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How celebrities showed up in style at the 2025 Ojude Oba Festival
It was a colourful Sunday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, as top entertainers joined indigenes and guests to celebrate the 2025 edition of the annual Ojude Oba Festival. Nollywood actors Lateef Adedimeji and…
French tourist found dead in Gboko hotel
A 67-year-old French national, Mr. Pietier Gilles, has reportedly been found dead at a hotel in Gboko town in Benue State. Intelligence obtained from Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency media expert, reports that…
Cross River: Water Board MD sues security adviser for N500m over assault
The Managing Director of the Cross River State Water Board Limited, Godwin Nyiam, has initiated legal action against the state’s Security Adviser, Major General Okoi Obono (retd), following an alleged assault incident….
Assailant stabs naval officer to death in Kaduna
A senior officer of the Nigerian Navy, Lt. Commander M. Buba, was stabbed to death by a suspected robber in the Kawo area of Kaduna State. Sources told journalists that the unfortunate…
Yoruba youth group slams Afenifere’s call for Tinubu’s impeachment
The Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), the umbrella body of Yoruba youths, has condemned the call for President Bola Tinubu’s impeachment by a faction of Afenifere led by Oba Oladipo Olaitan, describing…
APC north-central forum woos Mutfwang despite resistance
The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has revealed that it is lobbying Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling APC—an effort it…
Sallah tragedy: Bandits kill one, injure two in Zamfara mosque attack
No fewer than one person has been confirmed dead and two others injured following a bandit attack on Muslim worshippers during Isha (night) prayers in Dole Moriki village, Moriki District of Zurmi…
Man who took 200 snake bites, injects 650 venoms key to universal antivenom
Tim Friede was feeling particularly down on the day after the September 11 attacks, so he went to his basement and let two of the world’s deadliest snakes bite him. Four days…
Canada’s McIntosh crushes 400m freestyle world record
Summer McIntosh smashed the women’s 400m freestyle world record in winning the title at the Canadian Swimming Trials in 3min 54.18sec on Saturday, sending a signal for this year’s World Championships in…