Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed concern over the ongoing dispute between the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In a statement issued via his official X page on Saturday, Saraki urged those directly and indirectly involved in the ongoing faceoff to prioritise the protection of the Senate as an institution …

Mohammed El-Rufai, eldest son of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said he supports the probe of his father’s administration by the Kaduna State Government, provided it is done with clear, unbiased intent. In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Saturday, Mohammed stressed that while accountability is crucial, any probe must focus on uncovering facts …

The federal government has set up a forensic investigative committee to address the incessant grid collapses. Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, constituted the committee after an emergency meeting with the leadership of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Tuesday. In a statement by Bolaji Tunji, the minister’s media aide, Adelabu, during the …

The Federal Government has ordered an immediate investigation into the recent collapse of a two-storey building in Noman’s Land Quarters, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State. The collapse, which occurred on Thursday last week, has left two people dead and two others hospitalised, according to a report by the National Emergency Management Agency. In a statement issued on Monday …

The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, on Thursday ordered an investigation into the death of a yet-to-be-identified man dressed in women’s clothing. The police, in a statement by the command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said it received a distress call about a woman’s corpse found along the Katampe-Mabushi expressway and promptly dispatched detectives to the scene. Adeh added …

Barcelona has been charged with alleged bribery for payments worth over €7 million, made to companies linked with former vice president of the refereeing committee, José María Enríquez Negreira. This was confirmed by judicial sources to Spanish news agency, EFE. Former Barça presidents, Josep María Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell also stand accused of the same charges, as do Negreira and …

An undergraduate student of the National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Blessing Karami, who was declared missing on 11th September, has been found dead in the woods in the Karimo area of the Federal Capital Territory. This was as the police revealed that its primary focus is to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding Miss Karami’s …