Month: September 2025
Suck-and-die: Deadly cheap drug turning youngsters into zombies
Cheap, toxic and easily accessible, a ‘new’ street substance known as suck-and-die is fast gaining notoriety among the youth. Marketed in secrecy and inhaled for its fleeting high, the chemical solven...
All hail King Ladoja!
The ancient city of Ibadan stood still on Friday as former Oyo State Governor, Rashidi Ladoja, was crowned the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland in a colourful ceremony attended by President Bola Tinubu, fo...
Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu‘s no-case submission, orders him to enter defence
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the no-case submission filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on Friday, held that the Depart...
Marketers fault Dangote’s 500,000-litre fuel delivery threshold
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has introduced a minimum purchase requirement of 500,000 litres of petrol for oil marketers wishing to benefit from its free delivery scheme, sparking debates across Nig...
Dangote Refinery reorganises workforce over sabotage, denies mass sack
The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has embarked on a sweeping reorganisation of its operations and workforce. The refinery said the decision was taken in response to repea...
Ladoja’s 32-year journey to Olubadan throne
All roads will converge on the historic Mapo Hall, the venue of the epoch-making coronation of Oba Rashidi Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, where For the coronation, Ibadan is preparing for ...
N’Delta militancy made Jonathan’s presidency possible – Ateke Tom
The Amanyanabo of Okochiri, Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, HRM Michael Ateke Tom, has said his decision to take up arms in the Niger Delta struggle was to draw attention to the plight a...