BREAKING: Super Eagles Stranded Nigeria’s senior male football team is currently stranded in Libya, where it is to play the second leg of the AFCON 2025 Qualifier game. Following Libya’s 1-0 loss to Nigeria in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday, both teams were expected to face off again in Benina, their fourth Group D match. The Super Eagles had departed for Libya on Sunday afternoon, but according to reports from the camp of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), an hour to landing at Benghazi, their destination, the Nigerian aircraft was diverted to Al Abraq, a city which is more than…
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NNPCL Chiefs To Be Arrested The Senate has announced its decision to issue a warrant of arrest for some agencies for their incessant refusal to honour lawmakers’ summonses. It was gathered that the agencies penned down for invitation by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Priviledges and Public Petitions, led by Senator Neda Imasuen (LP, Edo South), are the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, the Nigerian Diaspora Commissions, and the Union Homes Savings And Loans Plc. Others are the Federal Ministry Of Works, Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, Sally Best Properties Limited, and the Office of the Head of Service of the…
Many Feared Killed As Youths Set Police Station Ablaze A midday carnage on Sunday swept through Agenebode, the headquarters of Etsako East local government area of Edo State as several persons were feared killed and a police station set ablaze. The attack followed the allegation that suspected criminal Fulanis had been kidnapping and killing people in the area for organ harvesting and were allegedly being protected by the Police. The incident that led to the carnage, according to a resident, was the case of a young boy, who was said to have been kidnapped some weeks ago and remained in…
After Taking Hard Drugs Man Drowns In River A 45-year-old man, simply identified as Kazeem, has drowned in a river at Odo Tente, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun States. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Friday around 11 am. Before the incident, Kazeem was said to have taken a hard drug suspected to be Colorado. The deceased, who soon started to act under the influence of the drug, reportedly ran uncontrollably and jumped into the river. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incident in a statement on Sunday, stated that…
Leave ‘Immediately’; Israeli PM Netanyahu Tells UN Peacekeepers In Southern Lebanon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the United Nations to remove its peacekeepers from southern Lebanon today. On Saturday, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said a fifth peacekeeper was injured in southern Lebanon during the week. Netanyahu called on the UN chief Antonio Guterres to remove peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon “immediately”. “Mr Secretary General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way. It should be done right now, immediately,” the Israel Prime Minister said in a video statement issued by his office. Earlier this month,…
2027: I’ll Leave Peter Obi If…. — Aisha Yesufu Aisha Yesufu, a Nigerian human rights activist, has made it clear that her support for Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential candidate, isn’t absolute. In a recent interview on the podcast “Mic On” with Seun Okinbaloye, she stated that she’d be willing to switch allegiance if a better candidate emerges for the 2027 presidential election. Yesufu emphasised that she’s not a Labour Party member, but rather supported Obi in the last general election because she believed he was the best candidate at the time. According to Yesufu, her commitment puts…
Tinubu’s Special Adviser, Bayo Onanuga Cries Out For Help Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant on Public Communication to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the comment of Bayo Onanuga on the vacation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Reactions had trailed the departure of the President from the United Kingdom to France who is still on a two-week leave. But Onanuga who is the Special Adviser to Tinubu on Information and Strategy, had justified the president action in a statement. According to him, “President Tinubu is on leave for two weeks. He is not restricted to the UK. It is…
‘Tinubu Takes Brand New Jet To China To Borrow Money’ Human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has condemned President Bola Tinubu for buying a new jet and taken it to China to plead for more loans. Adeyanju said this when he recently featured on New Central’s ‘A Place At The Table,’ a weekly programme where guests are invited for discussions on pertinent issues. “The President buys a brand new jet, takes it to China to go and borrow money, who does that?” he said. The president recently acquired a luxury Airbus A330 aircraft. The aircraft in question is an ACJ330-200, VP-CAC…
Akpabio To Nigerians: Wherever You See Free Food Help Yourself Senate President Godswill Akpabio recently advised Nigerians to take advantage of any free food they come across. His remark was made during a plenary session in the Senate, as seen in a video where he and his colleagues laughed after the comment. This advice comes at a time when many Nigerians are grappling with severe economic challenges, exacerbated by policies under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, including the removal of fuel subsidies. Recently, Nigeria’s state-owned oil company, NNPC Ltd, raised petrol prices by over 15%, marking the second price hike within…
Man Ki||s Trader To Avoid Payment Of Debt The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two men, Abubakar Ibrahim and Isah Ayuba, over the abduction and subsequent killing of one Felicia Namkywa, a petty trader. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel said in a statement on Sunday that the arrest was carried out by police detectives attached to the Obi Division. According to the PPRO, the arrest was sequel to a complaint lodged at Obi Divisional Police Headquarters indicating that the trader was missing for days, and all efforts to trace her whereabouts proved abortive.…