Day: June 17, 2025
148,625 retirees get N8.6bn pension arrears – FG
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) an agency of the Federal Government, has disbursed N8.6bn as arrears of the N32,000 pension increment approved by President…
Bricklayer bags life jail for defiling neighbour’s eight-year-old daughter
A bricklayer, Azeez Shoderu, also known as Chisco, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, in…
Nigerian arrested with N1.8bn drugs in India risks 20-year jail
A 25-year-old Nigerian woman, Ifeoluwa Akinwunmi, risks up to 20 years jail in India after she was allegedly caught in possession of drugs worth over…
Trump urges Iran to return to embrace negotiation
The United States President Donald Trump has urged Iran to resume diplomatic talks, warning that the Islamic Republic is not gaining the upper hand in…
Natasha: Akpabio’s aide petitions IGP over alleged hacking of account, defamation
Former Delta State Commissioner and Special Adviser on Communications/Strategy to the President of the Senate, Mr. Kenny Okolugbo, has formally petitioned the Inspector General of…
Fresh suit challenges NASS role in Rivers emergency rule
A civil society organization, Initiative for Freedom, Conflict Preservation and Social Integration, has filed another case at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, this…
Fuel price: Fear grips petroleum product stakeholders as Dangote Refinery pushes for monopoly
Fear has gripped petroleum product marketers and retailers as Dangote Refinery fixed August 15, 2025, to begin distribution of premium motor spirit and automotive gas…
Untold story of how herdsmen reduced Benue community to ashes, burnt over 300 alive
The people of Yelewata, a quiet farming settlement tucked along the tail end of Benue State on the Abuja-Makurdi highway, will forever remember June 13-14,…

