Local and regional news updates, covering events, stories, and developments in metropolitan areas.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday vowed to “hit the enemy hard” after rocket fire from Lebanon killed 12 young people in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and again raised fears that the war in Gaza will spread. Iran warned Israel any new military “adventures” in Lebanon could lead to “unforeseen consequences”. Western powers, including…
One of the arrowheads of the planned #EndBadGovernance protest against economic hardship slated for August says the Eagle Square in Abuja is a public property and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has no choice than to allow “hungry Nigerian youths” demonstrate their displeasure on the facility. Damilare Adenola, the Director…
A spokesperson for the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Organisation, Kenneth Okonkwo, has criticised the party’s presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi on his approach to party matters. Okonkwo, who joined the LP in 2022, accused Obi of failing to resolve the internal crisis rocking the party. According to the movie maker-turned-politician, Obi did not…
Ashraf Adam, the son of the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi Ii, and his bride-to-be, Sultana Nazif, have released their prewedding photos. LIB reported that Ashraf and Sultana, the daughter of Bauchi politician, Senator Dr. Suleiman Mohammed Nazif, will be getting married on August 2, 2024, at the National Mosque, Abuja.
Abdullahi Isah, popularly known as Biodun, has been dismissed from his position as Youth Leader of Bosso (Wakilin Matasan Bosso) in Niger State’s Bosso Local Government Area. His dismissal comes in response to his support for the upcoming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria peaceful protest, scheduled to take place from August 1 to 10. An official statement issued on…
The senior pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, on Sunday urged President Bola to reduce the price of rice to N20,000 per bag and petrol to N200 per liter. Pastor Giwa also urged Tinubu to reopen all the land borders if he wants to tackle the challenges facing Nigerians. He…
The daughter of President Bola Tinubu and the Iyaloja General of Lagos State, Mrs Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, has implored market women in the State to prevent their children from participating in the planned August 1 nationwide hunger protest. Addressing the market women in Yoruba language on Sunday, Tinubu-Ojo emphasised the dangers of joining the #EndBadGovernance protest….
A lifeless body of a yet-to-be-identified boy has been found hanging on a tree within a school premises in Ibadan. The boy, assumed to be in his mid-twenties, allegedly hung himself on the premises of Alapata Onireke High School, Elewuro, Akobo, Ibadan. According to a witness, who pleaded anonymity in an interview, someone in the…
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has assured that the State government will not compromise peace and security. The governor, who was responding to the improvised explosive devices planted at Buni-Yadi market, said the security operatives are on high alert and on top of the situation. In a statement by his media aide, Mamman Mohammed,…
The Northern Group Frontiers called has called on the House of Representatives to thoroughly investigate the issues surrounding the Dangote Refinery, without taking sides. The call followed the House of Representatives’ motion calling for the removal of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed. Recall that Ahmed had claimed that…
Authorities of the Nigerian Navy have issued a warning to the public to desist from wearing or appearing in Naval uniforms and accoutrements at all times. The Navy said that anyone found in breach of these regulations could be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law. Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu made…
The Federal Government says it has no plan to slash scholarship students’ allowances as recently reported in the media. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, stated this during a meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there…
A tragic incident in Ogbeozoma, Okpanam, Delta State, has led to the fatal shooting of two policemen and injuries to several others in an ambush reportedly carried out by a suspected land grabber and his gang on July 22, 2024. The violent attack has caused outrage within the community and has prompted calls for justice….
