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The Gombe Geographic Information Systems (GOGIS) has announced a final 10-day deadline for land owners in the redesigned Shehu Abubakar District to complete recertification and collect their allocation letters. Speaking to journalists, GOGIS Director General, Kabiru Usman Hassan, warned that failure to comply within the period will lead to forfeiture of the land. He explained that the exercise followed the revocation of Rights of Occupancy in the former BAP 4 Layout under Executive Order No. 007 of 2024, paving the way for land reforms and the redesignation of the area as Shehu Abubakar District. According to the DG, documentation and…
Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, Prince Sunday Fagbemi, has dared former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to formally defect to the party in the state and submit himself to the leadership of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, instead of allegedly maintaining behind-the-scenes links with the APC in Abuja. Fagbemi made the remarks during an interview with Vanguard, reacting to comments by the Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubabar Sulyman. Sulyman had claimed on a local radio programme in Ilorin that Saraki was “hobnobbing” with the APC in Abuja. Describing…
A youth, Mr Igwe Akuma from Ndi Uma compound, was on Friday killed during a crisis that erupted in Okon-Aku community, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. Also, houses, vehicles and other property belonging to some individuals in the community were set ablaze by youths. A statement issued by the Udumeze of Ohafia, Ezie Ohamoha Awa Orji Udonsi, and the Ohafia Council of Monarchs on Saturday condemned the killing of the youth and the attendant arson that followed his murder. According to the statement by the apex traditional body in Ohafia, the victim, Mr. Igwe Akuma, was reportedly planning…
Controversial Nigerian singer, Portable, has escaped police arrest after beating up his fourth baby mama, actress Ashabi Simple. The incident reportedly happened on Thursday, January 1, 2026 during Ashabi’s visit to his bar in Ogun state. In a viral video of the incident online, Ashabi, who was seen holding the singer’s cloth saying she’s tired of being called his baby mama, insisted that Portable must also recognise her as his wife. She said: “Oya Pami baby, I’m also your wife, you’ve to stop calling me your baby mama.” Portable immediately pushed her and replied that he only recognises his wife,…
Victor Ikechukwu has left Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, side El-Kanemi Warriors. Ikechukwu’s contract was terminated by the Maiduguri club. The striker joined El-Kanemi Warriors at the start of the 2025-26 NPFL season. Ikechukwu managed only six appearances for the coach Suleiman Dogo’s side in the first round of the season. The decision to leave Maiduguri marks a new chapter in his career, allowing him the opportunity to explore new prospects and challenges in the football landscape. Ikechukwu previously played for Kun Khalifat FC.
Venezuela’s Supreme Court late on Saturday ordered Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez to become the country’s interim leader, after the United States seized President Nicolas Maduro and whisked him out of the country. The high court ruled that Rodríguez “assume and exercise, in an acting capacity, all the attributes, duties and powers inherent to the office of President to guarantee administrative continuity and the comprehensive defence of the nation.” The court ruling said that Rodríguez will assume “the office of President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in order to guarantee administrative continuity and the comprehensive defense of the Nation.” The ruling…
Suspected political thugs on Friday night invaded a popular hotel (name withheld) in the Orazi axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, disrupting a live Arise TV interview. It was gathered that an Arise TV crew was conducting a live interview with a former Commissioner for Employment Generation and Empowerment, Dr Leloonu Nwibubasa, at the hotel when the assailants stormed the premises. Nwibubasa was speaking on the political situation in the state at the time. Eyewitnesses said the thugs, who were reportedly armed, broke into rooms around 9:15 pm, allegedly searching for the former commissioner and the Arise…
When he was a child, my immediate younger brother, Abiodun, had a piggy bank made of clay. It was a treasure prized beyond measure. Two adults working in my father’s construction company – Bisi Builders – Uncle Bisi Owolabi and Uncle Bayo, were regular visitors to our home at Lawanson Crescent, off Kayode Street, Onipanu, Lagos. I do not know how the game began, but I know it was a ping-pong, with Abiodun being the ball, and uncles Bisi and Bayo being the players, tossing my younger brother between themselves. They built Abiodun a castle in the air where he…
African Democratic Congress chieftain, Dele Momodu, has criticised remarks made by political economist, Professor Pat Utomi, regarding the party’s 2027 presidential ticket and the political future of former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Momodu, a former presidential aspirant, reacted in a post on his verified X account on Friday, where he faulted Utomi’s recent comments following Obi’s defection to the ADC. Utomi, in a Channels Television interview on Thursday, had warned that he would withdraw his support for Obi if the former Anambra State governor accepted the position of vice-presidential candidate in the emerging opposition coalition. But Momodu said…
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has reassured air travellers that Nigeria’s airspace and airport landing facilities remain safe and fully operational during the current haze associated with the harmattan season. In a Friday statement signed by the spokesperson of the agency, Dr Abdullahi Musa, the agency addressed public concerns over flight operations amid reduced visibility during the Harmattan. Usually, harmattan rents the atmosphere in Nigeria from December till sometime in February. NAMA dismissed insinuations that navigational facilities at Nigerian airports are poorly maintained or unfit for operations during the haze period, describing such claims as misleading and not supported by…
