According to The Punch on Friday, July 3, 2026, Yobe State Secretary to the Government Mohammed Goje said Governor Mai Mala Buni’s administration has restored peace and stability across the state since 2019, enabling progress in healthcare, education, agriculture, infrastructure and social development. Goje said the government inherited widespread insecurity that left many communities inaccessible…
An Ogoni family in Rivers State has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government, the Rivers State Government, and the Ministry of Interior following the 18-year imprisonment of their son, Gospel Kinanee, who was detained without trial at age 14. Speaking with Arise News, the victim’s older brother, Paul Kinanee, recounted that Gospel went…
A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the remand of Sani Mamman and Abubakar Umar, both residents of Katsina State suspected of aiding bandits. Mamman, a resident of Ruwan godiya in Faskari Local Government was alleged to have been engaged sometimes in March 2025 to convey some suspected bandits to a forest in Faskari…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, July 2, playfully referred to wife and First Lady of Nigeria, Remi Tinubu, as “Iya Alakara” (Mama Akara Seller), in an apparent light-hearted reference to the backlash she received from some Nigerians after advising low-income earners to venture into small-scale businesses like selling akara, roasting corn or kuli-kuli. The…
The Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has placed a spiritual curse on k!dnappers, armed robbers, and all persons planning to commit evil in his kingdom and across Edo State. Oba Ewuare II invoked the curse through priests and priestesses of all shrines, the Ewaise (traditional physicians), the…
The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has asked everyone in Ghana to work together to help stop the frequent flooding in Accra. He said the problem cannot be solved by engineers alone. Instead, it needs everyone to play their part and change their everyday habits. In a statement released on Wednesday, July 1,…
Operatives of the Gombe State Police Command have arrested four suspected kidnappers and rescued an 8-year-old boy abducted in Akko Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson for the command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, July 2, 2026. According to the PPRO, the boy’s father reported the incident…
A cabin cleaner, Bala Zakari, has been praised for returning $730 found on a British Airways flight. Zakari was cleaning the British Airways Flight BA8382 when he recovered a purse from seat number 35K containing USD 730 and several credit cards. He immediately notified the British Airways Cabin Services Duty Manager (CSDM), after…
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a woman, Mbah Chidinma Sophina, before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu, on a three-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents, forgery and identity theft. Count one of the charges reads…
The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande has made a clarification after previously stating that the Federal Government planned to replace the NYSC’s traditional khaki uniform with locally produced Adire as part of sweeping reforms approved for the 53-year-old scheme. During an appearance on Channels Television, Olawande had said that Adire was replacing Khaki and…
