Thursday, 22 January, 2026

Month: January 2026


The trial of 46-year-old Adeniyi Kayode, the driver of the Lexus SUV involved in the road accident with heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua that claimed the lives of two of his friends, has been adjourned to February 25, 2026. Kayode Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Hoodlums have again invaded Lilu community in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State and made away with food stuffs including dogs, yam, fowls and goats. The community has been under constant attack from the unknown gunmen for the Read more…


President Donald Trump’s feud with NATO over his plans to take over Greenland has precipitated an existential crisis for the alliance that Russia is celebrating. On Saturday, Trump announced tariffs targeting NATO countries that deployed troops to the semi-autonomous Danish territory, until Read more…


Amid mounting speculation about a possible switch of allegiance, Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. The governor, dressed in his signature flowing white babanriga and a red Read more…


Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have uncovered an underground Boko Haram logistics storage facility stocked with medical supplies, fuel and other critical materials after overrunning several terrorist enclaves in the Timbuktu Triangle area of Borno State. The discovery followed a Read more…


There was tension yesterday at the entrance of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, as protesting local contractors blocked the Minister of State for Finance, Doris Uzoka-Anite, from gaining access to the complex. The protesters, operating under the banner of the Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi The Nnewi traditional ruler, His Royal Highness, Igwe Kenneth Orizu III has addressed the current issue that has disrupted the peaceful coexistence in the community. Igwe set the record straight during Nnewichi community’s peaceful protest over Read more…


A Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States for talks Saturday on a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war as Russian attacks again took aim at Ukraine’s power grid, cutting electricity and heating in freezing temperatures. Kyrylo Budanov, Read more…


Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has expressed relief over the swift arrest of suspects linked to the gruesome murder of Fatima Abubakar and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi, Kano State. Read more…


The Teranga Lions of Senegal have won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a lone-goal victory over hosts Morocco. Pape Gueye scored in the fourth minute of extra time to secure victory for Senegal at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Read more…


The Nigerian banking industry is on the last leg of the race to shore up its capital base in response to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s sweeping recapitalisation directive. Announced in March 2024, the policy raised minimum capital thresholds across Read more…


The initiator and convener of the Atiku Haske Organisation, Hon. Mai Nagge Musa Bakari, has rejected a directive by one of the son’s of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Abba, to change the course of the group’s support for the Read more…