President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with former Senator Smart Adeyemi over the passing of his mother, Princess Victoria Adeyemi. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Saturday, Tinubu acknowledged the enduring impact of her legacy, especially in the Iyara […]
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A petroleum tanker has fallen and exploded on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, triggering a major fire outbreak near the NASFAT U-Turn in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, confirmed the incident, stating that emergency response teams are already on the ground managing the situation. Several nearby […]
Paul Adefarasin, the senior pastor of Lagos’ House on the Rock Church, has refuted claims that he flashed a gun in a social media video that went viral. In a video footage that went viral earlier this week, Pastor Adefarasin is seen talking to a bystander who is filming him […]
President Bola Tinubu has been urged by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project Nigeria to step in and stop what it calls a “purported threat” by Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike to close 34 foreign embassies in Abuja due to unpaid ground rentals. SERAP cautioned that such a move […]
Early today according to local and defense officials, an explosion at an explosive ordnance storage site inside a US military installation on Okinawa on Monday injured four Japanese servicemen, as reported by AP. The wounds are not thought to be life-threatening. Within the munitions storage area of Kadena Air Base, […]
House of Representatives Speaker Rt. Abbas Tajudeen claims to have retracted the contentious Compulsory Voting Bill. Musa Abdullahi Krishi, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said Monday that the Speaker had “decided to withdraw the Bill to Amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting mandatory for all […]
During his re-examination, the prosecution’s attorney urged the prosecution witness to compare Amotekun’s and ESN’s actions. In the current trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the second prosecution witness informed Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja that, in contrast to Amotekun, which is legally supported, Kanu’s […]
Seven weeks after their appointment on April 2, 2025, President Bola Tinubu has sworn in the board and administration of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. At a short ceremony on Thursday afternoon at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, Ahmadu Kida, the board’s non-executive chairman, and Bashir Ojulari, the […]
Additional mop-up exams will be administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to applicants who were unable to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to the Board, an estimated 5.6% of candidates missed their exams. To make up for this, a special mop-up exercise will be […]
According to the Lagos State administration, in 2024, fire occurrences throughout the state caused the loss of property valued at N19.52 billion. This was revealed by Mr. Olugbenga Oyerinde, the Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, at the current ministerial press briefing on Wednesday to commemorate the second year […]