Former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has described as a “desperate ploy by a drowning politician” the move by Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, to initiate a case of criminal culpability against him over the Offa robbery incident of 2018. While describing the criminal case as “dirty politics taken too far and too low”,…
UTME candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has candidates who participated in the first day of the nationwide examination to check their results today (Saturday). It announced that it has released the first batch of results for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) before midnight on Friday. The update is expected to…
Against the insinuations that Nigeria is planning to borrow from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said the country has no plans to seek financial support from the organisation. Edun made this known during a press briefing by ministers at the ongoing spring meetings…
Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has condemned the rising wave of kidnappings in Nigeria, invoking divine punishment on those responsible for the crisis while calling for a new approach to tackle insecurity. Gumi made the remarks in reaction to the abduction of a student of the University of Jos, John Arum, whose ordeal has drawn widespread…
Kwara State Government has officially filed a 20-count charge against former Senate President Bukola Saraki and former Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed over their alleged arming of top suspects convicted in the tragic Offa armed robbery incident of April 2018. Those also listed in the charge, filed under case number KWS/114C/26, include Yusuf Abdulwahab, former Chief of…
Nigerian troops have arrested the second-in-command to a notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Auta, alongside his wife in Gombe State. The arrest followed an intelligence-led tracking operation across multiple locations in the state. This was disclosed in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region. Makama, citing…
Emotions ran high at the Maimalari Cantonment Cemetery in Maiduguri, Borno State as fallen military officers and soldiers were laid to rest with full honours, amid heart-wrenching scenes from grieving families and colleagues. The hours proceeding the solemn burial ceremony, one of the widows collapsed and was revived following swift intervention by the Theatre Commander,…
Proceedings were stalled in the trial of a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on Thursday, as he could not file his final written address before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja. Mamman is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 12-count charge, bordering on money…
By Osato Imafidon the political waters of the Orhionmwon/Uhunmwode Federal Constituency were stirred into a tempest this week following the formal declaration of Prof. David Osarumwense Osifo for the 2027 House of Representatives seat—a move critics are labeling “political inconsistency.” The declaration, which took place at the residence of Hon. Osawe Osayemwere has been met…
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has temporarily suspended its airtime and data lending service, “Xtratime”, following new regulations introduced by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). The company disclosed this in a corporate filing to the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Thursday. MTN said the suspension was necessitated by the FCCPC’s Digital, Electronic, Online…
