An X user has sparked reactions after revealing how much his father dislikes the ruling party ahead of the 2027 election. According to the user, his father created a group chat for fellow senior citizens and former colleagues, then allegedly dropped a message telling anyone planning to vote for President Bola Tinubu in 2027…
Tennis legend Serena Williams is making a return to professional tennis at 44, nearly four years after stepping away from the sport. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has accepted a wildcard invitation to compete in doubles at the upcoming Queen’s Club grass-court tournament in London, set to begin next week. Serena also…
A man has been arrested over the de@th of his young partner. Ra’Mya Silvan, 18, di£d of multiple gunshot wounds in the 3800 block of Hollygrove Street at around 3:35 p.m. Sunday, May 24. She was pronounced de@d at the scene. Warren Easton Charter High School officials identified Silvan as a recent graduate and said…
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has sentenced a drug seller, Isidora Ezea, and three others to eight and a half years imprisonment each for operating unregistered pharmacy premises and illegally dispensing medicines. The defendants were convicted in suit No. FHC/CA/76C/2025, filed by the Federal Republic of Nigeria against Ezea and three others over…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, took a swipe at former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday, June 1, labeling him a “food is ready” politician who shies away from difficult challenges. Speaking during his monthly media chat in Abuja, Wike questioned Obi’s governance approach, stating that the…
A High court in Asaba has remanded dismissed police officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nuhu Usman, and his team members at the Ogwashi-Uku Correctional Centre over the public execution of a suspect, Mene Ogidi in Effurun, Delta State, on April 26. The five dismissed officers were remanded in prison on Monday, June 1,…
The Executive Chairman of Ibeju Lekki Local Governmenment in Lagos state, Abdullahi Sesan Olowa, says his office is aware of the recent influx of a group of people into communities in the local government, adding that the state security agents are monitoring the situation. Earlier today, footage circulated on social media claiming that several…
The imperative for Africa to reclaim greater control over its economic destiny by shifting away from narrow GDP-led assessments of growth toward frameworks centred on sovereignty, domestic value retention and regional industrial integration dominated discussions at the 2026 Ishmael Yamson and Associates Business Roundtable in Accra. Held under the theme ‘The next quarter century: infrastructure,…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have intercepted a suspected Boko Haram member who fled from a terrorist enclave following recent military airstrikes in Borno State. Military sources disclosed that the suspect, identified as Ahmad Sheriff, 27, was intercepted at about 10:12 a.m. on May 31 during a patrol along the Kukawa-Cross Kauwa general area…
President Bola Tinubu says he shares in the pain and anxiety of affected families following the attack on communities in Esiele and Yawota, where over 46 pupils and their teachers were abducted in Oriire local government which has triggered nationwide concern over school security. In a statement released on his X handle today, June…
