Usman Isa According to reports, three people were killed following a violent battle between competing cult groups during the Osun Osogbo festival. Fighting broke out during the grand finale of the renowned worldwide traditional festival, resulting in 12 additional people suffering injuries of varied severity. Although the cause of the altercation and the identities of the deceased … Read more
Residents of Apa, Benue State, have taken to the streets in protest against the recent wanton killings in the area by suspected herdsmen militia. Scores of youths trooped to the Oweto-Loko/Abuja road on Friday morning. The protesters mounted roadblocks on the expressway. Commuters were stranded for over five hours. Some of the protesters, who spoke … Read more
The toughest defender Jamal Musiala, a midfielder for Bayern Munich, has ever faced was former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos. When Bayern Munich played Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 this year, Musiala faced Ramos. The match was won by the Bundesliga champions 3-0 overall after two legs. Musiala, though, was … Read more
Following the attacks on Saturday that left 37 people dead in the state’s northern region, Governor of Sokoto State Ahmed Aliyu called an urgent security meeting on Monday. On Saturday, the state’s bandits raided three communities in the Tangaza Local Government Area and two others in the Gwadabawa Local Government. The bandits assaulted the communities … Read more
President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to pay extra attention to the challenges in Nigeria’s rural electricity sector. This was the position of the Association of Rural Electrification Contractors of Nigeria, ARECON. In a statement made available to xandertech by ARECON on Wednesday, they opined that since 2020, the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, led … Read more
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has called on chairmen and leadership of Local Government and Council Development Areas in the state to ensure the security of lives and property in their communities. Governor Oyebanji made the call on Sunday while receiving the chairmen and leadership of Ekiti West Local Government and Ekameta Local Council … Read more
The Federal Government has said it is “treason” for the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi to incite people to violence over the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this in Washington DC during his official engagements with international media organisations. NAN … Read more
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide address where he claimed to have left Nigeria in a better condition than he met it in 2015, former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has listed the failures of the outgoing president. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, said Buhari would not want Tinubu to … Read more
Former Ogun State Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, has reacted to a claim by Governor Dapo Abiodun that he was the reason the Dangote refinery was relocated from the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun State to Lagos State. Abiodun had on Tuesday accused Amosun of, perhaps, having a personal axe to grind with the promoter … Read more
Valentine Obienyem, a media aide to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has said the leaked audio of his principal’s conversation with the founder of Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, was edited out of context. Obienyem also claimed ‘our Nnewi prodigal brother’ is responsible for the leak. In the audio clip, … Read more