Nollywood filmmaker and actor Stanley Amandi has been arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot involving some Nigerian military officers, according to a report by PREMIUM TIMES. Amandi, a director and... Read more »
Barely five days after Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Kano State Government has signalled an imminent resolution of the prolonged emirship crisis in the... Read more »
Nigeria is on track to become self-sustaining in defence production within the next five years, the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said. Matawalle stated that if the current momentum... Read more »
Nigeria has intensified efforts to modernise its Armed Forces and strengthen international defence partnerships, with a renewed focus on collaboration with Türkiye, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin... Read more »
President Donald Trump filed suit on Thursday against the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), seeking $10 billion over alleged leaked tax returns he claims harmed his business. The lawsuit filed by the... Read more »
The Enugu State Government has announced sweeping reforms in the land sector, including the immediate abolition of illegal levies and the streamlining of land-related charges, as part of Governor Peter Mbah’s broader... Read more »
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has strongly condemned Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, for threatening to revoke ownership of Onitsha Main Market, other markets across the state and rebuild them... Read more »
An unidentified man was brutally killed and set ablaze by an angry mob in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The incident occurred on Jan. 28 at about 9:00 p.m.... Read more »
The remains of Nigerian gospel musician, Bunmi Adeoye Akinnanu, popularly known as for her hit song “Omije Ojumi ,” who passed away on January 12, has been laid to rest at Atan... Read more »
Look around you, Stablecoins are everywhere. Africa’s interaction with them did not start as a carefully designed policy experiment, It began quietly, at the sidelines of traditional finance, as individuals and businesses... Read more »
Malaysia’s Minister for Religious Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan, has drawn attention online after suggesting that work-related stress is one of the reasons people are drawn into what he described as the “LGBT lifestyle.”... Read more »
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said its enforcement of the sachet alcohol ban is protective rather than punitive, stressing that no alcohol producing company has... Read more »
The police in Zamfara have recovered 2,500 litres of suspected hazardous and poisonous chemicals during a patrol operation in Gusau Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued on Thursday in... Read more »
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, under the Joint Union Action Committee, JUAC, resumed their indefinite strike on Thursday, which they initially began on January 19 over unresolved welfare concerns.... Read more »
Super Eagles and Fulham winger, Samuel Chukwueze, has been thrown into deep mourning following the death of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Chukwueze, after a brief illness. The sad news was made public... Read more »
The Nigerian Army troops of Sector 7 of Operation OPEP, in collaboration with the Zango Kataf Police Area Command, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), Forest Guards and local hunters, have rescued eight... Read more »
Gunshots and loud explosions of unknown origin were heard late on Wednesday night around the Niamey International Airport in Niger Republic. Local sources told Akelicious that the airport area was the scene... Read more »
Presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Gbenga Hashim, has condemned what he described as a deliberate attempt by aides of President Bola Tinubu to fracture Nigeria along regional and... Read more »
The Rumuorlumeni OSPAC intercepted cultists who were shooting sporadically around Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Rivers State. While being chased by OSPAC operatives, the suspects fled into the creeks but were... Read more »
The feud over local government control in Osun State deepened on Wednesday as aides of Governor Ademola Adeleke and former governor Adegboyega Oyetola traded accusations over the ongoing crisis. Oyetola’s Special Adviser,... Read more »