Minority Leader and Effutu MP Alexander Afenyo-Markin has denied being behind a social media post that criticised Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, also known as the anti-gay bill. The post, which went viral on Tuesday, appeared to show Afenyo-Markin speaking out against the bill. In the post, he argued that people…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would be difficult to defeat if the outcome of the 2027 presidential election is determined by electoral manipulation. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Lawal argued that no politician currently possesses the capacity…
Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested four notorious c#ltists and suspected hitmen linked to several violent cr!mes and k!llings in Ajanmgbadi, Ojo, and its environs. The suspects, identified as Emmanuel Nwokolo alias “Oblo” (35), Ayola Israel alias “Essy Pawpaw” (39), Ebuka Nnamdi (31), and Chinedu Okafor (22), were apprehended at a…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who was wounded in US-Israeli attacks and has not been seen publicly since assuming office, is alive and becoming increasingly active. “I think there are indications out there that he is increasingly engaging at some level,” Rubio told…
Tension gripped four local government areas of Osun State on Tuesday following unverified reports of bandit presence in some communities, prompting panic among residents and leading to the withdrawal of pupils from schools. The rumours, which spread on social media, claimed that armed bandits were attempting to infiltrate Ila, Ifelodun (Ikirun), Osogbo, and Olorunda local…
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, has defended the Federal Government’s response to the kidnapping of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State, insisting that authorities acted swiftly following the incident near Ogbomoso. Speaking during a television interview on Tuesday, June 2, Dare dismissed suggestions that President Bola…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared Sunday, June 14, 2026, as a “black Sunday” in mourning for victims of terrorist attacks across the country. The association also announced a national prayer period scheduled to run from June 12 to June 14, as part of efforts to seek divine intervention over worsening insecurity. Speaking…
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has called on Nigeria’s security chiefs to defeat terrorists within three months or leave their positions. Speaking in a video shared on the church’s X account on Tuesday, Adeboye urged the federal government to take urgent action to tackle the country’s…
Members of the Nigerian Union of Teachers NUT, Enugu state chapter, this morning, staged a protest at the State Government house to demand the immediate release of the abducted students and teachers in Oyo state. The leader of the protesting teachers called on the state government to work with the Oyo state government to…
A Nigerian woman, Aisha Lawal, has encouraged married men to marry more wives and father children with other women to avoid suffering in old age. Aisha, who stated this in a Facebook post on Tuesday, June 2, claimed that some men have refused to marry multiple women because they don’t want to hurt their…
