Over 60 killed as boat capsizes in Niger state
A boat carrying over 100 passengers sank in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State, leaving a dozen people dead, rescuers said on Wednesday. The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said in a s...
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Zulum leads N/East govs to Tinubu, requests completion of roads, oil exploration
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, led a delegation of North East governors to meet with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday. The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, focuse...
Burkina Faso parliament passes law outlawing LGBTQ practices
Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament passed legislation banning the conduct deemed to promote LGBTQ practices, introducing fines, prison sentences and sanctions for persons convicted, its just...
8-Year-Old boy in ‘severe’ condition after shark bite while snorkeling in Florida
An 8-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital after being attacked by a shark in Florida. On Monday, Sept. 1, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a post on Facebook that the boy had be...
Over 1,000 People dead after landslide ‘Leveled’ entire village in Sudan
An estimated 1,000 people have died after a landslide occurred in the remote Marrah Mountains in western Sudan. The residents of Tarsin village were killed when heavy rain caused the landslide on Sund...
Police arrest 60-year-old suspect over rape of 24-year-old woman
The Lagos State Police Command, Gender Unit, has charged to court one Ajayi Femi, ‘m’, aged 60, over the rape of a female victim, aged 24. On 22 August 2025, the case was reported by the victim’...
PDP Convention: Wike, Ortom, Fayose, Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi give NWC 6-point demand
In a communique issued in the early hours of Tuesday on behalf of the group and signed by Ortom, the stakeholders warned that failure to meet their demands would “render any purported national conve...
LASG resumes second phase of Ogudu–Ifako bridge repairs after review of traffic management plan
The Lagos State Government has announced the resumption of the second phase of repair works on the Ogudu–Ifako Bridge (inbound Island), scheduled to commence on Wednesday, 3rd September, 2025. To mi...
Fight against banditry: Facts disapprove El-Rufai’s false claims
The attention of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has been drawn to comments made by the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, in a television interview on Sunday. ...
Finland Court sentenced Simon Ekpa to six years imprisonment for terrorism offences, tax fraud
Finland Court has sentenced self-acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister, Simon Ekpa to six years imprisonment for terrorism offences, tax fraud. The Päijät-Häme District Court found Ekpa guilty of incitin...
75-year-old grandpa arrested as NDLEA destroys 178,000kg skunk in Taraba forest
A 75-year-old grandpa Uchelue Ikechukwu was among six suspects arrested with illicit substances in raids by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in parts of Anambra state. Ju...
IGP Arase dies in Abuja
The Nigeria Police Force has announced with deep sorrow the passing of former Inspector-General of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, IGP Solomon Ehigiator Arase (Rtd.). He p...
