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By Deborah Nnamdi The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained popular TikTok streamer Habeeb Hamzat, widely known as Peller, following a viral video that showed him driving recklessly and threatening to crash his car while livestreaming, an act that eventually led to a road accident on the Lekki-Epe…

File photo: President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday led a nationwide protest against the worsening security situation across the country, calling on the federal and state governments to take urgent and decisive action to protect lives and property. The protest,…

Suspected gunmen have abducted a two-month-old baby during an attack on a commercial tricycle along the NNPC Link Road in Ekpan, Delta State. The incident occurred at about 4 p.m. on Monday when the baby’s mother, Mrs Rita Oghale, boarded a tricycle, popularly known as a keke, from Shaguolor Junction…

By Deborah Nnamdi The recent decline in electricity supply across Nigeria has been attributed to gas supply constraints that are limiting the optimal output and operational frequency of power-generating companies (GenCos). This explanation was disclosed on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in a post by Nigeria National Grid on its official…

Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over allegations of corruption and financial impropriety against the Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ahmed Farouk. The petition, dated December 16 and submitted through…

Plans to decorate Nurudeen Yusuf, aide-de-camp (ADC) to President Bola Tinubu, as a brigadier-general were shelved on Monday evening following last-minute interventions by two former chiefs of army staff, according to sources familiar with the development. Yusuf, who was only promoted to the rank of colonel in January, was reportedly…

By Deborah Nnamdi Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, is dead. He was 71. Muhammad reportedly died on Tuesday at a hospital in Saudi Arabia, about two weeks before his 72nd birthday on December 31. A source close to the family confirmed that the retired jurist passed…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of 11 out of the 18 passengers abducted by gunmen along the Benin–Akure Highway in Edo State. The passengers were kidnapped on Friday, December 12, near Obarenren village in Ovia North-East Local Government Area while travelling in a…

By Deborah Nnamdi An elderly Islamic cleric, Ladan Zubairu, was brutally murdered early Monday at Yusuf Garko Mosque in the Maraba Quarters area of Kano, triggering mob violence and widespread panic before security agents restored order. The attack occurred shortly after dawn prayers. According to residents, the assailant struck inside…

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has accused her estranged husband, Ned Nwoko, of deliberately exposing their children to public attention during an ongoing custody battle. In a video shared on her Instagram page, one of Daniels’ sons could be heard saying, “Mummy, come back.” The actress accompanied the clip with a…