Angry traders at the Trade Fair International Market, Lagos State, on Monday shut down the market in protest against what they described as frustrating hike in shop rents and exploitative agent fees in the market. The protesters marched en masse around the market, chanting solidarity songs, demanding that their shop landlords take immediate actions to […]

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says its operatives have arrested five wanted banditry kingpins notorious for terrorising parts of North Central, North West and North East Nigeria. According to a statement on Monday by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, the suspects were tracked down in Nassarawa State after an intelligence-led operation carried

South Africa’s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have been thrown into chaos after world football governing body, FIFA, slammed heavy sanctions on the country’s football body for fielding an ineligible player.  In a decision announced on Monday, FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee ruled that midfielder Teboho Mokoena, who should have been serving a

No fewer than five people, including two children, have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident that occurred along the Akure-Ado-Ekiti Expressway, at Ita Ogbolu, the headquarters of the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The crash, which happened on Sunday, involved a truck and a bus. Eyewitnesses described the scene as tragic.

The Nigerian media industry is mourning the shocking death of 29-year-old Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a presenter, reporter, and producer with ARISE News Channel, who was killed during an armed robbery at her residence in Katampe, Abuja. Maduagwu, fondly known as “Sommie” by colleagues, was attacked in the early hours of Monday.  Her untimely death at

Panic has gripped Essanti village in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State after armed bandits abducted two sons of a community youth leader in a brazen daylight attack on Monday. The victims were reportedly seized around 1:30 p.m. while returning from their farm. Residents told NupekoTV that the abductors revealed to the victims that