Stampede in Bama: One Dead, 21 Injured During Red Cross, UNICEF Cash Giveaway

Human Rights & FreedomNewsNigeriaStampede in Bama: One Dead, 21 Injured During Red Cross, UNICEF Cash Giveaway

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 19, 2025

What was meant to be a lifeline for vulnerable families in Bama, Borno State, turned tragic on Thursday, 15 May 2025, as a stampede at Kasugula Primary School claimed one life and left 21 others injured. The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), in a statement released from Maiduguri on Saturday, confirmed the sad development. The incident happened during the second day of a cash disbursement programme jointly organised by the Red Cross and United Nations...

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Wanted Bandit Arrested at Abuja Hajj Camp

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWanted Bandit Arrested at Abuja Hajj Camp

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 19, 2025

…Four Others Allegedly Set to Travel to Saudi Arabia Security operatives have arrested a wanted bandit, Yahaya Zango, at the Hajj Camp in Abuja while he was attempting to travel to Saudi Arabia under the guise of a pilgrim. Zango, who has been on the watchlist of law enforcement agencies for alleged involvement in kidnapping and banditry across northern Nigeria, was apprehended during routine screening of intending pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj. A credible security...

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Flying Eagles Edge Egypt on Penalties to Clinch U-20 AFCON Bronze

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsFlying Eagles Edge Egypt on Penalties to Clinch U-20 AFCON Bronze

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 19, 2025

Nigeria’s U-20 national team, the Flying Eagles, secured the bronze medal at the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations after defeating hosts Egypt 4–1 on penalties in Cairo on Sunday. The third-place match, played at the 30 June Stadium, ended 1–1 in regulation time before going to a penalty shootout. Egypt took an early lead in the third minute when Osama Omar found the back of the net. Nigeria responded shortly after the interval, with...

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Lagos Govt Shuts Down Cubana Chief Priest’s Restaurant Over Illegal Waste Dumping

NewsNigeriaLagos Govt Shuts Down Cubana Chief Priest’s Restaurant Over Illegal Waste Dumping

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 19, 2025

The Lagos State Government has shut down Donald Restaurant, a popular nightlife spot in Lekki owned by Pascal Okechukwu, better known as Cubana Chief Priest, for violating environmental laws. The closure came after two staff of the restaurant were caught dumping refuse by the roadside in Lekki Phase 1. In a post shared on X, the Managing Director of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, revealed that the agency was alerted in...

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Troops Dismantle Bandit Camps in Benue, Recover Weapons, POS Machines and More

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Dismantle Bandit Camps in Benue, Recover Weapons, POS Machines and More

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 19, 2025

Nigerian troops under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have destroyed several hideouts belonging to notorious armed gangs around Akwaza in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. The operation, carried out by the 72 Special Forces Battalion in partnership with other security agencies, targeted camps linked to the wanted bandit leader known as Konyo Mbise. It was part of a wider military effort to flush out criminal elements ahead of the farming season. “In a recent...

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Ohanaeze Renames May 30 Biafra Day to ‘Igbo Heroes Day’

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOhanaeze Renames May 30 Biafra Day to ‘Igbo Heroes Day’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 17, 2025

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has announced that May 30, long marked as Biafra Remembrance Day, will now be known and celebrated as Igbo Heroes Day. This was made known in a statement issued by the group’s Deputy National President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and shared with journalists in Abakaliki on Thursday. According to Isiguzoro, the decision to rename the day is not just symbolic, but strategic. He said it is a way of...

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Tinubu to Armed Forces: Intensify Battle Against Terrorists, Insecurity Must End

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu to Armed Forces: Intensify Battle Against Terrorists, Insecurity Must End

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 17, 2025

…New Weapons Ready as CDS Vows to Crush Terrorism  President Bola Tinubu has charged the Armed Forces of Nigeria to step up their game and decisively confront the country’s security challenges, declaring that national security remains the bedrock of Nigeria’s democracy, peace and economic growth. Speaking on Friday through Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, during the induction of two Agusta 109 Trekker helicopters into the Nigerian Air Force...

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2025 UTME: Aggrieved Candidates Demand Total Cancellation as JAMB Admits Glitch Affected Results

EducationNewsNigeria2025 UTME: Aggrieved Candidates Demand Total Cancellation as JAMB Admits Glitch Affected Results

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 15, 2025

…Parents, Ohanaeze Youth kick as Board orders resit for over 200,000 candidates Some candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have called for the total cancellation of the results following the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) admission of technical errors that affected the performance of over 379,000 candidates. The aggrieved candidates, speaking with Daily Trust on Wednesday, expressed their frustration, disappointment and heartbreak after JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, publicly...

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Tinubu to Attend Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV in Rome

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu to Attend Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV in Rome

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 15, 2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Saturday, 17 May 2025, depart Abuja for Rome to attend the inauguration mass of the newly elected head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV. According to a press statement signed by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the President will be attending the solemn mass at the invitation of the new Pontiff. Pope Leo XIV, born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was...

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Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Eases to 23.71% in April, Says NBS

BusinessNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Inflation Rate Eases to 23.71% in April, Says NBS

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 15, 20251

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined slightly to 23.71 per cent  in April 2025, down from 24.23 per cent recorded in March, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday. The NBS noted that the 0.52 percentage point drop indicates a modest easing of inflationary pressures in Africa’s largest economy. On a month-on-month basis, the headline inflation rate stood at 1.86 per cent in April,...

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