By SEYIFUNMI ABDULAZEEZ SUPER Falcons captain Rasheedat Ajibade said the Federal Government is yet to fulfill the pledge made to the team by President Bola Tinubu after their victory at the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. In an interview with broadcaster Chude Jideonwo, Ajibade confirmed that neither the promised $100,000 reward […]
By MUAZU ELAZEH WELCOME to the world of bandits in Nigeria. They kill, we pacify them with negotiation without taking measures to appease the victims of their atrocities and we wonder why banditry remains intractable? We are a bunch of jokers. This week, the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State signed a peace deal […]
By ABDULRAUF ALIYU LAST week, I provided a detailed overview of the 2025 Phillips Consulting State Performance Index (pSPI), a report that weighs both hard data and citizen perception to assess the performance of Nigeria’s states. Today marks the beginning of a six-week series in which we take a more surgical look, region by region, […]
NIGERIA’S senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, commenced their 2025 AfroBasket campaign in style with a convincing 77–59 victory over Madagascar in Luanda, Angola, yesterday. The win marks a positive start for the 2015 champions as they aim to reclaim the continental title. The game opened with a strong performance from both teams, but the Nigerian […]
By NGOZI NJOKU AN Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has discharged Miss Comfort Emmanson of unruly behaviour and assault charges brought against her by the police. Magistrate Olanrewaju Salami, on 11 August, remanded Emmanson in a correctional centre for allegedly assaulting flight crew onboard an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos. At the resumed hearing on […]
THE Magistrate Court 1 in Asaba was thrown into a tense legal drama on Monday as Pastor Sunday Ogbogho of the Redeemed Christian Church of God was arraigned over an alleged violent assault on one Kenneth Orusi. According to the charge sheet, the incident occurred on July 27, 2025, at No. 5 Elder Ediale Street, […]
By IBIRONKE ARIYO THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested 40,887 drug offenders, including 45 barons, and seized over 5.5 million kilogrammes of illicit substances in two years. NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, disclosed this in his welcome address during the inauguration of 48 new vehicles for strategic commands and […]
By DORATHY ANINGE THE National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has inaugurated Schools Anti-Trafficking Education and Advocacy Project (STEAP) in 10 schools in Benue. The Zonal Commander, NAPTIP, Makurdi Zone, Ms. Gloria Bai, made the disclosure at a two-day workshop for school principals and vanguard coordinators under STEAP. Bai said that […]
THE Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says there is no record of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in custodial centres across the country. Ibrahim Idris, Deputy Controller General (DCG) of the Legal Department at the Service, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the ongoing 3rd public hearing on alleged corruption and other violations within the service. The […]
By ADEYEMI ADELEYE THE Anioma State Creation Technical Committee has described the proposed creation of Anioma State as timely, to promote equity and balance in the country. In a statement on Wednesday, its Media and Publicity Director, Chief Tonnie Oganah, urged the National Assembly and President Bola Tinubu to consider creating the state. Oganah said […]