NIGERIANS have taken to social media to lambast Edo State’s former governor, Adams Oshiomole, for calling the state’s incumbent governor and wife childless. Oshiomhole, who led the state between 2008 and 2016, is currently a serving senator representing Edo North Senatorial District. In an interview that has gone viral on […]

The Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission on Sunday, declared the All Progressives Congress as the winner of Saturday’s local council polls in the state. The Chairman of the commission, Aliyu Muhammad-Mera, who announced this in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, said the party won all the 21 Chairmanship seats and 225 Ward […]

The police in Canada have arrested a woman in connection with an alleged online threat targeting specific members of the Nigerian community. The incident, which was reported to Canadian authorities by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), is currently being investigated as a suspected hate-motivated offence. According to police reports, the […]

Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa State, has described President Bola Tinubu as a very daring and self-made man, who owes his emergence to nobody, including his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. He said Tinubu “was adept at studying the system, manipulating it. He exploited it and he did it well”. Lamido, […]

Smart DNA, a leading DNA testing centre in Lagos State, has released its comprehensive 2024 report on DNA testing trends in Nigeria, covering July 2023 to June 2024. The report unveils several astonishing findings that shed light on societal dynamics, economic factors, and changing family structures in Nigeria. The report […]

Warns against exclusion of genuine farmers Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has flagged off the distribution of over 20 trucks of fertilizer to farmers in the 21 local government areas in the state. Governor Ododo who performed the flag off at a ceremony in Lokoja reiterated his commitment to […]

Strong indications have emerged that President Bola Tinubu is planning to rejig his cabinet to ease out underperforming ministers. Tinubu has been facing increasing pressure from within and outside his party, the All Progressives Congress, to sack ministers some of whom appeared to have been inactive. The President had last […]

74-year-old Emir of Gobir in Gawata town of Sokoto state, Alhaji Isah Muhammad Bawa was abducted by bandits on Sabon Birni road last month alongside his biological son on his way to his native town of Sabon Birni, near the border with Niger, after attending a meeting in Sokoto. His abductors demanded N1b […]

Why we celebrated Bichi’s exit – DSS officers The reasons the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and the DG of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, resigned from their positions have been revealed. Sources within the Presidency told Saturday PUNCH that President Bola Tinubu and […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday issued an order to freeze 13 bank accounts linked to a suspected terrorist, Henry Okocha. Justice Peter Lifu issued the order following an ex-parte application filed before the court by the Department of State Services, represented by its counsel, Yunus Umar. […]