Written by The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, says negligence and eroded values led to the Niger tanker explosion. In an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, the DG described the incident as “frustrating” and avoidable. “It’s very frustrating, but we saw it coming. After the Dikko explosion (earlier this … Continue reading “Niger Explosion: ‘We Saw It Coming,’ NOA DG Blames Residents’ Negligence”
Russia said Thursday that new US sanctions on its oil industry risked hurting diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war, and that it had developed a “strong immunity” to them. US President Donald Trump announced new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies on Wednesday, complaining that his peace talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin … Continue reading “Russia Says Immune To New US Oil Sanctions”
Northern stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have endorsed former Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Turaki, as the consensus candidate for the chairmanship position in the forthcoming national elective convention of the party, scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Governor of Adamawa State, Umar Fintiri, told journalists after a closed-door meeting … Continue reading “PDP Northern Stakeholders Endorse Turaki As Consensus Candidate For National Chair”
The Federal Government has said that Nigeria will push for an increase in the country’s oil quota of two million barrels of oil production at the next meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) scheduled for November. The country currently has an OPEC production quota of 1.5 million barrels per day. The … Continue reading “Nigeria To Push For Increase In OPEC Quota To 2mb/d — Lokpobiri”
The Niger State Government has commiserated with the victims of Tuesday’s tragic petrol tanker explosion at Essa community in Katcha Local Government Area, which claimed several lives and left many others injured. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties, Murtala Bagana, the government said it stands in … Continue reading “Niger Govt Commiserates, Approves Free Care For Explosion Victims”
Lead counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, Kanu Agabi, has applied to withdraw from representing the detained self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), stating that the defendant had taken the case back from his legal team. All the senior advocates of Nigeria on the defence team have also withdrawn from the suit, … Continue reading “Nnamdi Kanu Defends Self In Court As Lawyers Withdraw From Trial”
The Federal Government said it has launched the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) Guideline 2.0, which institutionalises performance-based financing and accountability and will guide the disbursement of ₦32.9bn to states and facilities before the end of October. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, announced this in a statement … Continue reading “FG To Disburse ₦32.9b Basic Healthcare Fund To States Before October Ending”
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested three suspected gunrunners for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Kaduna State. The agency said the arrests were made during coordinated sting operations in Igabi and Kachia Local Government Areas of the state. One of the suspects, a 30-year-old man, was intercepted … Continue reading “DSS Arrests Three Suspected Gunrunners In Kaduna”
A 25-year-old man, Hammed Usman Tunde, was allegedly st@bbed to d3ath by his friend, one Gafar during a dispute reportedly over a girlfriend in Kwara State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at Oja Gboro area of Ilorin when the two friends, said to be close companions, got into an … Continue reading “Man allegedly st@bs friend to d3ath over woman in Kwara”
A 12-year-old boy returned home from school to find his house completely empty after his parents moved away without telling him. Police in Copperas Cove, Texas, said the child contacted authorities on Friday, Oct. 17, after discovering that his familys belongings were gone and his mother and her partner were nowhere to be found. Officers identified the … Continue reading “Boy, 12, returns from school to see his parents have moved out without taking him”