EXTRA: Masquerades lead protest against high electricity bill in Kwara
Two masquerades led youths in Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State to protest over alleged outrageous billing and sudden movement of the community’s electricity billing regime…
No! Current Imo Assembly Speaker Didn’t Commission Betting Shop
Claim @U_Rochas, an X user, has claimed that the Imo State House of Assembly Speaker recently commissioned a betting shop for his constituents. @U_Rochas shared an image of the alleged Speaker with a caption…
US embassy announces new visa interview requirements for Nigerians
The United States mission has announced changes to its visa interview requirements for Nigerian travellers. The updates were announced in a statement on Friday. Effective April 22, visa applicants…
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- Insecurity
- April 12, 2025
- 22 views
Bandit Kingpin Gwaska, Over 100 Others Killed In Katsina
Bandit kingpin Gwaska has been killed in Katsina alongside 100 others in military operations against criminals in the North-Western state. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home…
DAILIES TOP STORIES: Resurgent terror attacks unsettle Nigeria’s Northern region
Saturday 12 April 2025 Japa-da: Nigerians abroad return home amid dashed expectations Kwara varsity gets new professors Our visit to Buhari not for coalition talks – Atiku Tinubu hails…
ECOWAS court faults Kano’s blasphemy laws, asks Nigeria to amend statutes
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) community court of justice has ruled that the blasphemy provisions in Kano state laws violate Nigeria’s international human rights commitments. In…
Protest: Rivers CP removes DPO over’ assault on journalists
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Adewale Adepoju, says the Divisional Police Officers in charge of the Abali Park jurisdiction, where journalists were assaulted by officers of the command…
Court orders DCP Abba Kyari to enter defence in ‘drug trafficking’ trial
The federal high court in Abuja has ordered Abba Kyari, the suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), and his co-defendants to enter their defence in their trial over alleged…
Siemens CEO, family die in New York helicopter crash
Six people, including a senior Siemens executive and his family, died when a sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday. All occupants of the…
FG imposes 10-year entry bans for visa overstays, $15 daily fine from August 1
The Federal Government has announced stricter immigration penalties, warning that expatriates who overstay their visas beyond six months will face a five-year entry ban, while overstaying for one year…
- FACTCHECK , Investigations
- April 11, 2025
- 24 views
REVEALED: Parody X account impersonating Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan spotted
Over 7,000 persons have continued to follow a parody X platform account that impersonates the suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, thorough findings by FACTWATCH Nigeria have revealed. The X users had…
Rivers Women Stage ‘Bring Back Our Fubara’ Protest In Port Harcourt
A crowd of women on Friday flooded the Aba road area of Port Harcourt, demanding the reinstatement of the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy,…
- Insecurity
- April 11, 2025
- 23 views
Bandits Release Abducted Pastor In Kaduna, Detain Ransom Carrier
Bandits suspected to be kidnappers who abducted the pastor of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Samson Ndah Ali, in Mararaba Aboro in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State,…
Kogi central constituents sue Akpabio, senate over Natasha Akpoti’s suspension
A group of constituents from Kogi central senatorial district have filed a lawsuit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the upper legislative chamber. The suit is challenging the six-month…
- Business , International
- April 11, 2025
- 20 views
China hits US with 125% retaliatory tariffs as trade war escalates
China has increased its retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States to 125 percent, escalating the trade war between the economic powerhouses. In his first public comments on…