The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has dismissed allegations of aiding banditry and has challenged his accusers to provide evidence to substantiate their claims. In an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday, September 24, the former Zamfara state governor defended his decision to engage in dialogue with bandits, a practice he says…
A man in South Korea has confessed to m*rdering his girlfriend and hiding her body in cement 16 years after she was reported as missing. The man, who is in his 50s, told local police he hit the woman with a blunt object during an argument at his apartment in the southern city of…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has reduced the number of working days for civil servants in Osun state in a bid to reduce the cost of transportation. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday, September 24, the Governor also extended payment of palliative to civil servants by two months pending the…
Football legend, Zinedine Zidane’s son, Enzo has retired from football at the age of 29 due to boredom. The former midfielder started his youth career with Italian giants Juventus in 2000. He made only one senior Real Madrid appearance, which he scored with his first touch of the ball in a 5-1 Cup win against…
President Bola Tinubu has withheld his assent to a bill proposing an increase in the retirement age for civil servants in Nigeria’s National Assembly. The bill, which sought to raise the retirement age to 65 years or 40 years of service, whichever comes first, was turned down by the president without a specified reason. …
The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has condemned the outcome of the Edo State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared APC’s Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the September 21 governorship poll. In a statement released today September 22, Fintiri said he wept for Nigeria’s democracy, describing the…
President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said the labour body will resist all efforts to intimidate and silence it. Ajaero has had to honour invitations by the Police and the Department of State Services, DSS in recent weeks and now says he would on Wednesday, September 25, honour the last police invitation…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported that suspected vandals attacked a key transmission line supplying electricity to Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State. The attack occurred in the early hours of Saturday, September 21, 2024, and disrupted power supply to Damaturu and parts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. In a…
Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of Edo, has expressed his elation following the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the Saturday, September 21 gubernatorial election. Speaking after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Okpebholo the winner on Sunday, Shaibu said he has been “over the moon” since the…
Manchester City star midfielder, Rodri has reportedly been ‘ruled out for the remainder of the season’ after reports in Spain claimed the midfielder suffered a ‘torn cruciate ligament in his right knee’ during his side’s 2-2 draw against Arsenal. According to MARCA the City defender ‘sustained a cruciate ligament tear’ during Sunday’s game at the Etihad Stadium. They claim…
