I opposed ransom payment until I became a victim, says ex-DSS director
Mike Ejiofor, a former director of the Department of State Services (DSS), says he used to oppose the payment of ransom until he was kidnapped. In an interview with…
Blackout as national grid collapses
The national grid, on Sunday, collapsed to zero megawatts, leading to a total blackout nationwide. This is the first time the grid has collapsed this year. The grid had…
Filmmaker reportedly commits suicide after killing his girlfriend in Lagos
A Nigerian filmmaker, identified as Adebayo Adeseko, has reportedly committed suicide after killing his older girlfriend, Sarah Adesanya, in the Ojodu area of Lagos State. The duo had a…
JUST IN: Ex-Yobe gov, Bukar Ibrahim, dies in Saudi Arabia at 73
The former governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, died at the age of 73. He died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness, a source who preferred anonymity…
Tinubu, Nigeria is sinking and streets are full of tears, by Farooq Kperogi
The searing torment that everyday folks are going through in Nigeria right now is so dire, so unbearably extreme, and so unexampled in its rawness that even diasporan Nigerians…
Bandits kidnap 55 members of bridal party in Katsina
At least 55 wedding guests , mostly women, who were said to be escorting a bride home along the Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State…
ECOWAS asks Senegal to fix new date for presidential poll soon
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has asked Senegal to “expedite the various processes” and fix a new date for its presidential poll. The…
Fuad Laguda wins Surulere by-election, replaces Gbajabiamila
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Fuad Laguda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Surulere federal constituency 1 by-election in Lagos state. Simeon…
Namibia president Hage Geingob dies at 82
Hage Geingob, the president of Namibia, has died at the age of 82. Geingob died at the Lady Pohamba Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital city, according to a statement…
EFCC recovers N30bn from humanitarian ministry’s looted funds
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered over N30bn from the N37,170, 855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs under the former minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk. Sources…
