BREAKING: Many Causalities As Nigerian Soldiers Attack Police Officers Not less than Three personnel of the Nigerian Army have been arrested following an attack on police officers performing their duties along the Shao–Malete Expressway in Kwara State. According to a situation report from the Shao Police Unit, the incident occurred on December 23, 2025, at about 5:45 pm when a Shao patrol team intercepted two motorcycles. Three occupants, later identified as army personnel, reportedly alighted from the motorcycles and confronted the officers, attempting to disarm and physically assault them. One police officer, PC Abdulganiyu Abdullateef, sustained injuries during the encounter.…
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EXPOSED: Akpabio Orders NASS Clerk To Hide Certified Copy Of Tax Bill Transmitted To Tinubu For Assent Fresh controversy has erupted within Nigeria’s National Assembly following allegations that Senate President Godswill Akpabio ordered the Clerk of the National Assembly to withhold certified copies of the tax reform bill transmitted to President Bola Tinubu and subsequently signed into law. According to Peoples Gazette, two senators and four members of the House of Representatives alleged that the embargo on the certified true copy (CTC) of the assented law has intensified internal tensions and suspicion within the legislature. Lawmakers said repeated requests for…
BREAKING: Dozens Of Worshippers Feared Killed, Injured As Explosion Rocks Mosque There is serious tension as many worshippers were killed, and others injured, at Gamborun Market in Maiduguri on Wednesday when an explosive device detonated inside a mosque. The explosion reportedly occurred while worshippers were gathered for prayers. Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama confirmed that the blast tore through part of the mosque, instantly killing some worshippers and leaving others with varying degrees of injuries. Zagazola explained that traders and residents in the area were seen fleeing the scene as thick smoke billowed from the mosque, while others…
How Muslims Exempted From Tinubu’s Tax Payment The Plateau-based cleric, Ezekiel Dachomo claims that the new tax laws would apply only to Christians. Dachomo spoke during a podcast by Lucky Udu Experience. He said under the new tax reforms, Christians — not “Islamic people” — would pay taxes. “They are saying next year, they will start paying tax. I told my fellow Christians, ‘this tax, we are the one to be paying it’. But as far as Islamic people is concerned, they will never pay that tax. They are not paying that tax,” he said. THE TAX REFORMS On September…
DSP Barau Pays LG Chair’s N7m Entitlements Withheld By State Govt The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, has paid the entitlement of the former chairman of the Kano Municipal Local Government Area, Fa’izu Alfindiki, withheld by the state government. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Deputy President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Malam Ismail Mudashir, said Senator Barau issued a cheque of N7m to the former local government chairman on Tuesday evening. While issuing the cheque to the former LG chairman at the National Assembly, Abuja, Senator Barau said constructive criticism, like…
BREAKING: Tanker Rams Into Akpabio’s Convoy, Kills Police Office Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, said that a petrol tanker on Sunday rammed into his convoy in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, killing a police dispatch rider identified as Ibrahim Hussaini. Akpabio made the incident known during plenary at the Senate, where he condoled with the family of the deceased officer. Police dispatch riders are often police officers who typically ride government-branded motorcycles as part of convoys attached to public officials. Akpabio, who informed lawmakers that Hussaini was buried earlier on Tuesday, however, did not initially disclose the burial location,…
BREAKING: Army Chief, Others Killed As Jet Crashes A private jet carrying Libya’s Chief of Army Staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, has crashed in Turkey, killing him and seven others on board, Turkish authorities have confirmed. According to Reuters, the Dassault Falcon 50 jet departed Ankara’s Esenboga Airport at about 5:17pm GMT on Tuesday, heading for Tripoli. About 16 minutes after takeoff, the crew reported a serious electrical malfunction and requested an emergency landing. Turkey’s communications directorate head, Burhanettin Duran, said air traffic control immediately redirected the aircraft back to Esenboga Airport and activated emergency procedures. However, the jet disappeared…
BREAKING: FG Declares 25, 26, 2025 And January 1, 2026 Public Holidays The Federal Government has declared Thursday, 25th December 2025; Friday, 26th December 2025; and Thursday, 1st January 2026 as public holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year celebrations respectively. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, extended warm Christmas and New Year felicitations to Christians in Nigeria and across the world, as well as to all Nigerians as they celebrate the end of the year and the beginning of a new one. Dr. Tunji-Ojo urged…
Illegal Structures Removed As TCN Enforces Right Of Way Regulations In Enugu The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has removed illegal structures encroaching on its transmission line Right of Way (RoW) in some areas of Enugu State, as part of ongoing efforts to protect critical power infrastructure and ensure public safety. The demolition affected fences and other structures erected dangerously close to Tower 31 of the Ugwuaji–Makurdi 330kV Double Circuit Line at Akpuoga Nike in Enugu East Local Government Area, and others along the corridor of a 132kV transmission line, posing serious safety risks and obstructing maintenance access. Prior to…
Concerned Northern Elders Back Tinubu’s Reforms, Reject NEF Position on FIRS The Concerned Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has disowned and sharply criticised recent statements credited to the Northern Elders Forum over the activities of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), describing the position as a misrepresentation of the true aspirations of the North. In a press statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Dr Nasir Manguno, the group said it was compelled to address Nigerians in the interest of truth, responsibility and historical accountability, warning that silence in the face of what it described as calculated distortion would amount to…