Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, authorities said, as California’s National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder.News of the growing toll, announced late Thursday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, came as swaths of the United States’…
Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has criticised the purported Abuja infrastructural development drive attributed to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Dalung also dismissed the claim attributed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, that Abuja has started looking like London. Speaking on Arise TV’s The Morning…
The senator who represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, from 2015 to 2019, Shehu Sani, has said northerners have no moral right to vote out President Bola Ahmed Tinubu come the 2027 general elections over the controversial tax reform bills.Sani, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and human rights activist, said northerners…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, January 11, to participate in the 2025 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW 2025).Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman, announced this in a statement, on Friday. According to the statement, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, invited President Tinubu…
The Presidency on Friday urged the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, to face governance and stop “playing Irresponsible Politics,” with the Tax Reforms Bill. It said the governor should occupy himself with dealing with the many problems of his state rather than attacking President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication,…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The announcement was made in a statement on Friday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade. Oyelade stated that Owoade was chosen after extensive consultations and traditional divinations conducted by the Oyo kingmakers, the…
The Chief Press Secretary to the Benue State Governor, Sir Tersoo Kula, has refuted allegations that he referred to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, as a madman. Kula made this disclosure on Wednesday while addressing the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Benue State Council, to clear himself of…
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained commercial banks in Nigeria from releasing or dealing with all monies and assets up to $225.8 million due to Nduka Obaigbena from any account maintained by him. Obaigbena is the chairman and editor-in-chief of THISDAY Media Group and Arise News Channel. This decision follows a lawsuit…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a blogger, Sylvester Victor Augustus, for cloning its official website to defraud unsuspecting public members through a fake recruitment scheme. Augustus, 32, from Akpan Eno Street in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was apprehended by DSS operatives on Thursday after being tracked to his…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has given the Department of State Service (DSS) the go-ahead to detain 10 suspected terrorists, who had planned to launch a Boko Haram/ISWAP cell in Osun, for 60 days pending the conclusion of the investigation. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by DSS lawyer,…
