Trump Intensifies Crackdown On Diversity, Immigration
US President Donald Trump stepped up a crackdown on diversity programs and immigration Wednesday, with the Republican preparing to lay out more of his hardline agenda in an Oval Office interview. The White House ordered that all federal employees in programs intended to bolster minority groups should be put on paid leave from Wednesday, Trump’s […]
NLC opposes telecom’s 50% tariff hike, plans nationwide boycott
The Nigeria Labour Congress has urged Nigerians to prepare for a nationwide boycott of telecommunication services in protest against the Federal Government’s recent approval of a 50% increase in telecom tariffs. In a statement by its President, Joe Ajaero, on Wednesday, the NLC condemned the tariff hike, describing it as an unjust burden on citizens […]
DSS files five-count ‘terrorism’ charge against Shehu Mahdi
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count terrorism-related charge against Shehu Mahdi, a public affairs and political commentator, before a federal high court in Kaduna state. The charges border on false publication to cause public alarm, dissemination of terrorism-related false information, intentional dissemination of false information, and use of social media to […]
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Immigration Arrests 90 Foreigners For Cybercrimes In Rivers
The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested 90 suspected illegal immigrants for Cybercrimes perpetrated at different levels to swindle innocent Nigerians. The suspects were arrested in collaboration with other sister security agencies at their hideout in the state, following a credible intelligence. According to the Rivers State Comptroller of the Nigeria […]
W’Bank blacklists two Nigerian firms, CEO over corruption — Report
The World Bank Group has announced the 30-month debarment of two Nigerian companies, Viva Atlantic Limited and Technology House Limited, alongside their Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Norman Didam, for fraudulent, collusive, and corrupt practices linked to the National Social Safety Nets Project in Nigeria. In a statement issued on Monday, the World […]
Report: Iranian singer Tataloo sentenced to death for blasphemy
Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, the singer better known as Tataloo,A supreme court in Iran has reportedly sentenced Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, the singer better known as Tataloo, to death for blasphemy. Guardian UK quoted Iranian newspaper Etemad as saying the singer was sentenced to death on Sunday after he was found guilty of insulting the Prophet Muhammad. […]
Latest Political News
Bolaji Akinyemi to Tinubu: Avoid confrontation with Trump
Bolaji Akinyemi, a former minister of foreign affairs, has advised President Bola Tinubu to avoid confrontation with Donald Trump, the newly inaugurated 47th president of the United States. Trump was sworn in on Monday in Washington, DC. In his inaugural speech, Trump promised to deport millions of “criminal aliens,” who illegally gain entry into America. […]
Court Strikes Out Suit Seeking To Extend Ex-Rivers LG Chairmen’s Tenures
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has struck out a suit filed by Chidi Lloyd and 20 other former Rivers council chairmen which sought to extend their tenure after it elapsed on June 16th 2024. The former chairmen had gone to court seeking to extend their constitutional three-year tenure after it expired based […]
APC Wins 16 Of 18 Local Govt Chairmanship Seats In Ondo
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 16 out of the 18 chairmanship seats in the local government elections in Ondo State. The Chairman of the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), Joseph Aeemo, declared this at the headquarters of the commission in Akure on Sunday. He noted that while the rescheduled election is […]
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101 Soldiers Flee After Marte, Dikwa Attacks
The Nigerian Army has declared 12 officers and 86 soldiers missing in the wake of last week’s Boko Haram attacks on Marte and Dikwa local government areas of Borno State. A signal dated March 1, 2021 from Operation Lafiya Dole Headquarters in Maiduguri, sighted by the Daily Trust, showed that the soldiers were declared as […]
Taraba governor: NYSC should be two years — 12 months for military training
Darius Ishaku, governor of Taraba state, says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme should be a two-year programme so that corps members can undergo military training. Speaking during a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday, the Taraba governor said at the end of the military training, ex-corps members would be able to carry guns […]
We don’t abduct, terrorise citizens, DSS refutes AI report
The Department of State Services has said that it does not engage in abducting or terrorising Nigerians but rather seeks measures to protect them at all times. The agency was reacting to a report credited to Amnesty International to the effect that the DSS under the present administration abduct innocent Nigerian citizens. But in […]
Trump Intensifies Crackdown On Diversity, Immigration
US President Donald Trump stepped up a crackdown on diversity programs and immigration Wednesday, with the Republican preparing to lay out more of his hardline agenda in an Oval Office interview. The White House ordered that all federal employees in programs intended to bolster minority groups should be put on paid leave from Wednesday, Trump’s […]
NLC opposes telecom’s 50% tariff hike, plans nationwide boycott
The Nigeria Labour Congress has urged Nigerians to prepare for a nationwide boycott of telecommunication services in protest against the Federal Government’s recent approval of a 50% increase in telecom tariffs. In a statement by its President, Joe Ajaero, on Wednesday, the NLC condemned the tariff hike, describing it as an unjust burden on citizens […]
DSS files five-count ‘terrorism’ charge against Shehu Mahdi
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count terrorism-related charge against Shehu Mahdi, a public affairs and political commentator, before a federal high court in Kaduna state. The charges border on false publication to cause public alarm, dissemination of terrorism-related false information, intentional dissemination of false information, and use of social media to […]
Organ Harvesting: Ekweremadu’s wife released from UK prison, returns to Nigeria
Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been released from the United Kingdom’s prison. A source who craved anonymity told PUNCH Online that Beatrice, who was sentenced to five years in UK prison, returned to the country on Tuesday. She is said to be currently in Abuja. It […]
Bello Turji’s Second In Command Killed — Official
Sequel to the ongoing military onslaught on terrorists in the North West between the 20-and 21 Jan 2025, the Nigerian Military said troops of Operation Fansan Yamma have neutralised the second in command of notorious terrorist leader, Bello Turji, Aminu Kanawa. A statement by the Defence Director, Edward Buba on Wednesday, said the troops also […]
No power supply at Ibadan varsity’s hospital for 82 days— protests began
Some of the protesting students demand an immediate restoration of power after a two-month blackout that has crippled academic activities in Ibadan. Angry students of the University of Ibadan in Oyo State have staged a peaceful protest against the 82-day power outage at the University College Hospital. UCH Ibadan is the teaching hospital where medical […]
EXTRA: Capitol riot protester rejects Trump’s pardon
A Capitol riot protester has rejected US President Donald Trump’s pardon, criticising him for trampling on the law. Pam Hemphill partook in the January 6, 2021, riots that sought to overturn former President Joe Biden’s victory in the elections. The South Carolina resident was later sentenced to two months in prison and a three-year probation. […]
Man Sets Wife Ablaze Over Alleged Infidelity in Southeast Nigeria
A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Chioma Nwana, has been confirmed dead after her husband reportedly poured petrol on her and set her ablaze in Abagana community, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The tragic incident occurred on Tuesday at Eziezekwe village in Abagana. The woman was said to have died on Wednesday morning at a […]