President Donald Trump has said the United States will seek compensation for protecting the Strait of Hormuz after declaring it would take over responsibility for securing the strategic waterway. Speaking during an interview on Fox News’ Fox & Friends on Monday, July 13, Trump said the US would become the “guardian” of the Strait of…
Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin has said the proposed state police framework includes constitutional safeguards that would allow the president to intervene if governors misuse the outfit. Speaking during Hannu Da Yawa, a live Hausa programme on Radio Nigeria Kaduna, Barau, who chairs the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, described President Bola Tinubu’s push for…
David Umahi, the Minister of Works, has responded to reports surrounding the alleged death of a nurse, Mary Habila, at his residence in Ebonyi State, dismissing claims that the incident was handled in secrecy. Speaking while inspecting ongoing work along the Ebonyi section of the Calabar–Ebonyi–Benue–Nasarawa–Abuja Superhighway, Umahi said it was the deceased’s family that…
A Nigerian man, Imran Otuwose Oganji, has expressed concern after he observed that a known mentally ill woman is visibly pregnant. Oganji said he spotted the woman on Monday morning, July 13, 2026 at Sharp Corner junction in Mararaba, Nasarawa State. The incident left him disturbed and wondering what kind of a man…
Onyeka Nwelue has shared the response he received from Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka when he informed him that he needed to pay N39 million for surgery. According to the author, he approached Soyinka and told him that he had to undergo a knee surgery that would cost him N39 million and he had about…
Two suspected thieves have been apprehended in Buguma, Rivers State, after they were allegedly caught stealing cooking pots and electrical wires from an unoccupied house. According to reports, the owner of the house lives in Port Harcourt, leaving the property unoccupied. The suspects have reportedly taken advantage of the situation and previously broken…
The Lagos State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has announced the passing of his mother, Nkechi Stella Rhodes-Vivour (née Waboso(. Rhodes-Vivour shared the sad news in a post on his social media accounta on Monday, describing his late mother as a loving wife, devoted mother, and grandmother whose love…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arraigned three suspects before the FCT High Court over the alleged murder of Adimike Godwin in the Guzape area of Abuja. The defendants, identified as Adimike Anthony, Adimike Stephany and Comfort Ajibade, are facing four charges, including criminal conspiracy to commit culpable homicide, culpable homicide and offences…
A Nigerian-born immigrant who robbed four men has been jailed for five years in the UK. Wasiu Smith, 26, stole several phones, a work laptop and an heirloom ring worth £600 during a series of robberies outside Farringdon Tube station on November 4, 2025, Mail Online reports. Smith, who was born in Nigeria…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a request by Sahara Reporters publisher and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, to postpone his ongoing trial until after the court’s annual vacation. Justice Mohammed Umar dismissed the application, filed by Sowore’s lawyer, Reuben Adakole, and instead ordered the trial to continue on July…
