Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has confirmed that over 60 bandits lost their lives during the recent attack on Mansur Village in Alkaleri Local Government Area. On May 4, 2025, bandits ambushed a combined team of professional hunters from Duguri and Gwana District, who were on a routine patrol along Duguri, Mansur, and the…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased to 23.71 per cent in April 2025. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for April 2025, which was released in Abuja on Thursday. According to the report, headline inflation decreased by 0.52 per cent compared to…
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar has opened up about the dispute between him, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and his deputy, Muhammad Auwal Jatau. Tuggar was among the dignitaries who accompanied Vice President Kashim Shettima to Bauchi State on April 19, 2025. However, reports emerged that Jatau slapped the Minister while on…
Nigerian music legend Bright Chimezie has reacted to Davido’s trending hit single ‘With You’ featuring Omah Lay. In a video posted on his Instagram page, the legendary singer danced to the song before appreciating Davido and Omah Lay for the song, which samples his classic hit record ‘Because of English’. View this post on Instagram…
It is official. Lagos, Nigeria, one of Africa’s largest and most vibrant cities, has been chosen by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Committee of AFRIMA to host the 2025 edition of the prestigious All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), where it will welcome leading and budding African music superstars, creative industry professionals, international…
A Nigerian, Shitta Waliu Aderibigbe, and his company, Fanzine Educational Consult, have been arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Jabi for allegedly providing false information to the British Embassy in a visa fraud and marriage scam. The Inspector-General of Police brought the case against Aderibigbe and the firm on a…
Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has declared that military governance has no future in Nigeria, urging the country to deepen its democratic culture despite its imperfections. Speaking in Abuja at the unveiling of a new book titled Military Factor in Nigerian History, 1960–2018, Gowon said the armed forces must return fully to…
The British high commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s ongoing reforms, saying the policies have made Nigeria a more investible destination. The envoy made this known during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, attributing the positive signs to President Tinubu’s “big and bold” economic reforms. He…
We all know how important protection is. But for some reason, female condoms are like that mysterious unicorn in the world of contraception: you’ve heard of them, maybe even seen one on Google or during that one awkward secondary school health talk, but you’ve probably never actually bought one. Or even seen them sold anywhere….
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that the mass failure recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam (UTME) was a deliberate attempt to sabotage candidates from the South-East region. The Chairman of ASUU-UNN, Comrade Óyibo Eze, made the claim while briefing reporters in…
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