The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has urged battalion commanders to demonstrate exemplary leadership in their respective commands to enable troops to tackle emerging threats to national security effectively. Oluyede made this call while addressing battalion commanders participating in the just-concluded First Commanding Officers’ Workshop 2025, held at the Headquarters of 2 Division,…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected recent reports alleging targeted killings of Christians in Nigeria. The Federal Government described the report as part of a misleading campaign aimed at influencing foreign governments to designate the country as a “Country of Particular Concern” due to violence against Christians. This was contained in a statement signed…
A dramatic scene unfolded at an Akure Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State as a 23-year-old labourer, Ayomide Daniel, who was accused of threatening to kill his boss, feigned insanity and ran out of the court. The suspect who was arraigned before Magistrate R.I. Adelakin, on Tuesday, March 12, 2025, suddenly put up a strange behaviour…
A yet-to-be-identified woman has been confirmed dead after jumping into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. It was learnt from a statement by the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday that the incident occurred on Thursday around 4pm near the University of Lagos waterfront. According to him, this…
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old woman, Rukayyah Amadu, for allegedly killing her co-wife, Asiyah Amadu, 30, by pouring hot water on her. According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shi’isu Adam, in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, the incident occurred on…
The Rivers State House of Assembly has adjourned its sittings indefinitely. The decision to adjourn legislative duties indefinitely was reached during plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, in Port Harcourt on Friday. The development comes hours after the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, wrote to the Speaker, informing him of his intention to visit…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state has described Mr Umar Ganduje, the Chairman of All Progressives Congress as a closet enemy of President Bola Tinubu who is working to set the South West ablaze. Responding to threat by Ganduje against Osun and Oyo people, the PDP in a statement by its state chairman,…
The Board Chairman, Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun in Osun state, AIG Wale Abass (Rtd.) has said that the security outfit is not for any political party. Speaking to newsmen on Thursday at the ongoing training exercise for new recruits into the agency at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Ede, Osun state, Abass…
The Niger State Government has officially received the relief fund of N100 million from the House of Representatives, dedicated to supporting the victims of the tragic Diko Junction, in Gurara LGA of the State’s Petrol tanker explosion. During a formal presentation at the Niger State liaison office in Abuja, Speaker of the House of Representatives,…
By Barr. Rotimi John Adeyenuwo,the newly elected and sworn-in Ife Central Local Government Council,Ile-Ife in Osun State Reading through the article emanating from Mogaji Kola Olabisi,the Osun State APC Director of Media and Information on behalf of himself,and the entire Osun State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) without reacting to debunk all the tissues…
