Month: July 2025

NIGERIA – President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the days of empty promises and abandoned projects are over, declaring that development is not a privilege reserved for few but a right enjoyed by all. The president made the declaration on Friday in Gwagwalada when he commissioned the newly rehabilitated Aguma Palace–Radio Nigeria–New Market road built […]

Russia / Ukraine – The Kremlin said on Friday that it sees no immediate diplomatic way out of the war in Ukraine, hours after launching its largest ever drone and missile barrage of the invasion. The hours-long bombardments across Ukraine came just after a telephone call between the US and Russian presidents ended without any […]

PORTLAND – An Oregon jury found former Houston Rockets guard Ben McLemore guilty on Thursday of raping a woman in while playing for the Portland Trail Blazers in 2021. Deliberations lasting around 10 hours after an 11-day trial concluded with the jury in Clackamas County finding McLemore, 32, guilty on one charge of first-degree rape, one […]

KOGI STATE – Justice Binta Fatima Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, faulted the suspension of Kogi State Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and nullified it. Justice Nyako subsequently ordered the Senate to recall the suspended senator on grounds that her suspension for six months violated the Constitution and also denied her constituents […]

Kano, Nigeria — The escalating gang violence in Kano State is spiraling out of control, with ordinary residents now becoming victims in the cycle of revenge killings among thugs. Last weekend, a clash between rival gangs in Kurna Mayanka, Yan Yashi, and Tudun Fulani led to the deaths of four people. Among them was Usman […]

Iran — According to the State media, Iran announced  on Thursday that it has reopened its airspace, including over Tehran, after closing it on June 13 due to the war with Israel. “Tehran’s Mehrabad and Imam Khomeini international airports, as well as those in the north, east, west and south of the country, have been […]

Akwa Ibom, Nigeria — Seven members of the House of Representatives, made up of six ex-Peoples Democratic Party members and one from the Young Progressives Party from Akwa Ibom State have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The defections brought the number of APC members in the 360-member House of Representatives to 220. It […]

Gombe, Nigeria — The Gombe State Police Command have foiled an attempted shop burglary in the Buba Shongo area of Gombe metropolis, recovering several exhibits, including a motorcycle and burglary tools. According to the police, the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, at about 3:00 a.m., when officers attached to Operation Hattara were […]

Ibadan, Nigeria — The Oyo State High Court has dismissed a ₦5 billion defamation suit filed by Chief Gani Adams, Aare-Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, against Yoruba Nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. The ruling, delivered on Thursday by Justice O.T. Ademola-Salami, included an order for Adams to pay ₦500,000 in costs to […]

Anambra, Nigeria — The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Anambra State, Dr. Elizabeth Agwu, has announced that the Continuous Voter Registration exercise in the state will commence on July 8, ahead of the governorship election slated for November 8, 2025. Agwu made this known during a press briefing at the […]