THE Ekiti State Blind Community have joined their counterparts world over to commemorate the 2025 International White Cane and Safety Day, using the occasion to push for deeper inclusion, stronger accountability within…
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Suspected Sex Workers in Court Over Law Violation
Over 40 sex workers were on Wednesday, Nov. 19, arraigned in a mobile court by the Edo State Migration Agency in Benin City, the state capital. Parading the commercial sex workers before…
Atiku Urges Tinubu to Declare Emergency on Insecurity
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has asked President Bola Tinubu to urgently declare a state of emergency on the security situation in Nigeria. Atiku made the demand on Friday in a statement…
Plane Lands with Nose Gear Fault at Airport
There was a mild drama at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, on Thursday when an aircraft experienced a fault with its nose landing gear while landing at the airport. Henry Agbebire, the…
Cocaine Bust: 20 Filipinos Held Over Brazil-Shipment
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has intercepted a vessel carrying 20 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, made…
Pilot Killed in Dubai Airshow Crash
A pilot has died after an Indian fighter jet crashed while performing a display at an airshow in Dubai, officials have said. The Indian Air Force said in a statement: “IAF deeply…
Segun Awolowo’s Death: A Loss to Yoruba and Nigeria
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has described the death of Barrister Segun Awolowo Jnr as a major blow to the Yoruba race and Nigeria as a nation. He said that Segun Awolowo as…
NNPCL Indicted Over N684m Contracts, Abandoned Projects
A new report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has indicted the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) for questionable expenditures totalling about N684 million on abandoned projects, unexecuted…
Six Arrested for Dumping Trash in Lagos
The Lagos state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has confirmed the arrest of six individuals in the Meiran axis of the state for illegal dumping of refuse on Thursday,…
Gunmen abduct students, teachers in a catholic boarding school
Terrorists have attacked St Mary’s School, a Catholic-owned institution in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, and abducted an unconfirmed number of students and staff. The attack took place…