The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has hit back at Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over the latter’s recent comments questioning the cost per kilometre of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.  Umahi on Saturday asked Governor Makinde to withdraw his statement because “I am his senior in governance and engineering practice.” The minister insisted that the […]

A violent confrontation between soldiers and police officers in Bauchi State has left a police constable, Ukasha Muhammed, dead, sparking outrage and renewed concern over the recurring clashes between Nigeria’s security agencies.   The Bauchi State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement released on Saturday by its spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil.   According

President Bola Tinubu has granted sweeping clemency and posthumous pardons to a total of 147 convicts, inmates and deceased Nigerians, including Maryam Sanda, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Sir Herbert Macaulay, Major General Mamman Vatsa, Professor Magaji Garba, and dozens of illegal miners, drug convicts, and white-collar offenders. The gesture, which the Presidency described as a mark of

After days of uncertainty and diplomatic silence from Abuja, Nigerian activist, Okey Vitalis Nnorom, who was feared missing following the Israeli interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), has been released and deported to Turkey. The development was confirmed in a Friday post by the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) media team on X (formerly Twitter).