The Edo State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Pastor Ijebor Simon (45) and Destiny Okojabhole (23), for the murder of seven-year-old Evans Okojabhole. According to the state police spokesperson, Moses Yamu, the boy’s father, John Okhojibole, reported him missing on February 22, 2025. Tragically, Evans’ body was found 24 hours later in a bush … Read more
19 people were killed when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed into a residential area on the outskirts of Khartoum, the army-aligned health ministry confirmed on Wednesday. The Antonov aircraft went down on Tuesday night near Wadi Seidna Air Base, a major Sudanese military hub in Omdurman, northwest of the capital. The Sudanese army, which … Read more
President Donald Trump of the United States has announced a new citizenship policy through the Gold Card. Naija News reports that President Trump said the policy would help drive investment into America and provide jobs while helping the country settle its debt. He stated this while addressing newsmen at the White House, on Tuesday. He … Read more
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has disclosed details on the events that led to the assassination of Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, on February 13, 1976. Babangida, in his newly launched autobiography, A Journey in Service, revealed that Muhammed’s refusal to accept a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement after seizing … Read more
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on the Senate to revise sections of the proposed tax reform bills that clash with Sharia law especially those touching on sensitive issues like marriage and inheritance. In a memorandum submitted to the Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday, the NSCIA raised concerns about the … Read more
Atalanta co-owner, Stephen Pagliuca said the club’s head coach, Gian Piero Gasperini, made an error in judgment regarding his remarks about Nigerian forward, Ademola Lookman. Recall that Gasperini publicly criticized Ademola Lookman following the player’s failure to convert a key penalty during a Champions League match against Club Brugge. In the post-game interview, Gasperini labelled … Read more
Femi Falana, a prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has revealed his intention to take General Ibrahim Babangida to court after reading his new book titled, A Journey in Service. In the book, Babangida admitted that MKO Abiola won the June 12 presidential election and expressed regret for annulling it. Challenging the annulment While speaking … Read more
The Federal Government has signed the EPC+F contract component of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project with Messrs. Hitech Construction Company Nig. Ltd which will facilitate foreign financing of the construction. This is as the Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi disclosed that that the 750km Lagos – Calabar Coastal Highway project would be fully completed … Read more
The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission and its chairman, Hashim Abioye have dragged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for the breach of fundamental rights and unjustifiable arrests of the commission’s ad-hoc staff during the just concluded local government election in the state. The plaintiffs demanded the sum of N2billion as damages against the … Read more
As the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) draws closer, the party leadership has dismissed speculations that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may ask the National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, to step down. The APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, refuted the rumors in an interview with The PUNCH ahead of … Read more
Former Abia State Governor and current Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on President Bola Tinubu to posthumously declare the late Chief MKO Abiola as one of Nigeria’s past presidents. Kalu made this call ahead of Tuesday’s plenary session while speaking to Senate correspondents, asserting that Abiola’s portrait should be placed alongside … Read more
The book launch of former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, was less a literary event and more of a congregation of Nigeria’s seasoned architects of corruption; an assembly of Nigeria’s political and economic demons of destruction. Past and present power brokers gathered under one roof, a parade of those who have gorged on the flesh of … Read more
Senior lawyer and human rights advocate, Femi Falana has threatened to file a suit against the former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida over the content of his autobiography. Babangida had in the past week presented his autobiography to the public. In the book, the retired military General detailed some of the incidents that took place … Read more
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has stressed that a credible and transparent election must not depend solely on technology alone, but through a credible political leadership. He spoke at an event organised by Yiaga Africa in partnership with European Union and Germany Embassy, where the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru … Read more
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, was conspicuously absent from Tuesday’s plenary session, days after her heated altercation with Senate President Godswill Akpabio over a change in her seating arrangement. Naija News understands that her absence has fueled speculation about possible disciplinary actions, although it remains unclear if she deliberately stayed away … Read more