Video: Peller, Carter Efe face backlash after destroying each other’s cars
Popular social media personality Peller and skit maker-turned-streamer Carter Efe have come under fire after damaging each other’s cars during a heated altercation that was broadcast live. In a viral video circulating online, the two were seen standing on the roofs of the vehicles and smashing the front and rear windscreens with stones while streaming […]
Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to be commissioned by May – Umahi
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has assured that Section one of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway is scheduled for commissioning by May.
EPL: 13 players to miss Tottenham vs Arsenal clash
Arsenal and Tottenham will go head-to-head in the North London Derby on Sunday afternoon, with both sides needing three points for very different reasons: Arsenal in the title race and Tottenham battling relegation worries.
Mutfwang and the quiet emergence of a Plateau elite consensus
By Emmanuel Aziken For much of its modern political history, Plateau State has been a theatre of intense elite rivalry—shifting alliances, partisan battles, and political fault lines that often mirrored the state’s complex social fabric. But in early 2026, a quiet but significant political moment unfolded when Governor Caleb Mutfwang crossed from the Peoples Democratic […]
Passengers narrate shocking experiences on Abuja-Kaduna train services
They expressed the disappointment that the service, meant to be a safer alternative to the reported insecurity on the Abuja-Kaduna highways, has turned into a gruelling ordeal.
Unusual story of Gombe varsity student who lives on liquids for 21 years
At 21, Sammy Samaila has never eaten solid food, yet he walks to class every day, studies sociology, and quietly navigates university life with determination.
Why I wrote petition against Obono-Obla – Lawmaker
The lawmaker representing Yakurr I State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Cyril Omini, has confirmed that the recent arrest of former presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla, followed a petition he submitted to the Nigeria Police over alleged defamation and malicious accusations.
Phone tapping: ‘Withdraw unlawful mass surveillance regulations now’, SERAP tells Tinubu
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct Mr Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy to immediately withdraw the Lawful Interception of Communications Regulations, 2019, as the Regulations are unconstitutional, unlawful, and entirely inconsistent with Nigeria’s international obligations.”
UNICEF calls for multi-sectoral action on Benue out-of-school crisis
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for urgent, coordinated, and multi-sectoral strategies to address the growing challenge of out-of-school children in Benue State, stressing that education and nutrition must go hand in hand.
Troops arrest suspected gun runner, recover ammunition and ₦2.4m in Taraba
Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke have intercepted and arrested a suspected gun runner during a stop-and-search operation at Sarkin Kudu in Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State.
Transparency gaps undermine Nigeria’s disaster response — Eyekosi
A disaster management expert, Samson Oritsegbubemi Eyekosi, has warned that Nigeria’s largely reactive approach to disaster management is weakened by poor accountability and transparency, worsening the plight of vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs).
