BREAKING: Darkness Looms As National Grid Collapses For Second Time In 2025 Nigeria’s national power grid has collapsed for the second time in 2025, leaving homes and businesses across Lagos State and other major cities in darkness. The latest collapse occurred at 11:34 am on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, according to Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company. The company wrote: “Dear Esteemed Customer, Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today 12th February, 2025 at 11:34hrs affecting all our feeders. “Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders,” the company added. This was also confirmed by National…
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Medical Doctor Arrested For Providing Services To Bandits A medical doctor, Lawan Ado, has been arrested by security operatives for treating wounded bandits in Katsina State. Among his patients is a notorious bandit, Usman Modi-Modi on whose head a N50million bounty was placed. Dr Ado allegedly treated the injured bandits in the Safana Local Government Area and other adjoining communities. In a video, Ado was heard giving details of how he was paid in several outings where he treated the bandits. According to his confession, the first bandit he treated was Usman Modi-Modi, after the gang leader sustained gunshot wounds…
Nigerian Student Student Bites Lecturer Over TikTok Video A heated altercation at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka took a dramatic turn after a female student bit a lecturer during a dispute over a TikTok recording. The incident, which occurred at the Faculty of Arts began when Dr. Chukwudi Michael attempted to pass by the student while she was filming a dance video in the faculty corridor. Eyewitnesses said the lecturer lightly tapped the student on the shoulder as he walked past, prompting an angry reaction. “The lecturer tapped her on the shoulder and said, ‘Excuse me,’ as he passed behind…
Fresh Crisis Rocks Nigerian Police As IG Egbetokun Deploys New Personnel To Replace Retired Officers. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the deployment and replacement of personnel to take over from officers accused of forgery, age falsification, and evading service regulations. It was earlier exposed a list of approximately 467 Nigerian police officers implicated in falsifying their age and bypassing service regulations, including Simon Lough, SAN, and Benneth Igweh. While hundreds of officers were embroiled in the scandal, some have quietly retired. On Saturday disclosed that IGP Egbetokun had mandated that senior police officers who refused to…
BREAKING: IGP Removes Igweh, Announces Replacement Amid Age-Falsification Scandal The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the posting and redeployment of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Gumel H. Mohammed to Zone 7, representing the Federal Capital Territory and Niger State, with immediate effect. Mohammed replaces AIG Benneth Igweh. Igweh on Thursday, September 12, 2024, assumed duty as the AIG of Police in charge of Zone 7. Apart from Igweh, many other senior police officers have been relieved of their duties and replaced by others. The personnel are to take over from officers implicated in forgery, age falsification,…
BREAKING: Nigerians To Pay More For Withdrawals Nigerians will soon pay higher charges for withdrawals at commercial banks’ Automated Teller Machine (ATM) as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reviewed transaction fees, citing rising operational costs and the need to enhance banking services. In a circular signed by John Onojah, Acting Director of the Financial Policy and Regulation Department, the apex bank confirmed that the new charges will take effect from March 1, 2025. This marks the first adjustment since 2019 when withdrawal fees were reduced from N65 to N35. However, the latest revision means customers will now pay…
EXPOSED: How Nigerian Policemen Released Murder Suspect After Collecting Bribe Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force attached to the Aso A Police Station in Nasarawa State have been accused of releasing a murder suspect after collecting a bribe. It was learnt that a young man identified as Joshua Moses was killed at a construction site In Gidan Rago area, Aso B, a community under Karu local government area of Nasarawa State. His family members said that Joshua went to the site to work as a labourer and was killed by a member of a gang that attacked the site to…
EXPOSED: Shockiπg As Nigerian Police Officer Investigating Int’l Fraudsters, ‘Fell In Love’ With Prime Suspect, Aided Her Escape From Nigeria A shocking investigation has uncovered a scandalous relationship between a Nigerian police officer, Victor Okeshola, and an international fraudster, Precious Chiradza. Chiradza, a Zimbabwean national, allegedly defrauded Nigerians of over N1 billion through a fake company, QZ Assets Management, and is facing seven counts of criminal charges along with team members from South Africa before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. What’s even more astonishing is that Okeshola, who is attached to the National Cybercrime Centre (NCC), was the…
VIDEO: Teachers Brutally Flog Student For Sneaking Out Of School To Eat A video has surfaced online of two teachers Mwesigye and Twesigye from Standard College Rwashamaire in Uganda flogging a Senior Two (S.2) student for sneaking out of school to eat. The video shows the teachers relentlessly flogging the student, with no opportunity given for him to express himself. The Uganda National Students Association (UNSA) has condemned the act, calling it “torture and corporal punishment” that is “highly prohibited by the Children Act (2016).” “This is an act of Torture and a corporal punishment experienced by this student is…
Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch In Serious Problem Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch faces a tough challenge in convincing the British public she is a prime minister-in-waiting, as a new YouGov poll reveals deep skepticism about her leadership prospects. As she approaches 100 days as Tory leader, the poll shows that only one in four Conservative voters (26%) believe she has what it takes to lead the country. Meanwhile, among those who voted Tory in 2024, fewer than half (48%) see her as a credible future prime minister. The situation is even more dire among the wider electorate, where just 14% of…