On Thursday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu welcomed President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye of Senegal at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This marked Faye’s first official visit to Nigeria since he took office in April. At 44, Faye is the youngest president in Senegalese history. He arrived at the Villa at …
Read More »Nigeria: Former Oyo Motor Park Boss Auxiliary Paraded For Murder
Police authorities in Oyo State have paraded the former Chairman of the Park Management System (PMS), Alhaji Lamidi Mukaila Auxiliary, who was arrested the penultimate week. Earlier, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested Auxiliary at his residence in the Olodo area of Ibadan and handed him over …
Read More »Swiss Court Jails Gambian Ex-Minister for Crimes Against Humanity
A Swiss court on Wednesday convicted a former government minister from Gambia of crimes against humanity under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh and jailed him for 20 years, in a historic verdict using universal jurisdiction in Europe. The Federal Criminal Court found Ousman Sonko guilty on several counts of intentional homicide, torture …
Read More »Halilu Buzu: Nigerian Military Declares Notorious Cattle Rustler Wanted for Terrorism
The military has declared Halilu Buzu wanted for involvement in terrorist activities, illegal arms trafficking, illegal mining, and cattle rustling. At a bi-weekly media briefing in Abuja, Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, announced that Buzu, a native of Niger, operates from a forest in Zamfara State. …
Read More »Emirates Airlines Sets Definite Date to Resume Flights to Nigeria
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says Emirates Airlines has indicated a definite date to resume flight operations to Nigerian airports. The minister, in a Wednesday post on X (formerly Twitter), said he met with the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nigeria, Salem Saeed …
Read More »Popular Singer Portable Released After Night in Lagos Jail Over G-Wagon Dispute
The Lagos State Police Command has released popular street singer Habeeb Okikiola, known as Portable, after he spent a night in a police cell. Portable was arrested on Tuesday in the Abule Egba area of Lagos for allegedly failing to pay the remaining balance on a G-Wagon vehicle he purchased …
Read More »BREAKING: Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Rises to 33.69%
Food and non-alcoholic beverage costs skyrocketed in April, causing Nigeria’s inflation rate to jump to 33.69 percent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The consumer price index (CPI) report released by the NBS on Wednesday included the inflation figures. “Looking at the movement, the April 2024 headline inflation …
Read More »Explosion Rocks Mosque in Nigeria’s Kano State, Suspect Arrested
An explosion struck a mosque in Gadan Village, located in the Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, early Wednesday morning, injuring 24 people. The blast occurred around 5:20 a.m. during the Subhi (early morning) prayer. According to Abdullahi Kiyawa, a spokesman for the Kano State Police Command, preliminary forensic …
Read More »Police Arrest Nigerian Singer Portable Over Car Debt
The Lagos State Police Command arrested the controversial musician Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, on Tuesday for failing to settle a debt related to the purchase of a G-Wagon from a local car dealer. Reports indicate that Portable paid only N13 million of the N27 million vehicle, withholding the …
Read More »Gabon’s Deposed Leader Ali Bongo Begins Hunger Strike
Gabon’s deposed President Ali Bongo and two of his sons have gone on hunger strike to protest against their alleged subjection to “acts of torture and barbarity”, the family’s lawyers say. Mr Bongo was ousted in a military coup in August last year, shortly after he won a disputed presidential …
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