Emergency rule: Rivers electorate drag Tinubu, NASS, AGF to Court The electorate in Rivers State has dragged President Bola Tinubu to court over the removal of the elected Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, the Deputy Governor, and the entire members of the State House of Assembly. The suit, marked FHC/CS/550/2025, was filed at the…
A 42-year-old staff member of an electricity distribution company has been electrocuted while working in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred on Monday at about 8:15 pm. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Thursday, confirmed that the victim was reconnecting and…
The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the concurrent judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court, which had sacked Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). A five-member panel of the apex court held, in a unanimous judgment, that the issue of who serves as the…
The Nigerian Air Force says it has killed several terrorists in torrents of airstrikes on their fortified hideouts in Chiralia, Grazah, Yuwe, and Zango Hill, in Borno and Katsina states. This is contained in a statement by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, on Friday in Abuja. Ali said…
No fewer than two people have been killed, and many others severely wounded in a fresh communal clash between Ifon and Ilobu communities of Osun State over land disputes. The violence erupted in the middle of the night on Thursday when hoodlums armed with sophisticated firearms and dangerous weapons including charms, cutlasses, bows and arrows,…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested five suspected kidnappers, including two ladies, in Gabasswa Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement on Friday. He said the suspects were arrested following a report of a kidnapping incident from a…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed immediate security operations to restore peace between Ifon and Ilobu communities, urging the peace committee to revive the peace deal. In a statement issued by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed over the renewed crisis, Adeleke enjoined the joint security task force to step in immediately and stop the clashes. The…
By Sarafa Ibrahim For a long time, I have heard people talk about the tough job faced by manipulators. But I can confirm it now after reading a piece authored by one Prof. Olaoye Abegunde Oladipupo in an apparent effort to misrepresent the fact on the illegal attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in…
Less than 24 hours after a tragic truck explosion at Karu Bridge in Abuja on Wednesday, another truck has overturned near the same location, further worsening the traffic situation in the area. A viral video shared by an eyewitness shows the truck lying across the road, blocking the movement of vehicles heading towards Nyanya. The…
Former presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called for a swift and peaceful resolution to the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State, warning that the people stand to gain nothing from the power tussle between the suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nelson Wike. In a statement released…
