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By Oghenekevwe Kofi For many Nigerians, television has become an increasingly expensive luxury. Free-to-air stations are still available. Viewers seeking a wider range of news, sports, movies, documentaries, and entertainment channels often pay monthly subscription fees. It is against the backdrop of rising living costs and growing pressure on household incomes, the Federal Government’s newly launched FreeTV platform offers an appealing promise. It will provide access to more than 100 television channels without monthly subscription charges. Unsurprisingly, the announcement has generated considerable excitement. Many see it as a potential game-changer for television broadcasting in Nigeria. At its core, FreeTV is…

Photo: A scene from the killing of 175 girls and teachers in Tehran school bombing After 100 days of war, the US and Iran have met at a round table. Wars rarely end with clear victors, not even one by the world’s most powerful nation. More often, they conclude with exhausted adversaries accepting a compromise that, months earlier, would have been politically unthinkable. The MU signed to end the conflict that erupted on 28 February appears to be one such moment. For more than 100 days, the world watched as fears of a regional war escalated into reality. Air strikes…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, Thankgod Ikwugwara, for the alleged murder of his lover, a 33-year-old married woman, in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state. The victim, whose identity was withheld, was reported missing by her mother on March 13, 2026, at the Oraifite Divisional Police Headquarters. Her lifeless body was discovered the following day inside a culvert near Jesus Bus Stop in Oraifite. Police said Ikwugwara was arrested on June 6, 2026, alongside an alleged accomplice, 20-year-old Makuochukwu Uzoigwe, following months of investigation. The spokesperson for the Anambra State…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old security guard attached to an Islamiyya school in Jega Local Government Area for allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. The Commissioner of Police, Umar Hadejia, announced the arrest during a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. According to the police, the suspect, identified as Faruku Muhammed of Tungar Zabarmawa in Jega, was apprehended following a complaint involving the minor, who is from the same community. Hadejia said the incident allegedly occurred on June 14, 2026, when the suspect lured the girl into his room within the premises…

Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was acquitted on all bribery-related charges on Wednesday after a London jury cleared her in a closely watched corruption trial that followed more than a decade of investigations by British authorities. Alison-Madueke, who served as Nigeria’s minister of petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015 under former President Goodluck Jonathan, had denied five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery. Prosecutors alleged she received luxury benefits from oil and gas industry figures seeking lucrative contracts in Nigeria. After more than 46 hours of deliberations, jurors at Southwark Crown Court returned…

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun distributing sensitive election materials ahead of a by-election for the Ondo South Senatorial District scheduled for June 20, electoral officials said on Wednesday. The exercise, conducted under the supervision of election officials, security agencies and political party representatives, involved the deployment of ballot papers, result sheets and other sensitive materials to designated locations across the district. The by-election is being held to fill the seat vacated by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim following his appointment as Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking during the distribution of materials at…

By Akatakpo Franklin, Warri The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE), Professor Ezekiel Agbalagba, has confirmed the death of a 100-level student who was allegedly stabbed to death by his elder brother, also a student of the institution. The incident reportedly occurred around 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Hostel C on the university campus. Although details surrounding the incident were still emerging at the time of filing this report, sources said the two brothers had been involved in a longstanding disagreement, which reportedly culminated in a dispute over a pair of bathroom slippers. The suspect, identified…

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has said his administration would adopt a dual strategy of dialogue and military action to address Nigeria’s security challenges if elected, insisting that those willing to embrace peace would be engaged while violent groups would face the full force of the law. Obi made the remarks during an interview on BlackBox with Rufai Oseni, where he outlined what he described as a balanced approach to restoring security, national unity, and social cohesion across the country. According to the former Anambra State governor, achieving lasting peace requires opening channels of communication…

By Deborah Nnamdi A 96-year-old woman, Hajiya Umma Husaini, has died after she was allegedly attacked by her granddaughter at their residence in Daura, Katsina State, in an incident that has shocked residents and plunged the community into mourning. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Saturday when the suspect, identified as Aisha Muktar, allegedly struck the elderly woman with a mortar, leaving her critically injured. Sources said neighbours and relatives who rushed to the scene found Hajiya Umma lying unconscious in a pool of blood. She was immediately taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Daura for…

By Deborah Nnamdi Gunmen on Monday night attacked the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing two soldiers and a police officer assigned to guard the institution’s staff quarters. Sources said the attackers were believed to have targeted the residences of the Acting Director of Studies, Barrister Nima Salman-Mann, and a Directing Staff member, Professor Haruna Dabin, after threatening messages demanding large sums of money were reportedly pasted on their doors days before the incident. According to reports, handwritten notes left on the officials’ residences on Saturday demanded…