Professor Okey Ikechukwu, a scholar of leadership and human capital development, has claimed that two South-East governors told him during the 2023 presidential election that their priority was to secure the constitutionally required 25 percent of the votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) rather than support Labour Party candidate Peter Obi. Speaking in an…
The National Legal Officer of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Professor Oserheimen Osunbor, has criticized the majority judgment of the Court of Appeal in the party’s leadership dispute, arguing that it failed to properly interpret the provisions of the ADC Constitution. Speaking during an interview aired on the official Arise News YouTube channel on Monday,…
Mrs. Rachael Alamu has recounted the hardships she and other abducted teachers and pupils endured during their captivity in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Speaking in a video shared by TVC, Alamu said the kidnappers gave biscuits to the children during the first week of captivity but later stopped providing them. She also…
Security analyst Dickson Osagie has suggested that the recent abduction of a school headmaster in Tsafe Local Government Area was likely part of a contingency plan by criminal groups after security forces rescued pupils and teachers in Okuama. Speaking during an interview aired by Channels Television on Monday, July 13, 2026, Osagie said the latest…
Nollywood actress Uche Ogbodo has revealed that her direct messages (DMs) on social media are being flooded by male suitors, following the official breakdown of her marriage to Bobby Maris. The movie star shared this update on her Instagram page, just days after confirming the end of her eight-year union. The separation has…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has called on the United Nations (UN) and other international human rights and accountability bodies to investigate the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area, insisting that Nigerians deserve a full and transparent account of what transpired before and after the victims were rescued In a…
Troops of Sector 8, Operation Enduring Peace, have responded to an alleged assault on a farmer by suspected herders in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. Military sources told security analyst Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 7:00 p.m. on July 11, 2026 at Jwakp Maitumbi Village. The victim, identified…
I was worried as a child because all my friends had fathers except me. I used to bother my mom about my father. Whenever she bought something with her meagre salary, I would ask her if my father had asked her to give it to me. From the stories I heard from my friends, it…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have k!lled a 300-level student of the Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma and abducted five others, including a palace secretary and three children, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The attacks occurred on Friday, July 10, 2026 and Sunday, July 12, 2026 in Idoa and Ekpoma…
Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the man accused of forging government appointment letters and parading himself as Director-General of a non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), says he fears for his life, and he is not in any way hiding from law enforcement agents. While speaking on Channels TV…
