In a landmark moment for African football, Somali referee Omar Artan has been appointed to officiate the 2026 UEFA Super Cup clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa on August 12 in Salzburg. The 34-year-old official, a FIFA-listed referee since 2018 and CAF Men’s Referee of the Year 2025, continues […]
The multi-billion naira Nigeria Air project was allegedly nothing more than a carefully scripted three-day theatrical performance. At the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigator, Christopher Odofin, exposed the bizarre mechanics behind the controversial “launch” of Nigeria’s defunct national carrier by […]
In a dramatic escalation of legislative oversight, the Senate Committee on Public Accounts has issued a nationwide warrant for the arrest of Mele Kyari, the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The directive comes after Kyari repeatedly failed to appear before the […]
A potential mass abduction of students sitting for the ongoing WASSCE examinations in Iluke Bunu Community, Kogi State, was dramatically thwarted after security troops swiftly responded to an attack by armed men. According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen stormed the examination area and attempted to seize students before troops arrived and […]
A Benin City businessman’s worst nightmare turned into a bizarre case of marital betrayal after the Edo State Police Command uncovered an elaborate, self-staged kidnapping plot masterminded by his own wife to extort ₦50 million from her family. From “Hostage” to Mastermind: The Ramat Park Trap The drama began on […]
Amid growing tension over the Oyo school abductions, one of the kidnapped victims, Mrs. Alamu, a school principal, has refuted claims that their captors are demanding ₦1 billion ransom, weapons, or the implementation of Sharia law. In a video released by the abductors, Alamu urged the public to stop spreading […]
Nigeria’s security forces locked in a multi-front battle on Sunday, June 7, 2026, launching major operations that resulted in a massive hostage rescue in the North-East, a foiled abduction in the North-Central, and intensive tracking of kidnapped schoolchildren in the South-West. 1. South-West: Air Force Deploys Surveillance to Track Oyo […]
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has cleared former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke as its duly elected presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. The decision: The National Working Committee reached its decision after reviewing the report of the party’s primaries appeal committee. PRP National Publicity Secretary Muhammed Ishaq confirmed that […]
Despite an ongoing war and a fragile ceasefire, the United States has granted visas to Iran’s national football squad to enter the country for the FIFA World Cup. The confirmation: US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack confirmed the development Friday, praising his team in Ankara for processing the visas. “Sports […]
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has urged politicians to stop turning the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oyo State into a political weapon, insisting that rescue efforts and security reforms should take priority. Speaking on Television yesterday, Falana criticised public figures making unverified claims about who was behind […]
