Former Governor Bala Ngilari Mourns with Adamawa, Urges Support for Flood-Hit Communities His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Bala James Ngilari, former Governor of Adamawa State, has expressed deep anguish over the catastrophic flood disaster that has ravaged communities across Yola, with the Shagari Low-Cost Housing area bearing the brunt of the tragedy. In a poignant press…
Roaming Elephant Kills Musa in Ogun State A wandering elephant from one of the government-reserved forests was said to have attacked and killed a farmer, Musa Kalamu, at Itasin-Imobi in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State. The tragic incident occurred on Monday, when the wild elephant attacked and killed the farmer. According to…
Panic Grips Ondo Residents as Man Beheads Brother Over Dispute A man identified as Emmanuel has allegedly cut off the head of his brother, Daniel in Odigbo Local Government area of Ondo State. The incident, which happened on Monday evening around Origbara River, has thrown the entire community into confusion. The people are wondering what…
WAFCON: Tinubu Confers National Honour on Super Falcons, Gifts them Cash, Housing President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all 24 players and the 11-member technical team of Nigeria’s senior women’s national football team, the Super Falcons, following their historic victory at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. At the…
Confusion as Lady Stabs Boyfriend to Death in Ondo There was confusion when a Teenage Identified as Timahul allegedly stabbed his Boyfriend simply identified as Michael to Death over an alleged love Affair with another lady’s in Okitipupa, Ondo State. It was gathered that the unfortunate incident happened yesterday at the residence of the deceased…
Esun-Ekiti set for historic Coronation of new monarch The ancient town of Esun-Ekiti in Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State is set to roll out the drums for a landmark event, the coronation and presentation of the Staff of Office to its newly appointed monarch, Oba Olasehinde Bankole Adesesan Ilugbusi, who ascends the…
Buhari: May our subsequent leaders die at home (2), by Hassan Gimba The late General Buhari was a man who, on two occasions, was welcomed into office by Nigerians who dared to hope for a better country. The first was in December 1983, and the second was 32 years later, in 2015. I do not…
Nigeria’s Roads and CNG Fiasco: A Ticking Time Bomb for Disaster. By Chidi Ekeh In Nigeria, a nation blessed with vast natural gas reserves and audacious dreams of a cleaner energy future, the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) project was heralded as a revolutionary leap toward affordability and sustainability. Yet, as 4,000 gleaming CNG trucks roll…
Deaths in London: Need to Halt Medical Tourism By Prof M. K. Othman In 2006, I was in Maiduguri, gathering data for an animal traction study under the scorching sun of that year’s Ramadan in the northeast. After finishing the day’s work, we took one of my enumerators to his house, which he described as…
UN Declares July 7 as World Amotekun Day The United Nations General Assembly has officially partnered with the South Western State Security Network, known as Amotekun, and declared July 7th of every year as World Amotekun Day. This was announced by Ambassador Dr. Markwili Mgbara, Director of Information and Communications of the International Assosite. World…
