Lent, one of the most significant periods in the Christian liturgical calendar, begins today, March 5, 2025, with the observance of Ash Wednesday. This 40-day season, excluding Sundays, is dedicated to penance, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, leading up to the celebration of Easter on April 20. The duration of Lent reflects the 40 days Jesus…
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions has rescheduled the disciplinary proceeding against the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Recall that the Kogi Central lawmaker clashed with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over seat allocation on February 20. Akpoti-Ugudgahn rejected her assigned seat, defying Akpabio’s order and repeatedly raising a point of…
Supporters of the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who gathered at the National Assembly Complex to stage a protest in support of her were dispersed by the Nigeria Police Force this morning March 5. The supporters had converged at the assembly gate at about 8am this morning but were dispersed by police…
A 20-year-old housewife, Hajara Isa, was allegedly strangled to death in her matrimonial home in Bauchi by her co-wife. The unfortunate incident was reported to have occurred on Friday, February 28, 2025. According to the Command’s PPRO, CSP Ahmed Wakili, “On March 3, 2025, at about 0800 hrs, one Sale Isa of Anguwan Sarakuna area,…
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 20-year-old Safiyanu Dalhatu for allegedly beating his mother to death. This was disclosed in a press release issued on Tuesday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil. He explained that, “On February 24, 2025, Peace and Security Committee members in the Abujan Kwata area of Bauchi…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a teenager, Olamide Phillips, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Moses Odeh, to death during a fight on Obalende Street in the Isara area of the state. It was gathered that the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the residence of their parents in the community. The…
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he wanted to “make things right” with Donald Trump and to work under the US president’s “strong leadership” to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. In his first public comments since Trump halted US military aid to Ukraine, Zelensky called for a “truce” in the sea and sky as…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, on Tuesday, opened trial proceedings against a dismissed Deputy Director of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Mr Yisa Usman, in a character assassination case brought against him by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. Usman, the sole defendant in a two-count charge dated and filed…
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division on Tuesday sentenced two men, Anu Olaniyi and Abidemi Alibaloye, to two years imprisonment each for gangraping a 13-year-old girl. The convicts, who committed the offences on December 28, 2020, were arraigned in court on the charges of conspiracy and gang rape. During the hearing, the victim…
Operatives of the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps in Efon Alaaye, Efon Local Government Area, have arrested a 43-year-old woman, Damilola Ajenifuja, for allegedly attacking her son and causing serious injuries to his head. The Head of Communication for Ekiti Amotekun, Abiodun Adeleye, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Adeleye said the woman hit her…
