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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Osun Command, says it arrested 440 persons for illicit drug related offences and secured 43 convictions in 2025. In its annual report, released on Saturday, the Osun NDLEA Command also said that 156 drug users were counselled while four were rehabilitated in the year under review. A breakdown […]
Osun: NDLEA arrests 440 drug offenders, secures 43 convictions in 2025
Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle, has insisted that centre-back Calvin Bassey had a great AFCON tournament. Chelle said this while speaking on the player that would replace Bassey in his starting XI when Nigeria tackles the Pharaohs of Egypt in the AFCON third-place playoff on Saturday evening. Bassey is suspended for the Egypt game as […]
AFCON: He had great tournament – Chelle speaks on player to take Bassey’s position
The Premier League enters Game Week 22 – which means we are well over the halfway stage of this season. And it all kicks off at Old Trafford, where Manchester United welcome Manchester City on Saturday lunchtime. Although the Manchester Derby is the most anticipated clash of this weekend, there will be other key games […]
EPL: Three fixtures we could see shock results in Game Week 22
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday scheduled a date for judgment in a case brought by the Civil Society Observatory for Constitutional and Legal Compliance, CSOCLC, challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State last year. Justice James Omotosho set Friday, March 9, 2026 for judgment after both […]
Court to deliver judgment in suit challenging Tinubu’s emergency rule declaration
Two people were killed and several others injured in a violent bandit attack on Tuge town, Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Friday morning. According to residents, the assailants stormed the community around 7:00 am, firing sporadically and forcing locals to flee for safety. The victims sustained gunshot wounds and are currently receiving […]
Bandits kill two, injure many in Katsina community despite peace deal
Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle, has revealed what he will do if the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, decides to retain him after the end of the AFCON tournament in Morocco. Chelle led Nigeria to the semi-final stage before they lost to the host nation, Morocco. Chelle’s men will take on Egypt on Saturday evening in […]
AFCON: Chelle reveals what he’ll do if NFF retains him as Nigeria coach
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has restated that it is a self-governing political party, insisting it is not controlled by any single person. The party’s spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the ADC remains accessible to all Nigerians, including prominent political figures such as former presidential candidate Peter Obi and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. He […]
ADC not vehicle for Atiku’s presidential ambition – Bolaji Abdullahi
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday welcomed the decision of the European Union, EU, to remove Nigeria from its list of “high-risk third-country jurisdictions” for money laundering and terrorism financing. The party described the decision, which also affected South Africa, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mozambique, and Tanzania, as an endorsement […]
EU delisting Nigeria from money laundering, terrorism financing global validation for Tinubu – Lagos APC
A technical malfunction on Friday compelled an aircraft carrying 248 passengers and 12 crew members to make an emergency landing at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. According to a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the aircraft developed a fault while in flight […]
Aircraft with 248 passengers forced to make emergency landing in Lagos
A senior figure within the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Saddam Sani Umar, has cautioned that anyone who betrays the movement’s leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, never ends well. Umar, who serves as the Kano State welfare secretary of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, pointed to what he described as the political downfall of former Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as […]
Nobody betrays Kwankwaso and ends well, ask Ganduje – Kwankwasiyya chief warns Gov Yusuf
