Nigeria Breaking News
Friends and associates of popular Nigerian social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), have voiced concern over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) refusal to allow them to provide him with food. Recall that VDM’s legal representative, activist-lawyer Deji Adeyanju, in a statement, alleged that VDM was arrested …
Owerri— The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, yesterday said that to curb insecurity in the country would go beyond carrying guns. The governor spoke to newsmen in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, when the governor received the Management and Course 18 participants of the National Institute for Security Studies, NISS, at …
In a startling twist to the political intrigues in Rivers State, Chief of Staff to suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Mr. Edison Ehie, has alleged that he was offered N5 billion to coordinate the impeachment of his principal. This is coming as Fubara, yesterday, vowed to continue to defend the interests of Rivers People, just as …
Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has approved the promotion and conversion of 2,061 civil servants who participated in the 2024 promotion and conversation exercises in the state. This is even as elated civil servants in the state expressed delight at the prioritisation of their welfare by Mbah’s administration through the prompt payments of salaries …
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Nigerian Navy officer attached to the Defence Headquarters, Lt. Cynthia Akor, along with two others in Abuja. Sources said the officer and others were kidnapped from their residence in the Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday night. A source said the kidnappers have contacted …
The governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has said releasing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention and insecurity in the South-East are two different issues. Kanu has been in detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) for about 5 years since his arrest from Kenya by …
Alhaji Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has downplayed the defection wave to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), saying the party is a branch of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Galadima, speaking on Arise Television on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, said it is not out of place that NNPP …
Owerri – The Counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Saturday called on the government of Anambra state to charge to court some persons, Ejiofor alleged were arrested for the past five weeks in the state. Ejiofor spoke in a statement to newsmen in Owerri while commenting on what he …
A viral video featuring a man, Fatai Odunsi, who claims to be the father of popular artist, Asake, has stirred controversy on social media since the early hours of Friday, March 14. In the video, Odunsi claimed he had not seen Asake since 2022, when his health began to deteriorate, and he now felt the …
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could follow “as soon as 2029.” “Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus. If those landings go well, then human landings …