Men of the Kaduna State Police Command has on Thursday, June 22, busted a gang of rail line vandals. A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Jalige, says the police received information that an unspecified number of unknown persons came to Sanzwan in Zonkwa, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, in an articulated vehicle…

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has approved the reshuffling and posting of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army (NA). This was as he also approved some new instructional appointments into commands across the Army formations and units. The moves by General Lagbaja was part of an effort to reposition the…

Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy has won the Best International Act award at the 2023 BET Awards. Burna was nominated in the BET category alongside Aya Nakamura, Ayra Starr, Central Cee, Ella Mai, K.O, L7nnon, Stormzy, Tiakola and Uncle Waffles. Though he was not present at the show, he’s already having an amazing time on international…

Sierra Leonean police announced on Sunday evening that they had used tear gas canisters to disperse opposition supporters in Freetown, the day after the presidential election, which passed off generally peacefully and is still being counted. Samura Kamara, the main opponent of incumbent president Julius Maada Bio in the election, said on Twitter that bullets…

The government of Osun state has denied rumors being spread on social media that it is plotting to subvert the death sentence judgement on Dr Rahman Adedoyin, affirming that there is no plan to pardon the Hilton Honors Hotel owner. This was contained in a release issued by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale…

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has celebrated with the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on his birthday anniversary, describing the former House Speaker as “a patriot and friend from our days at Atlanta, Georgia” The Governor also used the occasion to congratulate the Chief of Staff on his appointment…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has confirmed the deaths of five Nigerian pilgrims participating in the ongoing Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The head of NAHCON Hajj medical team, Usman Galadima, made this known on Saturday during a meeting of the commission in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, adding that 30 patients also have mental health challenges….

…We are working on the situation – Pilgrim welfare board Osun State’s pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj at the weekend lamented against poor feeding provided by the state organisers in the holy land. The protesters were seen in a viral video rejecting food dinner brought to their hotel in Madinah, shouting that…

Popular Nigerian singer-cum-clergyman, Bankole Wellington, aka Banky W, has seemingly responded to the cheating allegations against him. Recalls that a controversial blog, Gistlover, had insinuated that the singer is cheating on his wife, actress Adesua Etomi-Wellington with his former signee, Niyola. But addressing his congregation at the Waterbrooks church in Lagos on Sunday, the rapper-turned-preacher…

No fewer than 30 Civil Society Organisations and human rights groups have called for the arrest and prosecution of the immediate past governor of Ebonyi State and Senator representing Ebonyi South Zone, for allegedly forging the BVAS report of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Rising from their press conference, on Friday, in Abuja, the CSOs…