Quadri Alabi, Framed for Armed Robbery, Freed from Prison After Legal Intervention

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaQuadri Alabi, Framed for Armed Robbery, Freed from Prison After Legal Intervention

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 17, 2025

Quadri Yusuf Alabi, the 17-year-old teenager who gained attention ahead of the 2023 general elections for standing before Peter Obi’s convoy, has been freed after months of wrongful imprisonment at the Kirikiri Medium Security Custodial Centre. Alabi was framed for armed robbery by the Lagos police following a set-up by local ‘area boys’. Alabi was abducted in January 2025 by two local thugs, identified as Lege and Baba Waris, who had been harassing him for...

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Mo Abudu Makes TIME100 List, Joins Pantheon of Influential Nigerians

LifestyleNewsNigeriaMo Abudu Makes TIME100 List, Joins Pantheon of Influential Nigerians

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 17, 2025

Nigerian media mogul and CEO of EbonyLife Group, Mo Abudu, has been named one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2025 by TIME Magazine. The prestigious list, which honours global figures for their impact, innovation, and achievements, appears in the April 28 issue of the magazine. Abudu joins the ranks of past Nigerian honourees including Wole Soyinka, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Aliko Dangote, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Tony Elumelu, and Burna Boy, whose...

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NewsOnly 200 South East Youths Apply for Army Recruitment, Says Nigerian Army

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 17, 2025

…Soludo Tasks Traditional Rulers with Mobilising 10 Youths from Each Community to Join the Army The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm over the poor turnout of youths from the South East in its ongoing recruitment exercise, revealing that only 200 youths from the entire region have so far registered. Brigadier General Chima Ekeator, who leads the Army’s recruitment sensitisation team in Anambra State, shared the concern during a meeting with community leaders and youth...

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Armed Forces Kill Terrorist Leader, Bello Kaura

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaArmed Forces Kill Terrorist Leader, Bello Kaura

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 17, 2025

…Bomb Insurgent Strongholds in Sambisa The Nigerian Armed Forces have intensified their operations against terrorists across the country, killing scores of insurgents, including a notorious kingpin, and destroying key insurgent strongholds in multiple coordinated strikes. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday said troops of Operation Fasan Yamma neutralised a dreaded terrorist leader, Bello Kaura, in a precision airstrike between April 10 and 16, 2025. Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye, who disclosed this...

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PDP Vows To Ensure Killers Of Organizing Secretary Are Arrested

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Vows To Ensure Killers Of Organizing Secretary Are Arrested

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 17, 2025

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says it will ensure that killers of the Organizing Secretary of the party, Hong local government chapter of Adamawa State, Thomas Godwin alias Zamfara, who was gruesomely murdered, are brought to justice. Speaking in an emotional tone at the burial ground on Thursday of the deceased at his hometown, Kala’a, in Hong local government area of Adamawa State, former Minister of Health, Dr. Aliyu Hong, called on the authorities to ensure...

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Terrorists Kill Six, Injure Many, Loot Foodstuff, and Burn Houses In Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTerrorists Kill Six, Injure Many, Loot Foodstuff, and Burn Houses In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 17, 2025

Two communities, Banga and Larh in Dugwaba district of Hong local government area of Adamawa State, have witnessed another incursion by suspected members of the outlawed terrorist group Boko Haram. The terrorists who struck the communities have killed six people and injured many others, including Police Inspector. Confirming the incident in a telephone interview, the Commandant of the local security outfit ‘Vigilante Group’, Mr Simon Dabna whose members are assisting security agencies in the maintenance...

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FBN Launches Digital Xperience Centre in University of Nigeria Nsukka

EducationNewsNigeriaFBN Launches Digital Xperience Centre in University of Nigeria Nsukka

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 17, 2025

The First Bank of Nigeria PLC has launched a fully automated Digital Xperience Centre, DXC, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State At the launch on Wednesday, the Managing Director of First Bank, Mr. Olusegun Alebiosu stated that the Digital Experience Centre enables financial inclusion for customers to experience world-class innovative banking services. On its operation, the FBN MD, Mr. Alebiosu explained, “It is very simple. Get your ATM cards and do your transactions...

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NELFUND, NOA Moves Against Institutions Abusing Students’ Loan Program

EducationNewsNigeriaNELFUND, NOA Moves Against Institutions Abusing Students’ Loan Program

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 17, 2025

Recent investigations into the disbursement of the Federal Government Student Loan Fund uncovered several unethical practices by some institutions of higher learning. The National Orientation Agency (NOA) report revealed that beneficiary institutions of higher learning and banks are conspiring to short-change the students; Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, Director General of NOA, announced this finding after meeting with Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, NELFUND. A publication signed by Paul Odenyi,...

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FG Declares Public Holidays for Easter Celebrations

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFG Declares Public Holidays for Easter Celebrations

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 16, 2025

The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially declared Friday, 18th April, and Monday, 21st April, 2025, as public holidays to mark the upcoming Easter celebrations. This announcement, made via a press statement issued on Tuesday, allows citizens a four-day break encompassing the Good Friday and Easter Monday observances. The press statement, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Magdalene Ajani, relayed the government’s decision. It quoted the Minister of Interior, Dr....

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Plateau Governor Announces New Security Measures After Deadly Attacks

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPlateau Governor Announces New Security Measures After Deadly Attacks

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 16, 2025

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has addressed the people of the state following deadly attacks in the Zikwe Village of Bassa Local Government Area and Bokkos, which have claimed over 50 lives in the past one week. In a statewide broadcast on Wednesday, 16 April, Mutfwang condemned the brutal attacks, describing them as “calculated, persistent, and painful,” but assured residents that Plateau remains “unbroken.” Mutfwang commended the swift response of emergency responders and security agencies,...

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