Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, has filed two fundamental rights actions at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Department for State Services (DSS), social media giants Meta (Facebook) and X Corp. Going by a statement released by his legal team on Tuesday and signed…
It was November 2019, only four months before the COVID-19 pandemic that would have the entire world on lockdown. Bolanle Aseyan, a medical student at the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), had just completed her final exams. Aseyan was enthusiastic about her future and the many things she would go on to do….
Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has ended his work vacation and will return to Abuja on Tuesday, September 16, to resume official duties. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He said Tinubu will return to Nigeria on Tuesday, 11 days after the President…
Fresh data from Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) show that between January and August 21, 2025, Nigerian nationals filed 3,548 asylum claims. Of these, 2,292 were accepted and 1,596 denied, reflecting a 65% approval rate — higher than in previous years when rejections surpassed 13,000. Nigeria remains one of the top sources of asylum…
The World Health Organization has commenced Ebola virus vaccination for frontline health workers and other people infected by the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province where an outbreak of the disease was reported. The spokesperson for WHO, Eugene Kabambi, made this announcement in a statement on Sunday. The WHO said in the…
Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, has unveiled a new policy requiring religious clerics to submit their sermons for government approval before delivering them publicly. Speaking on TVC’s Politics on Sunday, Bago defended the move, insisting it was aimed at curbing harmful or inciting preaching. He added that the government would not allow sermons that are…
Dangote refinery sells a litre of petrol to international traders at N65 cheaper than the amount it gives the product to marketers in Nigeria. This is going by some fuel importers in the country. This was confirmed by the Depot and Petroleum Product Marketers Association of Nigeria, Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria….
The Police Command in Imo State has said it is actively working to rescue Hon. Ngozi Ogbu, a former member of the Imo State House of Assembly who represented the Okigwe State Constituency, following a viral video showing him in captivity. In the viral video , Ogbu could be heard appealing for help while being…
It was a heartbreaking moment on Saturday as Big Brother Naija “Level Up” winner, Phyna, laid her younger sister, Ruth Otabor, to rest in Ogun State. Ruth, 24, died on August 31, 2025, following complications from a tragic road accident that occurred two weeks earlier. On August 13, just six days after her graduation from…
The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, who was recently sentenced in the United States to over four years in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud, had previously been convicted of immigration fraud in 1991. Oloyede, 62, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the U.S. residing in Medina, Ohio, was sentenced on August…
