Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Yakubu Mahmood, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced that the commission will permit prison inmates to vote. Yakubu made the disclosure on Friday, August 8, while receiving the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Sylvester Nwakuche, at INEC’s headquarters in Abuja. He reaffirmed the recent…
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, convicted and sentenced Kalthum Mustapha to three years imprisonment for fraud. Kalthum was initially arraigned on Monday, May 13, 2024, on a one-count charge of cheating involving the sum of N1,350,000 (One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira). The…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that the federal government has spent more than N88 billion repairing and restoring power infrastructure damaged by vandalism nationwide between 2021 and 2025. Seyi Onabajo, TCN’s Principal Manager (Lines) for the Lagos Region, revealed this during a sensitisation programme held at the Odogunyan 132 kilovolt (kV) transmission…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a strong warning to its members publicly endorsing President Bola Tinubu, describing such actions as anti-party behavior and threatening severe disciplinary measures for continued defiance. In a statement released Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) condemned recent endorsements of the…
Renowned Fuji music icon, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as K1 or KWAM1, has issued a formal apology following an incident at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. In a statement personally signed by the artist, KWAM1 extended his sincere apologies to the Presidency, the Ministry of Aviation, the Federal…
UEFA has fined Barcelona stars Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski €5,000 each for breaching Anti-Doping Regulations following the club’s UEFA Champions League semi-final second-leg match against Inter Milan in Italy. The sanctions stem from the players’ failure to comply with Article 21.8 and Article 21.10(a) of the UEFA Anti-Doping Regulations, which require players to follow…
The Ondo State Police Command on Thursday arraigned a 23-year-old cross-dresser and content creator, Taiwo Austine, before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Akure over alleged involvement in same-sex activities. Austine was arraigned alongside two other defendants, Haris Abubakar (25) and Matthew Ogwu (32), on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and alleged same-sex conduct. According…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that 53,460 inmates across the country are currently awaiting trial. This was revealed by the Comptroller General of the NCoS, Sylvester Nwakuche, during a visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja on Friday. Nwakuche noted that the total prison population nationwide stands at approximately…
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, has stated that genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are not harmful for consumption. Speaking in an interview on Channels TV on August 7, Adeyeye explained that the safety of GMO foods depends on the type of food and the…
Heung-Min Son has ended his decade-long stint at Tottenham to join Los Angeles FC in a Major League Soccer record transfer worth over £20 million. The South Korean forward announced his departure during a press conference ahead of Spurs’ pre-season friendly against Newcastle in South Korea, which also marked his final appearance for the club.…
