The management of Afrobeats singer Ruger has revealed that the singer’s prolonged absence from the music scene was caused by a legal battle with a former girlfriend who allegedly sued him for emotional distress and damages.

Global music stars Shakira and Burna Boy delivered a high-energy performance of “Dai Dai” during the opening ceremony of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, thrilling fans with a vibrant display of music and dance.

Reacting in a lengthy post on X on Thursday, Omokri argued that such publicity risks empowering the perpetrators rather than securing the victims’ release.

By Egufe Yafugborhi & Ochuko Akuopha, Asaba A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba has remanded four suspected members of a gun-running syndicate over alleged unlawful possession of firearms and involvement in cult activities. The suspects — Emmanuel Chukwuemeka, Clifford Boleyelefa, Amadi Princewill, and Amadi Felix Chibuike — were arraigned on a five-count charge […]

A Social Critic and Human Rights Activist, Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme, has commenced a 14-day self-imposed hunger strike in Onitsha, Anambra State, in protest against the abduction of teachers, students, and pupils from a school in Oyo State.

Hassan Yousef, 71, was “freed near the southern West Bank city of Hebron” and taken to a hospital in Ramallah where he resides, his son Owais Yousef said.

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to building a stronger investment-driven economy through sustained collaboration with state governments.

Hundreds of protesters on Thursday took to the streets of Abuja, led by social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), demanding urgent government action over worsening insecurity, kidnappings, and economic hardship across Nigeria.

The Ogun State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the mysterious deaths of a woman, her four-year-old son, and another man, identified simply as “Shanko,” whose bodies were discovered in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State.

The Senate has called for urgent consideration of a legal framework for state policing in Nigeria, as lawmakers expressed concern over rising banditry and the increasing targeting of schools and schoolchildren across the country.