The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, FOB, Ibaka in Akwa Ibom, has arrested two alleged smugglers, seized 38 bags of parboiled rice, and impounded the boat used in smuggling them. The Commanding Officer, FOB, Uche Aneke, made this disclosure on Monday while handing over the suspects and the rice to the Nigerian Customs Service…
Gunshots were fired by the Police to disperse residents who were protesting against the rising cost of living in Minna, the Niger State capital. As early as 7am on Monday, Feb. 5, a group of women blocked Minna-Bida Road at the popular Kpakungu roundabout to express their grievances over the rising cost of food…
Rights activist, Aisha Yesufu has said she will continue to criticize President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking on Monday, she said nobody can intimidate and stop her from talking. Yesufu, in a video message slammed those she alleged were trying to intimidate her because of her stance against the government. The social critic maintained that she…
A baby, allegedly sold by a maid for N800,000, has been found in a market in the Shomolu area of Lagos State. An X user, #Dannysleek, in a now deleted tweets, had on Saturday raised an alarm that a maid hired through an agency absconded with the baby. The maid identified as Ruth Okezie…
A fire incident at Sango Market in Ibadan has resulted in the destruction of goods worth millions of naira. According to Daily Post, it was gathered that the fire incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday. It was learnt that about twenty shops were affected in the incident. The inferno was said to…
Once again, another national grid collapse in Nigeria has resulted to blackout nationwide, fresh reports have shown. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, in a statement posted on its X account said power outage being experienced in its franchise areas is as a result of a system failure from the national grid at 11:21…
An Ekiti monarch who recently escaped a deadly attack by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, Alara of Ara-Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Fatoba, has narrated his experience. The assailants killed his two counterparts who were in the vehicle with him during the attack last Monday – Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola and Elesun of…
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonation has resulted in the destruction of a high-tension electric transmission pole located in the Unguwan Kanawa vicinity near Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi. The explosion was said to have been caused by yet-to-be-identified persons who used explosives to vandalise government property. Although there was no human casualty, however, a high-tension…
The government of Namibia has announced the death of their President, Hage G. Geingob. Geingob died on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at Lady Pohamba Hospital, a private hospital in Windhoek. The Acting President Dr Nangolo Mbumba, who announced the death on Sunday, said the nation had lost its pillar and the chief architect of…
Online in-laws have been left in shame as controversial singer, Portable reconciles with his babymama, Ashabi, days after dragging her. We reported that Ashabi had granted an interview giving an insight into their love life, admitting how skeptical she was of their relationship and his marriage. She revealed that despite the singer being married and…