US troops capture Islamic State leader in Syria raid
Helicopter-borne United States troops working with Syrian Kurdish-led forces on Saturday captured an Islamic State provincial official in Syria, the US military said.The
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Abducted doctor regains freedom after 11 months in ISWAP captivity
THE Principal Medical Director of Gubio General Hospital, Borno State, Dr. Geidam Bulama, who was abducted March 2022 by the Islamic State of
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IPOB raises alarm over planned bank attacks in Southeast
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm that its intelligence unit, the M-Branch, has uncovered plans by some criminal elements,
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We’re devastated over Atsu’s death, Chelsea mourn
Chelsea have mourned the death of its former player, and Ghana international, Christian Atsu. The body of Atsu was found after a huge
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Ondo residents besiege market, swap old naira notes for foodstuffs
RESIDENTS of Okitipupa, Okitipupa Local Government Area, Ondo State appeared to have found succour in Hausa traders in Sabo Market in the town
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JUST IN: Obasanjo’s in-law bags seven-year imprisonment for forgery
Dr John Abebe, the in-law to the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has bagged seven years imprisonment for forgery and laundering. Justice Mojisola Dada
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Naira exchanges N461.25 to dollar at Investors, Exporters window
The Naira on Friday exchanged at N461.25 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. The figure represented a slight increase by
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Army court-martials 68 officers, soldiers for various offence
he new General Officer Commanding (GOC) for 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Maj-Gen. Godwin Mutkut, yesterday inaugurated a 12-member Special and
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PTI matriculates 1,718, seeks new ways of exploring fossil fuel
The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Effurun, Delta, has stressed the need to adopt new ways of exploring fossil fuel, using the local and
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Christian Atsu found dead under Turkey earthquake rubble
Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead in the earthquake rubble in Turkey.9 His manager, Murat Uzunmehmet, told DHA news agency on Saturday that
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Anambra CP preaches against violence
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Echeng Echeng, has called on citizens, especially youths, to shun all forms of violence under any
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Kebbi group joins calls for removal of EFCC chairman
A coalition of youths in Kebbi State, the home state of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has joined the calls
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Breaking! Old N200 notes still legal tender
The old N200 notes will still remain legal tender till the next 60 days, so declared the President, Muhammad Buhari in a nationwide
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BREAKING: PDP rally in Rivers cancelled over insecurity – PCC
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council has announced the cancellation of the rally of its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in Port Harcourt. The
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NYSC: I served, discharged honourably, says Mbah, PDP guber candidate
Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has said he performed his one year compulsory service and was honourably
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N3bn fraud: Court returns Kogi gov’s nephew to prison
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, returned Ali Bello, a nephew of the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to prison. Bello
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FG says No to creation of new agencies
A proposal for the creation of new agencies to monitor and evaluate projects by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies has
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We have no hand in it says Obi as he disowns alleged N2bn mobilisation fund to CAN, others
The Obi-Datti Media organization has said that reports making rounds on social media that Mr Peter Obi gave out the sum of two
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Police to investigate Abuja pastor for preaching with AK-47
The Police Force has commenced an investigation over viral photos of the presiding pastor of House on the Rock (Abuja chapter), Pastor Uche Aigbe, on
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Kontaviet drops as Swiatek dominates WTA rankings
Poland’s Iga Swiatek continued to dominate the WTA rankings on Monday, with the only notable change being the exit of Estonia’s Annett Kontaveit
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Rihanna is expecting baby number 2
Rihanna is pregnant with second child. The 34-year-old singer revealed the big news as she performed at the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime last
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Cultists abduct, rape Rivers pastor’s wife to death
Suspected members of a dreaded cult group have abducted a mother of two Mrs. Chigbewejim Steward, and gang raped her to death in Abarikpo
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Saudi Arabia to send first woman into space
Saudi Arabia will send its first-ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, state media has reported, in the latest move
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Coup: DSS invites Fani-Kayode
The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council MrFemi Fani-Kayode, over his
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Court remands actress in Kirikiri for spraying naira notes
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has sent an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, 31, to the Kirikiri Correctional
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Bandits attack Mahuta town in Kebbi, kill 5, loot 64 shops, cows
Bandits have attacked Mahuta town in Fakai Local Government Area of Kebbi State killing five people, ransacked over 64 shops and carted-away unspecified
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How Tinubu saved Ex-Gov Nyako, by son
The Adamawa Central senatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako has said the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a
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Good governance not bullets, solution to insecurity – Ex-Air force chief
A former Chief of Air Staff and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State, Sadique Abubakar, tells DANIEL AYANTOYE about the solutions
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Obi/Datti shuts Alaba market, TBS in Lagos rally
Thousands of traders yesterday at the Alaba International Market roared their support for Mr Peter Obi, and the vice presidential aspirant of the
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New York truck attacker may face death penalty despite Biden pledge
President Joe Biden promised to abolish capital punishment for federal crimes, but the US government is due to argue, beginning Monday, that an
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