A five-year-old boy whose detention in the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids in Minneapolis shocked the world is now back home, a lawmaker said Sunday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who…

The federal government says it will on Monday, 2 February, arraign suspects allegedly involved in the fatal attack on Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspects will be arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdul-Malik of the…

The Management of Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) has strongly refuted allegations by Mr Paul Haanongon that the hospital deliberately withheld his salaries for eight months. Mr Haanongon had, during a live broadcast on his Facebook page on February…

The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election, pledging to mobilise support for his re-election across all 774 local government areas of the country. The President of the association, Musa Maitakobi,…

The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Abdullahi Usman, has reaffirmed the commission’s commitment to early planning, effective coordination and strict adherence to due process for the 2026 Hajj exercise. Mr Usman, a professor, said NAHCON remains…

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore, has expressed concern over what he described as the absence of development in Ondo State. According to Sowore, an indigene of…

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Ikioye Orutugu, has convened an emergency closed-door security meeting with all area and tactical commanders in response to the sit-at-home declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra on Monday. At the meeting at the…

When Peter Obi officially defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on 31 December 2025, it was not surprising. The writing was on the wall because of an intense leadership crisis in the LP. The…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have warned against damage to fibre-optic cables during road construction and related civil works across the country. ACC Afolabi Babawale, National Public Relations Officer at the…

Manchester United interim manager Michael Carrick extended his perfect start as Benjamin Sesko’s stoppage-time strike sealed a pulsating 3-2 win over Fulham on Sunday. United took the lead through Casemiro’s first-half header and looked in command when Matheus Cunha netted…

29 years after his death, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti has become the first African artist to be honoured with the 2026 Special Merit Awards, also known as the Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Recording Academy. Recall that in 2025,…

Deputy Spokesperson for House of Representatives, Rep. Philip Agbese, has dismissed claims by Senator Ali Ndume, Borno South that the tax laws recently passed by the National Assembly were falsified, describing it as unfounded and misleading. Agbese said this in…

The Federal Ministry of Works is working towards a May 29, 2026, target for the commissioning of the 29.5-kilometre Bida–Zungeru–Wushishi road in Niger State, as construction intensifies on major highways ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s third anniversary in office. The…

The people of South-East region has been urged to ignore the Monday sit-at-home declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, gave the directive in a statement…

The traditional ruler of Iwoye-Ketu in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Isaac Oyero, has decried the lack of adequate security presence in the community, saying it has made it difficult to check criminal activities around the border…