Police rescue eight-month-old baby sold for N800,000 in Ikorodu
The Lagos Police Command has confirmed that it has rescued an eight-month-old baby sold for N800,000 in the Ikorodu area of the state. The spokesperson for the Lagos State…
‘Their bullets couldn’t penetrate my body’, Ekiti monarch narrates how he escaped colleagues’ killers
Oba Adebayo Fatoba, the Alara of Ara-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, has narrated how he escaped from the kidnappers who killed his colleagues. Fatoba, along…
Burna Boy, Davido, Tems, Olamide, Asake all lose out at 2024 Grammy Awards
None of the 10 Nigerian artists nominated in five categories in the 66th edition of the Grammy Awards held yesterday, was considered worthy of the global awards that holds annually…
Ekiti pupils’ families paid N15m ransom – Report
Despite warnings by the Federal Government against crowd-funding for ransoms, the practice has continued to gain ground with the abductees and their families raising funds from relatives, friends, and…
JUST IN: Protest in Niger over high cost of living
The residents of Minna, the Niger State capital, have flooded the streets to protest the rising cost of food and living in the state. The protesters, in large numbers,…
S&P Global affirms Nigeria’s credit outlook remains stable at ‘B-/B’
S&P, a global credit ratings agency, at the weekend affirmed that Nigeria’s credit outlook will remain stable in 2024, with short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit worthiness at…
$2.4bn out of $7bn FX backlog invalid, $2.3bn paid – Cardoso
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso has assured that Nigeria will soon clear its backlog of foreign exchange (FX) obligations which stood at $7bn at the…
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…
