Bini riva life festival: The river proves “Water No Get Enemy” as neighbours unite
His Majesty sat in quiet excitement watching the boat races unfold before him. Around him, residents and visitors had gathered not merely to observe a festival, but to step into a way of life rarely glimpsed beyond the creeks and winding waterways of the Niger Delta. It was, in every sense, a homecoming, not of people, but of a people to their own story.
Fresh outrage over Ochanya’s death as Nigerians demand justice
Seven years after the demise of 13 years old Elizabeth Ochanya, fresh outrage has emerged on social media and other platforms over her death.
Bokku Mart apologises after backlash over ‘Omo Igbo’ advert
Bokku Mart described the remark as “offensive and hurtful,” stressing that the content did not align with its corporate values.
From roots to riches: Transforming cassava into national economic asset
Building resilient models that convert cassava into high-value derivatives like bioethanol, starch, high quality cassava flour (HQCF), and sweeteners.
PRESIDENTIAL PARDON CONTROVERSY: Tinubu must hold someone accountable — Effiong
…says Nnamdi Kanu’s no-case submission a risky legal gamble By Dickson Omobola & Matilda Ikediobi Inibehe Effiong is a human rights activist. In this monitored interview, Effiong spoke about the controversy that trailed the announced lists of those granted presidential pardon and the decision of President Bola Tinubu to review the list. The rights activist also spoke on the detention […]
Bandits slay pastor, abduct 20 worshippers in Kaduna community
The United Church of Christ in Nigeria, UCCN, also known as HEKAN, has raised the alarm over the killing of one of its pastors, Reverend Yahaya Kambasiya, and the abduction of over 20 persons during a fresh attack on the Farin Dutse community in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
One dead, 8 rescued as another building collapses in Lagos
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Thursday confirmed the death of one person following the collapse of a three-storey building in the Apapa area of Lagos. LASEMA also said eight others were rescued alive from the rubble. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos. According […]
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Four die as truck plunges into lagoon on Kara Bridge
It was a tragic Thursday in Lagos as separate incidents claimed five lives — four in a multiple auto crash on Kara Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, and one in a building collapse in Apapa.
Outrage as youths seize Lassa fever victim’s corpse in Benue
By Peter Duru Makurdi—There was outrage and growing health concern in Benue State after some misinformed youths allegedly seized the corpse of a Lassa fever victim, preventing health officials from conducting a safe burial in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state. Sources said the deceased, a 54-year-old woman from Ogbadibo, died at the Benue […]
9 die, 2 injured in Lagos, Ondo auto crashes
By Dayo Johnson & Olasunkanmi Akoni No fewer than nine persons lost their lives, while two others sustained injuries in separate auto crashes in Lagos and Ondo states. In Ondo State, five persons were confirmed dead, while two others were injured in a fatal accident at Ilu-Abo, along Oyin Junction in Akure North Local Government […]
100 years after: How Oyo empire resisted Britain’s 1895 invasion
More than a century later, historians, cultural advocates, and the current Alaafin of Oyo seek to preserve the memory of that struggle