A tragic incident occurred in Lagos, where a building collapsed at 13 Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate, Maryland. Five individuals were found dead under the debris while five others were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. The collapse happened around 3:58 a.m., according to an eyewitness account.Emergency response teams, particularly the Lagos State…
The prices of tomatoes, beans, garri rose above 200 percent in June 2024 from their previous prices in the corresponding period of 2023. In its Selected Food Price Watch for June 2024, released yesterday, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, indicated that price of tomatoes (1kg) increased Year-on-Year (YoY) by 320.67 percent to N2,302.26 in…
The Nigeria Customs Service’s Operation Whirlwind arm has intercepted smugglers operating around the international borderlines of Adamawa and neighboring Cameroon Republic, confiscating a total of 41,425 litres of petrol. The National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, revealed this during a press briefing in Yola, stating that nine vehicles used by the smugglers to…
Following the passage of the new Minimum wage act by the Senate on Tuesday, July 24, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has warned that domestic staff and artisans must not be paid less than the mandatory N70,000 minimum wage. Speaking after the bill was passed, Akpabio said; ‘’If you are a tailor and you employ additional…
Gabon’s President has invited Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote to explore investment opportunities in their country’s Cement and Fertiliser sectors. This comes amidst his row with Nigerian authorities over the operation of his private refinery. The Dangote group shared a photo of Aliko with the Gabonian President and wrote; ‘’President/CE of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko…
Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. That compares with a marginal two-point deficit Biden faced against Trump in last week’s poll before his Sunday exit from the race. The…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has lashed out at politician and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, over his consistent criticisms of its economic policies which had recently resulted in a rise in the cost of living across the country. On Monday, Obi called for quick action…
A newly released by the National Bureau of Statistics has indicated a rise in prices of Beans, Tomatoes, Irish potatoes, Garri, Yam and other food items in June 2024. This is as the Bureau few days ago, said headline inflation for June increased to 34.19 per cent relative to the May 2024 headline inflation rate…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the approval of a N150,000 grant for each business owner in Jigawa State. This was made known in a release by the State House, Abuja, and shared by Vice President Kashim Shettima on his official X handle on Tuesday. Shettima said the grant was part of Nigeria’s strategy for digital…
A High Court sitting in Ekiti State has sentenced one Sunday Asere to 14 years Imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. The 24-year-old convict was arraigned before Justice Adekunle Adeleye on 22nd March, 2022, on one count charge of rape. The charge read that the defendant sometime in January, 2020, at Moferere in Ado…
The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen to 229 as rescue efforts continue to locate survivors and victims. The first landslide, triggered by heavy rains in the remote Gofa Zone, occurred on Monday. It was quickly followed by a second landslide that buried rescuers who had gathered to assist, state officials…
Popular Nigerian actress, Dakore Egbuson-Akande has denied reports linking her to a romantic relationship with Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and threatened to sue peddlers of such news. Controversial blogger Gistlover, recently mentioned Dakore among a list of female celebrities that are alleged to be ‘sidechicks’ of the Senate President, including Nancy Isime, Hilda Baci,…
Nigerian disk jockey, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has announced the death of her maternal grandmother. The billionaire heiress said she’s finding comfort in the knowledge that her grandma was now “in heaven”. She said she was grateful for how her grandma raised her mum who in turn raised her. On her X…
The Senate has passed a bill to amend the National Minimum Wage Act of 2019 to increase the National Minimum Wage from N30,000 to N70,000. The bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday also includes a provision to decrease the interval for reviewing the National Minimum Wage from every five (5) years to every three…
Two people have been killed and at least 13 injured, including children, following the collapse of a balcony in the Scampia suburb of Naples in Italy, the fire brigade said on Tuesday. The concrete and iron parts killed a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman who lived in the social housing estate, the fire brigade…
July 21, 2024 Nigerian doctor and hyper-realism artist Fola David has set a new Guinness World Record, (GWR), for the largest drawing by an individual. Nigerian doctor David, surpasses the existing record for the world’s largest painting by an individual. Fola David, the Nigerian doctor, has set a GWR for the largest drawing by an…
A rescued Chibok girl, 27 years old Ihyi Abdul, has said she was married to eight men while in Boko Haram captivity. Abdul, abducted along other students in 2014 in the Chibok school attack, also said she has four children among the eight husbands she married between 2014 to the day of her escape from…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday forwarded the Police Act Amendment Bill to the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to amend the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP). Earlier in July, the police denied claims that IGP Kayode Egbetokun tried to lobby the National Assembly on a bill seeking to raise the retirement…
