasisi, a 38-year-old officer serving with the FRSC Abeokuta Unit, went missing alongside her daughter on Sunday,…
Former presidential candidate, Gbenga -Hashim, has raised fresh alarm over what he described as the Federal Government’s “loss of operational control” of security in Northern Nigeria, following renewed terrorist attacks in Kwara and Kebbi States. Hashim, in a strongly worded statement on Tuesday, said the latest assaults, including the killing of two security operatives in…
UNICEF on Tuesday urged the Nigerian government to ensure the immediate release of the 25 schoolgirls abducted in Kebbi State and to fully implement the 2015 Safe Schools Declaration following the latest school attack that left a vice-principal dead. The call followed Monday’s assault on a Government Girls School in the Maga community of Danko-Wasagu…
THE chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has declared that the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has effectively solved the protracted challenge of identity theft in Nigeria’s elections. He made the declaration while speaking at the 2025 Digital Nigeria International Conference and Exhibitions in Abuja, held on…
