Residents of Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, were on Monday thrown into another moment of panic following a fresh fire outbreak that occurred just hours after an earlier incident in the city. The latest fire incident reportedly occurred around 2:08 p.m. at Baba Ya’u CBN Bypass in Jalingo, barely hours after a similar outbreak was…
By Adebayo Yusuf Islamic Scholars have called on Muslim faithful to maximise the potentials of Artificial Intelligence, AI to promote the teachings of Islam to humanity. The Scholars, Sheikh Habeebullahi Bukhari and Sheikh Abdulwaheed Araoye made the call as a guest speakers at this year annual Ramadan lecture of Muslim Media Practitioner of Nigeria, MMPN,…
In a unanimous judgment, a three-member panel held that the PDP’s convention, held in defiance of a valid subsisting Federal High Court order, was contemptuous and showed disrespect to the court. The court noted that it was undisputed that the PDP conducted the convention despite an existing order directing it to allow Lamido’s participation. It…
The cost of goods and services across Nigeria is expected to increase further following a fresh hike in petrol prices by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, which has raised the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to ₦1,175 per litre. The adjustment marks the third petrol price increase within one week, intensifying concerns over rising living costs…
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have overrun a military base in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, killing the commanding officer and several other soldiers. The attack occurred in the early hours of Monday when the terrorists reportedly stormed the town and launched a coordinated assault on the military camp. A resident of the community…
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has warned that the pump price of petrol could rise to as high as ₦2,000 per litre if the ongoing conflict in the Middle East persists. The association also cautioned that diesel prices could climb to about ₦3,000 per litre if the global crisis continues…
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has announced a power disruption affecting some communities in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The outage follows a vehicular accident that damaged a high-tension pole along the Akala Expressway. In an official notice issued on Monday and signed by management, IBEDC stated that the incident occurred on the Oluyole 11kV…
Iraq’s head coach Graham Arnold has called for the country’s decisive World Cup play-off match later this month to be postponed because of travel disruptions caused by the escalating US-Israeli conflict with Iran. Late February, Arnold declared Iraq ready to “shock the world” as the Lions of Mesopotamia stand one win away from a return…
By Ibiwunmi Ishola The Oyo State Police Command has commenced investigation into the alleged murder of a victim, one Precious Mogaji ‘F’, aged 26 years. Contrary to the false narrative circulating in some sections of the media alleging that the incident occurred at Akobo and involved a husband attempting to place the corpse of his…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 2027 Oyo State gubernatorial aspirant,Barrister Akeem Agbaje,has congratulated Chief (Mrs.) Florence Ajimobi following her official posting as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Austria. The appointment, approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was announced as part of a wider deployment of 65 ambassadors to various foreign…