BY GODWIN OBI Four persons have been killed in Okporojo-Oso Edda, Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, following a renewed boundary dispute between the community and neighbouring Amasiri in Afikpo Local Government Area. Several houses were also destroyed during the attack, which occurred on Thursday night, according to localContinue Reading

BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has said that the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, including the removal of petrol subsidy, foreign exchange unification and the implementation of the 2026 tax laws, are yielding positive results, citing renewed investor confidence and the successful disbursement of ₦174 billionContinue Reading

BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to Abuja on Saturday night after a State visit to Türkiye, where he held high-level engagements aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and expanding economic, security and strategic cooperation between both countries. The President arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi AzikiweContinue Reading

BY GODWIN OBI Tension is rising in Anambra State as traders and leaders of the Onitsha Main Market prepare for the resumption of trading on Monday, amid renewed sit-at-home threats issued by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The pro-Biafran group, through its spokesperson Emma Powerful, last Friday directed traders,Continue Reading

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have killed a senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), known as Julaibib, alongside four other terrorists during a fierce battle around Kimba in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. Julaibib, who was said to be operating within the Gujba axisContinue Reading

BY GODWIN OBI The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has urged Nigerians to comply with the law by filing their annual tax returns no later than March 31. Oyedele stressed that tax compliance is mandatory for both employers and individual taxpayers, notingContinue Reading

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested six suspects and rescued 14 victims in two separate cases of transnational human trafficking across the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday. According to the statement, the first case was reported on January 22,Continue Reading

BY JAMES AKINOLA Nigerians living in Norwich, United Kingdom, have launched a fundraising campaign to repatriate the remains of Uchenna Okirie, fondly known as “Common Man,” who was stabbed to death in his student apartment in November 2025. Okirie, a Nigerian national, was allegedly killed under circumstances that shocked bothContinue Reading

Human rights organisations, activists and social media users have condemned the Lagos State Police Command and the Lagos State Government over the arrest of protesters and the use of tear gas to disperse residents protesting the demolition of their homes across parts of the state. The backlash followed Wednesday’s policeContinue Reading