BREAKING: Gunmen attack train station, kidnap passengers in Edo state An unspecified number of passengers have been kidnapped by suspected armed gunmen who attacked a train station at Igueben in Edo State. The Edo State Police Command said scores of passengers waiting to board a train from the Igueben station in Igueben Local Government Area

BREAKING: Nigerian Military Sets Ablaze Another Barge Caught With Illegal Crude Oil Arrested By Tompolo’s Men Details later… See photos below…

BREAKING: Tragedy befalls Omo-Agege campaign train as boat conveying members capsizes in Delta, about 9 missing  …Party suspends campaign activities The Ovie Omo-Agege Campaign Organization on Tuesday night, witnessed a very serious human carnage as one of the boats conveying members of his campaign team reportedly capsized along the Gbaramatu-Warri river, leaving no fewer than

MONEY LAUNDERING: Labour Party Presidential Campaign DG, Doyin Okupe, resigns The Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Doyin Okupe has resigned. His decision is to enable him pursue his corruption case in Court. ALSO READ: PETER OBI: Prospects and Challenges He conveyed his decision in a letter to his principal, the Presidential Candidate

BREAKING: Senate confirms Lauretta Onochie, Ogbokwu, other NDDC board members  The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the president’s Special Assistant on New Media, Lauretta Ifeanyi-Onochie, as the substantive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission Board. The Senate Tuesday at the plenary also confirmed 12 others except two who didn’t attend the screening conducted

SAD: Prominent Ijaw chief shot dead in Sapele A prominent chief of Egbema Ijaw kingdom in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief James Ukulor, has been shot dead by gunmen. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the gunmen attacked the Oweilawei of Egbema Kingdom in Eko Amukpe, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta state, Sunday

BREAKING: Gospel Musician, Sammie Okposo is dead Ace gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, is dead. According to PUNCH, the singer died on Friday morning. He was 51. His project manager, Hillary Vincent, confirmed the news to our correspondent via phone call. Responding to inquiries, he said, “Yes it’s true. It happened this morning.” Vincent, however, denied

BREAKING: Tinubu, APC presidential candidate to storm Gbaramatu kingdom, sets to meet Tompolo on Friday Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate in the forthcoming general election in the country will on Friday, November 25, 2022, storm Oporoza, the ancestral headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area

BREAKING: WhatsApp is down worldwide, users unable to send, receive messages WhatsApp, the instant communication app owned by Meta, is reportedly down. WhatsApp users in Nigeria are currently unable to send or receive messages on the app. WhatsApp outage was noted few minutes past 8:00 Tuesday morning (WAT). The outage has prevented sending messages to

7 feared dead as gunmen attack Apostle Suleman in Edo Seven persons made up of three policemen and four domestic staff of fiery pastor, Apostle Johnson Suleman of the Omega Fire Ministries were killed late Friday near Auchi at the Water Tank Junction along the Warake -Auchi Road on his way to Auchi returning from

BREAKING: Supreme court affirms Oborevwori as Delta PDP guber candidate The supreme court has affirmed the nomination of Sherrif Oborevwori, speaker of Delta state house of assembly, as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). ALSO READ: DELTA PDP GOVERNORSHIP TUSSLE: Tension, anxiety as Supreme Court decides Oborevwori, Edevbie’s fate today Delivering judgment

Buhari sacks NDDC sole administrator, Akwa, orders constitution of a new board President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disengagement of the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Okon Akwa. In a memo signed by the Director of press, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Patricia Deworitshe, Buhari ordered that the directive should

[EXCLUSIVE] Tompolo makes another shocking discovery in Delta, detects illegal oil pipeline connected to high sea The Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a company owned by High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, has discovered another massive illegal crude oil pipeline attached to Trans Forcados Export Trunkline connected directly to the high sea in Delta state.

