The Oyo State Government has declared a 16-hour curfew in 10 local government areas bordering the Old Oyo National Park. The governor of the state, Seyi Makinde, approved the curfew, which takes effect from Wednesday, June 24, 2026. According to a memo issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Musibau Babatunde,…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have discovered a fortified, industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operated by a Nigerian-Mexican cartel deep within the forest of Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area, Oyo State. The discovery comes barely four weeks after the Agency dismantled a similar massive meth laboratory in a forest…
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, said that many Nigerians are already benefiting from the policies and reforms introduced by the current administration. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Tuesday, Onanuga defended the government’s economic agenda and rejected claims that hardship and insecurity have…
Nuclear weapons are the “only” bulwark preventing the world from slipping into a global war, the Kremlin said Wednesday amid fears of a fresh multi-country arms race. The last nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States, New START, expired in February, releasing restrictions on the world’s two largest nuclear powers. There have…
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday, June 24, distanced itself from the remand of activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore in Kuje Custodial Centre, insisting that his remand resulted entirely from court proceedings and not from any action taken by the agency. The statement comes amid questions over how Sowore ended up in Kuje…
France on Wednesday, June 24, announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak. The case is the first of the deadly haemorrhagic fever identified outside the African continent during the current outbreak, which has also affected…
France head coach, Didier Deschamps will miss his side’s final World Cup group game following the death of his mother. The French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed the news. Deschamps learned of his mother’s passing on Tuesday morning and has been given permission by FFF president Philippe Diallo to fly back to France to attend the…
An Australian man who blew $1.6million after discovering a banking glitch has opened up about the wild lifestyle he enjoyed In 2011, bartender Dan Saunders, from Wangaratta in country Victoria, stumbled across a technical fault in National Australia Bank’s ATM system. He discovered the loophole after transferring $200 from his credit card to his…
US Billionaire, Bill Gates testified that he never interacted with victims of Jeffrey Epstein but acknowledged that he may have been in their presence, according to a transcript of his closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee released Tuesday. The Microsoft co-founder maintained in the voluntary interview, which took place on Capitol Hill earlier this…
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed June 30 for ruling on a bail application filed by activist and presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore. The Department of State Services is prosecuting Sowore over alleged criminal defamation arising from claims that he referred to President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal” in…
