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Three days after resuming operations, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the Warri-Itakpe Train Service (WITS) again. This is coming after passengers of the WITS narrowly escaped harm on Saturday evening after two coaches of the train derailed near Agbor, Delta State. It was gathered that all passengers on board were safely evacuated to…
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has called on the United States to back Nigeria with advanced security technology rather than threatening military intervention over allegations of Christian persecution. Kwankwaso’s message, posted on X Sunday evening, came after U.S. President Donald Trump designated Nigeria a “country of particular concern” and…
By Uche Anichukwu I am penning this piece just a few minutes before 12 midnight, November 1, 2025. It is also a few minutes to the first anniversary of the passing of the great lioness, the late Senior Mother-in-Israel Josephine Mgborie Anichukwu (nee Anyianuka-Orji). October 2024 was a particularly trying period for our family, as…
Nigeria Medical Association, Anambra state branch, has called on the state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo and security agencies to secure the freedom of their colleague, Dr Tochukwu Mbanugo, who was abducted on October 30. The NMA made the call in a communiqué signed by the Chairman, Dr Princeston Okam and secretary ,Dr Obiaeli Ifeanyi, Chairman…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has sentenced a 19-year-old teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, to life imprisonment for raping his nine-year-old pupil — a conviction the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons hailed as a major win in its fight against sexual violence. In a statement on X on Saturday by…
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has kicked against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of a 15-percent import duty on petrol and diesel, saying that Tinubu administration’s approach to economic reform has remained insensitive to the suffering of the ordinary people. The party, in a statement made available by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said …
An al-Qaeda–linked armed group active in the Sahel has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed a soldier in central Nigeria this week, its first known attack in the country. In a video posted on its Telegram channel late on Thursday, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) said it launched the attack in Nigeria’s Kwara State…
Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, Mamman Bitrus Giwa, has visited the scenes of the recent violent clashes in Umuchigbo-Nike, Enugu East Local Government Area in Enugu state, where two brothers were grueso onmely murdered and several houses, vehicles, and other properties destroyed . During the visit, the Commissioner expressed deep concern over the scale of…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday issued an order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the outcome of the national convention planned for Ibadan, Oyo State on November 15 and 16 by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the PDP failed to comply with…
Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday declined to grant an application filed by former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido , restricting Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) from going ahead with its planned national QE convention. Lamido, through his counsel, Jeph Njikonye (SAN), had filed a motion ex parte, praying the court to issue an interim order…