The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that the death toll from the petrol tanker explosion that rocked the Essa community along the Bida–Badeggi–Agaie road in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State has climbed to 45. The agency also said that 63 other persons sustained varying degrees of burns from the inferno, which

The embattled National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Shehu Gabam, has dismissed reports of his expulsion from the party, describing the action as “illegal, null and void.” Gabam, who was expelled on Thursday, October 23, alongside the National Youth Leader, Dr. Ogbonna Uchechukwu, and several others, insisted that the move was unconstitutional and

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday approved sweeping changes in the leadership of the Armed Forces, announcing a new set of Service Chiefs in a move aimed at strengthening the country’s security structure. Under the new appointments, General Olufemi Oluyede was named the Chief of Defence Staff, succeeding General Christopher Musa. In the shake-up, Major

The Nigeria Police Force has denied reports that former presidential candidate and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, was rearrested on Friday due to fresh charges against him. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, who made the clarification, explained that media reports that Sowore was rearrested based on fresh charges and would be charged