The former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kaduna State chapter, Ibrahim Yaro Suleiman, is reportedly dead. Suleiman was said to have died of protracted illness. In a condolence message signed and made available to pressmen by the state’s Publicity Secretary of the party, Abraham Catoh, commiserated with the deceased’s family. The statement read, “The […]

An aviation expert and analyst, Captain Ado Sanusi, has countered the Federal Government’s claim that the controversial Nigeria Air will begin operation before the inauguration of the new administration scheduled to hold May 29. Sanusi, who is also Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, said this while featuring on Channels TV Sunrise Daily programme on […]

Fast-rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, on Friday, lamented that organisers of the Tinubu inauguration concert offered him N5 million instead of N10m for his performance. According to him, that was the reason why he failed to perform at the concert held to celebrate the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, in Abuja […]

The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation have released a new file detailing an assassination attempt on the late Queen Elizabeth II, during her visit to California in 1983. The monarch was preparing to undertake an official visit to the United States with her late husband, Prince Philip, when the FBI got wind of the […]

The African Union force says members of the insurgent group, Al-Shabaab, attacked its military base in Somalia on Friday. For more than 15 years, the terrorist group has been waging a jihadist insurgency against the central government in the fragile Horn of Africa nation. The army base in Bulo Marer, 120 kilometres (75 miles) South-West […]

The Buhari Media Organisation has praised the regime of the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for its significant achievements in the power sector, including the commissioning of the Kashimbilla and Dadin Kowa Hydropower Plants, as well as the completion of the 700MW Zungeru Hydro Power Plant, which cost $1.3 billion. According to a statement […]

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has said it would soon completely liquidate the 179 microfinance banks whose licenses were recently revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Recall that the apex bank had early this week revoked the licences of 179 microfinance banks in the country, as well as four primary mortgage banks and three […]

Controversial Nigerian musician, Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable, has lamented his exclusion from the Renewed Hope Concert held on Thursday at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. No fewer than 46 musicians including Buju, Waje, Brymo, Fireboy, Kaycee, Asake, Timaya, Pasuma, Naira Marley, Tony Tetuila, and Seyi Vibes, among many other music industry heavyweights performed at […]

About 40 crocodiles killed a Cambodian man on Friday after he fell into their enclosure on his family’s reptile farm, police said. Luan Nam, 72, was trying to move a crocodile out of a cage where it had laid eggs when it grabbed the stick he was using as a goad and pulled him in. […]

Tunisia has arrested a man suspected of being the organiser of a ring that smuggled migrants across the Mediterranean, including an attempted crossing in which 20 people drowned, authorities said. The North African country, which lies just 130 kilometres from the Italian island of Lampedusa, has long been a favoured steppingstone for migrants attempting the […]