Author: Lawan

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has stated that the recent actions of popular Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde, known as KWAM 1, at an airport could be considered an act of terrorism in many countries. Speaking on Arise TV, NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mike Achimugu, condemned the singer’s alleged disruption of a ValueJet flight from taking off. “Your first responsibility at the airport is to respect and obey instructions from the officials on ground. The passenger has not done that,” Achimugu said. “What he did in most climes is considered terrorism. You cannot stop an aircraft…

US President, Donald Trump on Sunday, August 10 vowed to crack down on Washington, DC’s challenges, promising to remove homeless people from the capital and swiftly jail criminals. “I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before,” Trump said on Truth Social. “We want our Capital BACK.” “The homeless have to move out, immediately. We will give you places to stay, but far from the Capital,” he continued. “The criminals, you don’t have to move out. We’re going to put you in jail where you belong. It’s all going to happen very fast, just…

More than a dozen nurses have been dismissed and another disciplined at a Washington state children’s hospital n the USA following the death of a 12-year-old patient who took her own life. Sarah Niyimbona died on April 13 after leaving her room at Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Spokane and jumping from the fourth floor of a parking garage. She had been admitted to the emergency room multiple times in 2024 for suicide attempts. According to a lawsuit filed by her family, the hospital removed key safety measures, including a round-the-clock sitter, a video monitor, and a door alarm…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has announced that prison inmates in Nigeria will soon be granted the right to vote in elections. This development follows the commencement of formal discussions between INEC and the Nigerian Correctional Service aimed at addressing the voting rights of incarcerated individuals. The push to enfranchise thousands of imprisoned Nigerians gained momentum on Thursday when the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche Ofori, paid an official visit to INEC headquarters in Abuja to advocate for inmate voting rights. Ofori drew attention to the plight of…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is set to re-announce the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates today, following a temporary suspension caused by technical issues uncovered during an internal post-release review. Earlier this week, WAEC had released the initial results, revealing a significant decline in overall student performance. Out of nearly 2 million candidates who sat for the exam, only 754,545 candidates — representing 38.32% — obtained credits and above in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, the two core subjects required for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. Dr. Amos…

Armed bandits have abducted the traditional ruler of Yankuzo, Alhaji Babangida Kogo, in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The incident occurred barely hours after a devastating Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrike k!lled dozens of bandits in a forest enclave near the area. The monarch was reportedly abducted on Tuesday evening, August 5, along the Mararraba axis as he attempted to flee his community amid fears of reprisal attacks by the terrorists. Sources confirmed to security analyst Zagazola Makama that the abduction was carried out by a large group of armed men riding on over 10 motorcycles. The assailants…

Prince Harry issued a strong statement after he was cleared of bullying allegations at African charity he set up. On Aug. 5, the Charity Commission for England and Wales concluded that it found no evidence of “widespread or systemic bullying, harassment, misogyny or misogynoir” at the African charity Sentebale following an investigation, People magazine reported. They also found no “overreach” by the charity’s current chair, Dr. Sophie Chandauka, or the British prince, 40. “Unsurprisingly, the Commission makes no findings of wrongdoing in relation to Sentebale’s Co-Founder and former Patron, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex,” a spokesperson for Harry told Fox…

A close ally of the former President Goodluck Jonathan has claimed that the former Nigeran leader will be one of the leading candidates to confront incumbent President Bola Tinubu, in the 2027 presidential poll. Vanguard reports that the ally, who is also in the People Democratic Party, PDP, as Jonathan, claims that the plan to draft the former President to contest on PDP’s platform had gone far, and that he had accepted, adding that the former president was going into the race to find ways of addressing Nigeria’s rising poverty, hardship and the general suffering that had gripped the citizenry…

The Kano State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the m8rder of a 300-level Sociology student of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Abdullahi Umar Hafizi, in Tsamiyar Kuturu, Dorayi Karama quarters, Gwale local government area of the state. The student was reportedly st@bbed to d3ath by suspected phone snatchers at about 11:00 p.m. on Monday, August 4, 2025. The spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement said the arrest the arrest was made possible through a coordinated joint operation involving officers from the Department of Operations, Dorayi Babba Division, Sharada Division,…

The Ekiti State Police Command has recovered a day-old baby stolen from a government health facility in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Recall that the newborn was stolen at Okeyimi Health Centre on Monday, August 4, 2025. The spokesperson of the command, Abutu Sunday, who confirmed the development on Wednesday, August 6, in Ado Ekiti, stated that the baby was recovered through a painstaking investigation and a credible tip-off. The police arrested one Deborah Ayeni of Afao-Road, Ado-Ekiti, for stealing a newborn child. The baby has been reunited with the parents, Mustapha Aliyu, 29, and 22-year-old Salmatu Lawal. “The suspect,…