Category: News

Activist and publisher, Mr Omoyele Sowore, was on Thursday arrested within the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja by armed policemen, shortly after he appeared in solidarity with the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Sowore, who has been at the forefront of calls for Kanu’s release from detention, […]

With about three weeks to the elective convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) coming up in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Busola Oworu writes on preparations for the historic event, pulse of party faithful and some emerging issues. Ibadan is set to host thousands of leaders, elders and other loyalists of the Peoples Democratic […]

Niger State Government during the distribution of medical supplies for the victims…Photo Credit: Government House Niger State Government has conducted a mass burial for victims of the petrol tanker explosion that occurred in Essa village, Katcha Local Government Area, and has approved comprehensive free medical treatment for survivors of the tragedy. This was disclosed in […]

Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed | Photo credit: NMDPRA Despite increased refining capacity, Nigeria imported 69 per cent of the 21 billion litres of petrol it consumed between August 2024 and the first 10 days of October 2025, according to data from the NMDPRA, DARE OLAWIN reports […]

Following the Department of State Services alert on Tuesday that there was a plot by the Islamic State West Africa Province to attack Ondo and Kogi states, states have activated surveillance and counter-terror measures against the ISWAP plot. Kogi shares a boundary with 10 states. They include Benue in the East, Anambra in the South, […]

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says at least 39 persons died, with more than 60 injured, after a petrol tanker exploded in Niger state. On Tuesday, the articulated vehicle exploded in the Essa community, along the Agaie–Bida road, Katcha LGA of the state. The explosion occurred after the tanker tumbled, with residents reportedly scooping […]

The Senate on Wednesday called for a major shift in Nigeria’s electoral jurisprudence, urging the burden of proof in election petitions should rest on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rather than candidates. Its President, Godswill Akpabio made this call on Wednesday during deliberations on amendments to the Electoral Act 2022. He said INEC, as […]

Aregbesola National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, and former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, have condemned the attack on the party’s secretariat in Ado Ekiti. Residents and ADC members woke up on Tuesday to find that the secretariat had been set ablaze. Office equipment, plastic chairs, canopies, and sound […]

A new electricity tariff hike, secretly introduced by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, effective from October 1, 2025, has sparked an outrage in Akure, the state capital. The hike, described as unbearable generally by consumers, was allegedly implemented without prior notice or official communication from the company. The development, as investigations showed, has left […]

The All Progressives Congress in Lagos State has said that the opposition parties in the country have failed woefully on all counts, describing them as directionless. The party’s spokesman, Seye Oladejo, in a statement released on Tuesday, said the party observed with grave concern the deteriorating state of the so-called opposition parties in Nigeria. He […]