Little over a month after controversial singer Habeeb ‘Portable’ Okikiola was granted bail on charges of assault and obstruction of government officials, he has once again been arrested—this time by the Kwara State Police Command. The arrest was confirmed by the state police spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, in a statement posted on her X page on…
CALABAR – The Nigeria Police has dismissed the officer, Inspector Effiong Bassey, who shot three people in Calabar, Cross River State capital. This was disclosed by SP Irene Ugbo-Obase, spokesperson of the Cross River State Police Command, on Monday, who said Bassey was mentally challenged. She added that “the police officer has been duly dismissed,…
Nigeria’s presidency, on Sunday, dismissed a recent United State (US) court ruling instructing American law enforcement agencies to release confidential information gathered from investigating President Bola Tinubu for drug-related case in the 1990s. In a statement on Sunday, the presidency said “there is nothing new to be revealed” and the said report by “Agent Moss…
By Edem Darlington On Sunday, April 6, 2025, the Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi announced his ministry’s readiness to commence construction at the Calabar section of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway. The minister made the announcement in Lagos during a stakeholders engagement. A few days before that announcement, Sen. Umahi had confirmed that 30 kilometres…
Despite allocating over N16 billion between 2019 and 2023, Lagos State continues to face a severe water crisis, with a deadly cholera outbreak highlighting the inadequacy of the state’s water supply systems. PREMIUM TIMES reported that in October 2024, the state recorded 134 deaths from 4,667 cholera cases, making it the epicentre of the outbreak…
