Local and regional news updates, covering events, stories, and developments in metropolitan areas.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze from Friday to Sunday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja anticipated dust haze with localised visibility of less than or equal to 1000m over the northern states throughout. “The forecast period with chances of thunderstorms over parts of Taraba in the…
Nigeria’s currency, the Naira, appreciated at the foreign exchange market on Thursday. A Bureau De Change Operator in Zone 4 Abuja, Dayyabu Mistila, said Nigerians exchanged at N1000/$1 on Friday morning. He attributed the gain in the country’s currency to the relative availability of FX. The gain at the parallel market represented a N170 differential…
A 13-year-old girl in SS2 has made a distress call over repeated sexual abuses she has been subjected to by her father. The girl who lives with her parents in Lagos said that after sending her mother away from the home weeks back, the father “began using me as a sex partner.” She narrated that…
The National woman leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Professor Stella Effah-Attoe has died. Professor Stella, a member of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), died on Sunday after a brief illness. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the parry, Debo Ologunagba the NCW National described her death as utterly devastating…
As Chalya Grace Joel is laid to rest, family members and friends are demanding that her killers be brought to justice. Chalya Joel who was a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Kaduna was stabbed to death in Kaduna on October 18, 2023 and her phone stolen when she encountered hoodlums during her…
Shiites, yesterday in Yobe State demonstrated in support of Palestinians in the wake of Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Gaza and Hamas fighters. They were seen displaying the Palestinian national flag at the Central Primary and concluded their demonstration at the Main Central Market in Potiskum, the state capital. They chanted anti-Israeli slogans and symbolically burned…
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the Zamfara State government’s claim of embezzlement of billions of naira in the cargo airport project, saying, the allegation was baseless and unfounded as records on the level of progress of the project were available. A statement issued by the APC spokesman,…
Amnesty International has stated that 15 #EndSARS protesters arrested in 2020 are still being arbitrarily detained without trial, three years after the #EndSARS protest that took Nigeria by storm. In a statement released on the third anniversary of the protests, Amnesty International, said the majority of the protesters are in Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre and…
The member representing Akwanga, Wamba and Nasarawa Eggon Constituency in the House of Representatives, Jeremiah Umaru, has expressed concerns over the surge in kidnapping activities in Nasarawa State. Umaru raised the alarm over the security situation in the state during plenary on Thursday. Calling for urgent attention in tackling the problem, he lamented that the…
Reuter’s video journalist has been killed in southern Lebanon on Friday following a missile fired from the direction of Israel. Six other journalists were also injured in the missiles strike. The group of journalists, including those from Al Jazeera and Agence France-Presse, were working near Alma al-Shaab, close to the Israel border, where the Israeli…
Bello Maitama, a former Minister of Commence is dead. Alhaji Bello Yusuf Maitama was a former senator from Kano and served in the Shagari government from 1979 to 1983. He passed away in the early hours of Friday. Alhaji Hussaini Dalhatu, a family friend of the deceased’s family, informed Newsmen that the Sardauna Dutse burial…
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations and Political Parties for Good Governance has asked President Bola Tinubu to strip Atiku Abubakar of the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON). The group stressed that doing so would serve as a deterrent to others about the importance of respecting the office of…
The 2023 Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reveal his true identity. According to Peter Obi, Tinubu should not leave his identity to be defined by his aides, adding that even the international community will want to know his true identity. Speaking during a world…
The government of Ogun State has threatened to sack any haulage consultants and agents who failed to live up to expectations. The Ogun State Government warned the haulage agents across the State to show more commitment in increasing revenue generation or risk being sanctioned. The Permanent Secretary, Ogun State Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment,…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 67-year-old trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine. NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi, in a statement said, the suspected trafficker claimed he ventured into the criminal enterprise to raise enough money to marry a new…
