Author: Adeniyi Daniel

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday departed Abuja for Europe to begin a 10-day working vacation. His Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed the development in a statement on X, noting that the leave is part of the President’s 2025 annual vacation. According to the statement, Tinubu will spend the period between France and the United Kingdom before returning to Nigeria.The trip comes shortly after the President’s return from a series of diplomatic engagements in Japan and Brazil. In Japan, Tinubu attended the opening ceremony and plenary of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), held…

The Kebbi State Police Command has rescued a newborn baby girl who was buried alive by her 20-year-old mother, Maryam Atiku, in Dandi Local Government Area of the state. According to police reports, the incident occurred on June 25, 2025, when Maryam allegedly strangled and buried her newborn shortly after delivery in a bush near Malam Yaro village. The shocking act came to light the following day when Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad, a local farmer, noticed freshly disturbed soil resembling a shallow grave on his farmland. On raising alarm, villagers rushed to the scene and dug up the site, miraculously finding…

The UK government is planning a new law in England to stop anyone under the age of 16 buying energy drinks such as Red Bull, Monster and Prime from shops, restaurants, cafes, vending machines and online. Up to a third of UK children are thought to consume these types of drinks every week, despite most supermarkets having already introduced a voluntary ban.Some popular drinks contain more caffeine than two cups of coffee. Excessive consumption is linked to headaches and sleep problems.Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the government had “been called upon”…

In a decisive step toward empowering young people through education, the Executive Chairman of Ikeja Local Government, Comrade Akeem Olalekan Dauda (AKOD), has presented free General Certificate of Education (GCE) forms to indigent students across Ikeja. The initiative, rolled out under the Akeem Dauda Educational Support Programme, is designed to remove financial barriers for brilliant but less privileged students, ensuring that no child is denied educational opportunities due to economic challenges. Dauda stressed that education remains the most powerful tool to break the cycle of poverty. “This gesture is one of many deliberate interventions my administration has lined up to…

Barely hours after proclaiming on live television that “Lagos is no man’s land,” the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has backtracked on his controversial remarks, which had triggered widespread outrage. Bwala, who addressed the backlash on his official X handle, admitted that Lagos State is historically and constitutionally the land of the Yoruba people.The legal practitioner also clarified that his words were misinterpreted. According to him, Lagos’s identity has “never been in contention” and should not be distorted, even though the state remains Nigeria’s foremost commercial hub. He said, “Don’t misinterpret what I said…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Christopher Enweremadu, former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Abia State, wanted over allegations of corruption and money laundering. According to the EFCC, Enweremadu is accused of criminal conspiracy, diversion of public funds, stealing, and money laundering. The commission has asked anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact any of its zonal offices.Enweremadu, who served under former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, has previously been linked to investigations into the handling of funds for local government councils in Abia. A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja had ordered a…

The Nigeria Police Force has announced a major breakthrough in its ongoing fight against violent crime, arms proliferation, and organized criminal networks across the country. At a press briefing today at the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) base in Guzape, Abuja, the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed that operatives recovered 360 prohibited firearms, 5,952 rounds of live ammunition, and arrested 5,936 suspects for various offences nationwide. According to Adejobi, the arrests included 715 armed robbery suspects, 306 kidnappers, 533 homicide suspects, 149 individuals for unlawful possession of firearms, 371 suspects for sexual-related offences, 590 cultists, and…

French police on Tuesday killed a man suspected of stabbing five people in the southern port city of Marseille, one of whom is in critical condition, a public prosecutor said. The assailant, a Tunisian national with legal status in France, stabbed several people at a hotel that had just evicted him for non-payment, then attacked several others on a busy shopping street, prosecutor Nicolas Bessone told reporters. According AFP, the man first stabbed his roommate, leaving the victim in critical condition, the prosecutor said.He then attacked the hotel’s manager, who fled into the street along with his son, who was…

Team Lagos swimmers dominated the opening day of the swimming event at the 9th National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State, clinching an impressive seven gold and one silver medal. In the girls’ category, the state’s athletes triumphed in the 100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, and 4×100m Medley Relay. The boys added to the tally with victories in the 200m Individual Medley, 100m Backstroke, and 4×100m Freestyle Relay, alongside a silver in the 50m Freestyle, bringing the total medal count in swimming to eight. The winning momentum also extended to gymnastics, where Lagos gymnasts picked up four medals —…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed a fatal accident at Idi-Iroko, inward Ogolonto, along Ikorodu Road, which claimed one life and left two others severely injured. According to preliminary investigations, a fully loaded commercial Mazda bus (registration number LND 490 SD), while struggling for right of way from the Agric axis, rammed into a fast-moving articulated truck (registration number EKY 121 YJ). “Tragically, one passenger who was seated at the doorway of the Mazda bus was flung out on impact and crushed under the rear tyres of the truck, leading to instant death. Two other passengers, a…