An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered the remand of five persons in a correctional facility over the alleged attempted murder of their neighbour. The five suspects; Aliu Hammed (23) Molomo Tairu (20) Haruna Isiaq(25) Abdullahi Isiaq (22) and Abdulmumini Idris (25) were said to have attempted to murder one…
The eight members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were kidnapped by unknown assailants while travelling from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to Sokoto State have been released. The Director-General of the NYSC, YD Ahmed, confirmed their release during a press briefing on Friday, August 23. Ahmed expressed relief at the safe…
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have thrown their weight behind Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State in his ongoing feud with his predecessor and minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Their renewed support for Fubara came after the conduct of a disputed party congress in which Fubara was denied…
Swedish manager, Janne Andersson has confirmed he is in discussions with the Nigerian football governing body, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the vacant Super Eagles coaching job. Andersson has been without a job since leaving the Swedish national team last November but the 61-year-old has been linked with the Nigeria management job. The…
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has levelled serious allegations against President Bola Tinubu, accusing him of gradually transforming Nigeria into his personal fiefdom. Abubakar, who contested against Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, claims that the future of Nigerians has been effectively mortgaged to Tinubu, his…
A former police spokesperson in Lagos State, ACP Chike Oti, is battling kidney disease and has appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance to undergo a kidney transplant. Oti, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday, August 22, in Lagos, said he was recently diagnosed with fifth-stage renal failure and…
The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana. The country’s president showed off the diamond to the world at a viewing ceremony on Thursday, August 22. The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat stone is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It’s the…
Thailand has confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox, in a patient who recently traveled to an African country. The patient, a 66-year-old European, arrived in Bangkok on August 14 and was hospitalized after showing symptoms consistent with mpox. The Department of Disease Control announced on Thursday, August…
President Paul Biya of Cameroon is set to contest the country’s presidential election again at the age of 93. Biya, who is Africa’s longest-serving president, is currently 91 years old. He will contest in the 2026 Presidential Election to seek an eighth term, by which time he will be 93. Founder of…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has stated that parents are aiding the menace of human trafficking in Oyo state. Head of NAPTIP Oyo State Office, Mr. Augustine Akanya made this declaration on Wednesday, August 21 in Ibadan while speaking during a town hall meeting of stakeholders organised by…
