Peter Obi has blamed hunger and systemic failures for the recent spate of stampedes across the country. Scores of persons were dead and many others wounded in the tragic incidents in Ibadan, Oyo State; Okija in Anambra and another one in the nation’s capital of Abuja. The stampedes happened in a space of five days […]

Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police, has ordered an investigation into the stampede incidents that occurred in Oyo, Anambra, and the federal capital territory. In a statement on Saturday, Egbetokun warned organisers of events that negligence on their part is criminal. The IGP said the “lack of a well defined plan” for the distribution of palliatives […]

President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos on Saturday, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State. Tinubu was scheduled to watch the boat parade and other activities of the Boat Regatta from the waterfront of his Queen’s […]

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the death of 10 individuals, including four children, in a stampede that occurred during a food distribution event at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, Abuja on Saturday. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the incident happened around 6:30 am when a crowd of […]

Some yet-to-be-confirmed number of persons are feared dead and others injured following a stampede that occurred at the gate of the Obijackson Centre, in Okija, in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Saturday. The stampede occurred during the sharing of palliatives including rice, vegetable oil and money. It was gathered that victims […]

Saturday 21 December 2024 Yahaya Bello released after meeting bail conditions Soaring costs, shrinking income dampen yuletide celebrations Lagos hideout where foreigners pay Nigerian recruits N300k for romance scam Raining curses on someone online is criminal offence, FPRO says Death-for-fowl: Obi lauds Adeleke’s intervention, berates legal system NIMC to sanction agents charging for NIN registration […]

2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has pledged to fulfill the bail conditions of human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi. Farotimi was granted bail by an Ekiti Magistrate Court in a defamation case involving Afe Babalola. The bail conditions require a N30 million bond, two sureties (one of whom must own a house), surrendering his […]

At least three policemen and a female suspect have been crushed to death as a truck driver rammed into a van carrying them at Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the tragic incident occurred on Thursday when the driver of the articulated truck lost control of the […]

The foreign minister of junta-ruled Niger has summoned the charge d’affaires at the Nigerian embassy, accusing the neighbouring nation of “serving as a rear base” to “destabilise” the country, Niger state television said. Relations between Nigeria and its northern Sahel neighbour Niger have been tense since the military took over in Niamey in 2023 and […]

A court of appeal in Kaduna has ruled that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) should not impound foreign rice in the open market or on highways. In a judgment delivered on December 6, a three-member panel of justices led by Ntong Ntong held that existing laws restrict NCS’ enforcement to land borders only. The judgment […]