Thursday, 05 February, 2026

Category: News


Panic has gripped Tor-Donga, a community in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, following a deadly attack by suspected gunmen in the early hours of Friday. Witnesses said the heavily armed attackers invaded the area, shooting sporadically and forcing residents Read more…


The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has declared the terrorism proscription on its group is political and against International and Nigeria law. Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful who disclosed this in a statement he released to journalists on Friday Read more…


The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives – Federal Health Institutions Sector has refuted reports of suspending its nationwide seven-day warning strike. Daily Sun reported that Health Minister, Ali Pate, said the union called off its ongoing strike following a Read more…


Says Gov. Soludo development achievements lifted the state development status high in Nigeria. By Eche Nwaobasi – Nnewi/ Onitsha High Chief Arinze S.B. Anyaorah (Ide of Aguluzoigbo), a former quality leadership award winner during his tenure as the chairman of Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has tongue lashed Gov Charles Soludo and his All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for scrambling to take over the seat of murdered State’s lawmaker. The APC Read more…


Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday told U.S. President Donald Trump to remember that Moscow possessed Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort after Trump told Medvedev to “watch his words”. Trump, in a post on his Truth social network in Read more…


Bashir El-Rufai, the son of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, has asserted that the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, stood a better chance of defeating incumbent President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections. Read more…


Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Melaye anchored his resignation on PDP’s failure to rescue Nigeria from what he described as “the prevailing political cankerworms”. His resignation was contained in a Read more…


Chief Benjamin Afagu Ekwealor, a respected statesman, educator, and legal practitioner, has died at the age of 89 years. His family, in a statement on Wednesday, confirmed that he passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at his residence in Read more…


The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 16, 2024 governorship election in Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, challenging Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has approved a one-year extension for the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, whose tenure was initially scheduled to end on August 31, 2025. With the extension, Adeniyi will now remain in office until Read more…


The Ghanaian government has assured that the safety of Nigerians remain paramount in the country, noting that protests targeted Nigerians have been quelled. Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Samuel Ablakwa gave the assurance during a Thursday joint press conference with Nigeria’s Minister Read more…