Properties worth millions of naira were on Tuesday night destroyed as a result of a fire incident that razed some parts of the popular Aleshinloye Market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The fire incident which broke out at midnight left trails of losses, wailing and anguish as many traders lost multiple shops to the … Read more
A legal practitioner, Isah Hassan-Nalaraba, has filed a ₦610 million fundamental human rights violation lawsuit against a Nasarawa State High Court judge, Abdullahi Hassan-Shama, over alleged illegal detention and the forceful confiscation of his mobile phones. The suit, filed on February 7 at the Federal High Court in Lafia with suit number FH/LF/FHR/6/2025, accuses Justice … Read more
The Rivers State House of Assembly has refuted claims by Governor Siminalayi Fubara that he was blocked from re-presenting the 2025 Appropriation Bill at the Assembly complex. Naija News reports that the spokesperson of the House and Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Enemi Alabo George, dismissed Fubara’s allegations, describing them as a “comedy … Read more
Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, has stated that the Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, was not ready for peace and governance by the laws. Naija News reports that Olayinka made this known in a social media post on Wednesday, … Read more
Exactly 37 days after he was suspended, the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, recalled the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie. A letter to Osagie by the Secretary to State Government, Umar Ikhilor, marked SGA. 15/NOL.XV111/215 and dated March 12, 2025, released around 8:15pm, read that he was recalled after he … Read more
The Police Command in Anambra has commended residents for resisting the Monday sit-at-home order orchestrated by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in the South East. In a statement released on Wednesday in Awka, the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, lauded the people’s resilience. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the illegal … Read more
The people of Olorunda community in Abeokuta North Local Government, Ogun State, have cried out over the alleged plan to impose one Segun Ogunsola Philip on them as the traditional ruler of the community. The residents, who stormed the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, declared that Ogunsola … Read more
Sierra Leone’s chief immigration officer was fired hours after the emergence of a video of him accepting a gift from one of Europe’s most notorious drug barons, the government told AFP on Wednesday. In a video posted Friday by investigative website Follow the Money, Alusine Kanneh can be seen laughing at a party while taking … Read more
Veteran Nigerian entertainer cum activist, Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy has slammed the National Assembly members while reacting to the sexual harassment controversy involving Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Naija News reports that Charly Boy, in a post via his Instagram page, expressed his frustration over … Read more
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to take decisive action in resolving the escalating political crisis in Rivers State. The socio-cultural group urged the President to prevail on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, to seek an amicable … Read more