Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested two sisters and a couple for faking a kidnapping in the nation’s capital. The spokesperson, FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. She said the sisters, conspired with two others, to stage a kidnapping and demand ₦5 million as ransom from…
NAFDAC described the seizure as one of the largest in recent months and is part of the institution’s crackdown on the circulation of unsafe consumer goods across the country. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized banned, expired, and unregistered products valued at over ₦1.5 billion during a major…
Former First Lady of Ondo, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has publicly declared her support for Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential flagbearer, citing his pledge to serve only one four-year term if elected. Akeredolu’s wife, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), praised Peter Obi’s commitment, saying it mirrors the bold approach of Singapore’s former Prime…
A white South African farm worker on trial for murder has told the court he was forced to feed the bodies of two black women to pigs. According to his lawyers, Adrian de Wet, 20, is one of three men accused of murdering Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, who were allegedly searching for…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP National Working Committee, NWC has released timetable for the Party’s elective National Convention scheduled to hold on November 15 and November16, 2025. The timetable was signed by the Party’s National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature in a Statement. According to the timetable, the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms…
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured that Nigerians will start to enjoy uninterrupted power supply before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu leaves office. He made this known over the weekend during the commissioning of the Kwaru 1X15 MVA 33/11KV Injection Substation in Ikotun-Egbe, Lagos, stating that the government’s energy reforms are already delivering tangible…
The Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Lateef Fagbemi and the Blue Economy Minister, Adegboyega Oyetola before western embassies and global right groups for orchestrating disobedience of court order on Osun local government leadership. In a statement signed by PDP state chairman, Hon. Sunday Bisi stated…
The union described the alleged action as “a blatant act of intimidation and an assault on press freedom”. The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has criticised the Niger State Government for threatening to shut down a private radio station, Badeggi FM 90.1, and demolish the station’s premises. The radio station, based in Minna, has been…
Apparently worried by the worsening housing crisis in Nigeria, industry experts, policy makers, and other stakeholders have suggested possible solutions to make affordable houses available to 22 million Nigerians in dire need of accommodation. Worried that more than 90 per cent of Nigerians cannot afford to purchase a home due to the high cost, the…
The newly appointed Archbishop of Wales, the Most Rev Cherry Vann, has said that gay marriage in church is inevitable, as she opened up about decades of concealing her sexuality while serving in the Anglican Church. Vann, 66, who made history as the first female archbishop in the United Kingdom and the first openly gay…
