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Police arrest six in FCT ‘one chance’ crackdown

9 August 2025

The operatives noted that one of the suspects died from fatal wound, and it rescued a victim, and recovered the gang’s operational vehicle. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said in a statement on Saturday that the arrests were made on August 6, 2025, by operatives attached to the Anti-One Chance Unit during patrols within […]

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Ekiti monarch, Alaramoko dies at 82

9 August 2025

The monarch, according to a statement on Saturday by his family, died on Friday at the age of 82. In the release, the family praised his “remarkable leadership, wisdom, and dedication to the welfare of his people.” The statement read, “Oba Adeyemi’s impact on the community will forever be cherished as testament to his enduring […]

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Dangote refinery hikes fuel price

8 August 2025

The National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed in an interview. This fresh increase represents a N30 hike in the ex-depot price of petrol. “The new ex-depot price of petrol at the refinery is N850 per litre,”Maigandi said. He also confirmed that the plant has resumed the sale of […]

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Five injured as fuel tanker rams into bus in Lagos

8 August 2025

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, in a statement issued on Friday by its Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed that the crash occurred on Thursday, near The Guardian newspaper headquarters. The vehicles involved were identified as a PMS-laden tanker with registration number T28128LA and a Volkswagen T4 commercial bus with […]

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“How I will die” -Adeboye

8 August 2025

The cleric, who did not give the date, told millions of congregants that it will be on a Sunday after a Church service. He was ministering at the Old Auditorium during evening session on Day 4 of the 73rd Annual Convention of the RCCG. The week-long Convention tagged: “The Overcomers” opened on Monday the Redemption […]

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“We want Goodluck Jonathan to contest” – Agbakahi

8 August 2025

Agbakahi, who is also leader of the South East Tinubu’s Support Group, made the remark on National Television. “I’ve said it earlier. Politics is very dynamic, and we are looking at a year and a half from today, and we already know that there are about three or four major political parties that will be […]

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Nine passengers kidnapped after attack on bus in Kogi

8 August 2025

Security analyst Zagazola Makama shared a post on social media revealing that the incident happened around 4:20 p.m. near Ogbabo Junction. The attackers, believed to be armed hoodlums, suddenly came out from the bush, fired shots, and forced the Peace Mass Transit bus to stop. According to the post, the driver, Sunday Okechi, and six […]

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Motorists, passengers stranded as tanker drivers barricade road in Benue

8 August 2025

An eyewitness, who gave his name as Tahir Ahmed, said trouble started at about 2:20pm when a trailer-load of cows fell into a ditch while trying to avoid a police barricade. “The vehicle I was in overtook the truck when a policeman at the roadblock suddenly threw a spiked tree trunk on the road to […]

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Israel to ‘take control’ of Gaza City after approving new war plan

8 August 2025

Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, Netanyahu faces mounting pressure at home and abroad for a truce to pull the territory’s more than two million people back from the brink of famine and free the hostages held by Palestinian militants. Under the plan to “defeat” Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army […]

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Federal Govt disburses N493b to 5m households

8 August 2025

Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Yusuf Tanko Sununu, made the announcement at a briefing on ‘Sustainable Response to Address the Humanitarian Gap Arising from the Partial Suspension of World Food Programme, WFP, operations in the Northeast and Northwest’, but he did not state the period during which the cash was made […]

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