The Bauchi State Civil Service Commission has dismissed one Sani Mohammed Tirwun, a Secretarial Assistant II of the Bauchi State Hospitals Management Board over serious misconduct. The commission accused Sani of falsification of records, issuance of fake appointment letters, and illegal posting of staff. Other offenses he was accused of include faking the Board Staff…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has finally filed fresh evidence at the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the qualifications of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Atiku, a former Vice President, said in the fresh evidence that he is categorically and authoritatively asserting that…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Friday gave an update into the ongoing investigation of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. CP Owohunwa said openly that the police had identified a total of 26 witnesses. The CP also disclosed this while giving an update on the singer’s death. He also disclosed that…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the prices of household kerosene surged in August 2023 as consumers paid N1,272.40 per liter approximated to N1,260.81 recorded in July 2023. According to the Bureau, the increase indicated 0.92%, while it stated on a year-on-year basis, that the par retail price per liter of the…
The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has ordered the immediate reconstruction of waterworks in Abakaliki capital city. The waterworks road leads to Ebonyi River, where the state water reservoir is located. The bridge linking the end of the road to the Ebonyi River was destroyed years ago, reportedly during the Biafran War. Nwifuru had on…
No fewer than six persons have been reportedly killed in clashes between Ifon and Ilobu communities of Irepoodun Local Government Area of Osun State. It was gathered that a Divisional Police Officer, alongside three other policemen, were shot and their patrol van razed. Taofeek Adewale, a resident of Ilobu, told Radio Nigeria that several houses…
All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party in Abia State have taken the special adviser to the governor on media and publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma to task over a statement accusing the main partisan parties of instigating violence. The parties in two different statements, yesterday, absolved themselves of any involvement in the alleged plan…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State has reacted angrily to a publication being circulated on social media alleging Governor Umo Eno, and the party, had a session of secret celebrations over President Bola Tinubu’s certificate issues at the University of Chicago, United States, in the ongoing Presidential election case with former Vice…
The Nigerian Youth in Diaspora (NYD) in Zurich, elected Bashiru Muhammad as its president. A statement by the chairman of the election committee, Mr. Iwegbuna Iheanacho, made available to newsmen on Monday, said Muhammad polled 229 votes, 18.62% of the total votes cast. “This victory marks a significant milestone for Nigerian Youth in Diaspora as…
Forty people are missing following a boat accident that occurred along the River Niger in the Yauri local government area of Kebbi State. Confirming the incident to Radio Nigeria in Birnin Kebbi, Yauri local government council Chairman Alhaji Bala Mohammed said the boat, which was carrying 50 people and luggage, was coming from Kasabo village…
To mitigate the sufferings of Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu has been urged to come up with doable economic team and policies that would discourage the monopoly of the nation’s economy. Speaking on the nation’s 63rd Independent, business Mugul and a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Architects, Rev. Benson Ezem, stressed in a chat with…
Residents of Osun State have lamented the economic conditions in the state as Nigeria marked its 63rd Independence Day on Sunday. The rate of inflation is beginning to bite hard. They lamented the soaring food prices, transport fares, school fees, fuel, gas and other consumables. This is coming despite interventions by the federal and state…
A symphony of hope and empowerment reverberated through the heart of Nigeria as two visionary forces, the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Senator Remi Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Initiative” and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), united their efforts to orchestrate the awe-inspiring “Women ICT Training and Empowerment Programme” in…
The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential election candidate, Peter Obi, has described fuel subsidy as organized crime. Speaking on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Monday, he discussed the approach he would have adopted to address fuel subsidy removal and the imminent strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. “Fuel subsidy is organized…
Spain has experienced a mournful moment as fire gutted a nightclub in the southeastern region of Murcia, killing 13 people. The incident, which has not yet been fully explained, broke out early on Sunday. Police and emergency services raided the scene, trying to manage the situation as they located the badly burned bodies. The death…
25 Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Choir members have been abducted by gunmen along Owo/Ifon/Benin Expressway in Ondo State The victims are said to be members of the CAC Oke Igan, Akure, the state capital. The abducting was reportedly carried out at about 3 pm on Friday around Elegbeka village while the commuters were on their…