BREAKING: Appeal Court frees Nnamdi Kanu The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has set free, the leader of the Indeginous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu of the treasonable felony charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. The three-member panel of Justices of the Appellate Court, in a judgement delivered on Thursday, set aside

BREAKING: Police arrest popular Nigerian singer, Harrysong, at Lagos airport Popular Nigerian Singer, Harrison Tare Okiri, aka Harrysong, has been arrested by the Nigerian police on arrival in Lagos. The singer was picked up by officers of the Lagos State Police command after he arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday morning. Speaking about the development, the

BREAKING: Court rejects Senate President Lawan, declares Machina’s APC senatorial candidate The Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu has ordered the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise Bashir Machina as Yobe North senatorial candidate of the party. The presiding judge, Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu, nullified the parallel primary election that

BREAKING: PDP crisis worsens as Wike’s camp pulls out of Atiku’s campaign council The camp of Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has officially announced its withdrawal from participating in the presidential campaign of the party for the 2023 elections. The group made its position known after a long meeting

Atiku meets Wike, Ortom, Fayose, others in London Former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, met with the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, in London, United Kingdom. The meeting, which had been long expected since after the duo fell out aftermath of the

BREAKING: Again, fire guts popular Miller Waterside in Warri The popular Miller Waterside located along the NPA express way in Warri, Delta state is currently on fire Details as to what caused the fire outbreak was still sketchy at the time of this report. More to follow…

Nigerian senators move to impeach Buhari over insecurity, as Lawan blocks move Senators cutting across party lines, on Wednesday, issued President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to resolve the worsening insecurity in the country or face impeachment. According to the Senators, they have given the president all that he needed to tackle the security challenges

Today in Nigeria and around the world: A roundup of the big news on Wednesday These are the big news across Nigeria and around the world that might interest you today, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. 1. Nigerian terrorist groups plot massive attacks on Lagos, Kaduna, Kano, others There were strong indications on Tuesday that two

BREAKING: Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, loses brother, Ambassador Akporode Foremost Diplomat, Ambassador Blessing Akporode Clark is dead. Ambassador Clark who died 26th July, 2022 in Lagos at the age of 92 years is the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. In a statement signed by

Today in Nigeria and around the world: A roundup of the big news on Tuesday These are the big news across Nigeria and around the world that might interest you today, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. 1. Panic in Abuja over attack on soldiers by terrorists Residents of Abuja were yesterday thrown into panic after some

Students evacuated as FG orders closure of Federal Government College in Abuja over security threats …​​Security beef up in Unity colleges The ministry of education has ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College, Kwali, in the federal capital territory (FCT) over security threats. In a statement issued on Monday, Ben Goong, director of

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, officially unveiled former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate for 2023. ALSO READ: Today’s BIG NEWS headlines from Nigeria and around the world, Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Tinubu, who is a former Lagos State governor alongside other APC stalwarts, including the party’s

Nollywood veteran actress, Ada Ameh, is dead. The actress, known for her role as Emu in African Magic family drama, The Johnsons, died on Sunday night. ALSO READ: Popular Nollywood actor, Victor Olaotan is dead The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rolla, confirmed the news via telephone chat on Monday morning to

BREAKING: Yakubu Maikyau emerges new president of Nigerian Bar Association A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Yakubu Maikyau, has emerged as the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Maikyau, SAN, polled a total of 22, 342 votes to defeat his major challenger, Chief J. K. Gadzama, SAN, who got 10, 842 votes out

Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been declared the winner of the Osun governorship election. Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, returning officer for the state, announced the result of the election on Sunday morning. ALSO READ: Wild jubilation as Davido’s uncle, Senator Adeleke, wins polling unit in Osun 2022 election Adeleke secured

2023: Court serves INEC order to replace Delta PDP governorship candidate, Oborevwori’s name with Edevbie The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been served with the court order which disqualified Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Delta State. Oborevwori, who is also the Speaker of the Delta House

BREAKING: Ivana Trump, ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, dies at 73 Ivana Trump, the first wife of the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, and mother of his three eldest children, has died at the age of 73. Ivana Trump “passed away at her home in New York City,” Donald Trump announced