We Wanted To Protect Them, Kano CP Says Of TMG Meeting Blockade
The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, has said officers were deployed…
We Wanted To Protect Them, Kano CP Says Of TMG Meeting Blockade
The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, has said officers were deployed to the venue of a planned “Tinubu Must Go” (TMG) meeting on Sunday to protect participants and residents, not to stop the group from gathering. His explanation came hours after the movement’s conveners accused the police of barring them from…
NEC Releases 2027 Governorship List, Omits Adebutu, Pantami
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of governorship candidates for the February 6, 2027 elections, clearing every incumbent seeking re-election but leaving out the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidates in Ogun and Gombe states. The lists, signed by the commission’s Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, went up on INEC’s website on Saturday,…
Man City Thrash Liverpool 3-0 to Extend Lead After Financial Rule Verdict
Manchester City went to Anfield on Saturday under the heaviest cloud in the club’s history and came away with a comfortable 3-0 win over 10-man Liverpool. Second half goals from Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki kept City’s perfect start under Enzo Maresca intact and restored their three-point lead at the top of…
I Could Say The Stupidest Things And You’d Clap, Trump Tells Supporters
United States President Donald Trump told a cheering crowd in Tennessee on Saturday that his supporters would applaud him even if he said “the stupidest things”. The joke came days after two national polls pointed to growing unease among the voters who returned him to the White House in 2024. He made the remark…
Atiku Faults Tinubu Over 30-Day Petrol Discount
Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar took aim at the Federal Government on Friday, 9 October, dismissing President Bola Tinubu’s temporary thirty-day petrol discount as an insincere political stunt designed to hoodwink voters before the 2027 general election. Speaking in Abuja during the inauguration of the African Democratic Congress presidential campaign council, Mr Abubakar demanded to know…
FG Shuts Owerri Airport for Runway Repairs
Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma struck a sudden pact on Friday to shut Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri for twenty-five days starting on 20 October, cutting off a critical eastern transit gateway just weeks before the lucrative Christmas travel rush begins across Nigeria. Crumbling tarmac grounds regional commerce…
Petrol Hits N1,900 as Depot Prices Surge
Private petroleum depots across Nigeria pushed wholesale petrol prices to a record 1,900 naira per litre on Friday, 9 October, gutting the state oil company’s recent price-cut announcement within hours of its release. Wholesale tank farm operators in Port Harcourt raised loading fees by up to 170 naira, forcing retail filling stations across the Niger…
Trump Eases Russia Sanctions for Emergency Diesel
United States President Donald Trump dismantled key Western energy sanctions on Moscow on Friday, 9 October, securing a multi-million-tonne Russian diesel agreement to halt runaway pump prices before the American midterm elections. The United States Treasury Department issued an emergency general licence through April 2027 that permits American and international buyers to purchase, transport, and…
Troops Arrest Terrorist Collaborator, Recover Rustled Livestock
Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma arrested a suspected terrorist collaborator in Kaduna State and recovered seventy-three rustled animals in Zamfara State during coordinated counter-insurgency sweeps on Thursday, 8 October. Military authorities identified the detained suspect as Yusuf Adamu, whom intelligence operatives seized at Kuyello in the Birnin Gwari council area following evidence that linked him…
Iran Strikes Gas Tanker in Hormuz Chokepoint
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a commercial gas tanker south of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, 9 October, triggering an inferno in the vessel’s propulsion system and escalating an undeclared naval siege. Iranian state media identified the stricken carrier as the NV Sunshine, asserting that naval units attacked the craft because it navigated…