Author: Alade Adisa

Not less than 14 people were feared killed in an auto accident along Tage Bridge in the Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State. According to eyewitnesses, the accident, which occurred on Monday when a vehicle conveying passengers somersaulted and plunged into the river. One of the sources said the accident was gruesome, with many bodies littered around the scene. Confirming the accident on Monday through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Shi’isu Adam, the state police command revealed that the driver of the vehicle survived the accident and is currently assisting the police with investigations to ascertain the cause…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned against a new version of banking malware, Grandoreiro, that is targeting bank users globally. According to the agency, the banking Trojan is primarily distributed through phishing emails and fake websites. NITDA issued the warning on Monday via a statement seen by NEW DAILY PRIME. NITDA said, “A new version of the banking malware, Grandoreiro has emerged, targeting users globally. This banking Trojan is primarily distributed through phishing emails and fake websites. It tricks victims into downloading malware disguised as legitimate software updates or documents. “Grandoreiro uses advanced techniques, including screen overlay…

Chief Ezekiel Nwifuru Nwankpu, father of Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, has been crowned the traditional ruler of Oferekpe Agbaja Autonomous Community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Ezeogo Nwankpu, renowned for his extensive household, married 30 wives, although some who were unable to bear children eventually left. Currently, he lives with 17 wives and has fathered 108 children. The newly crowned king is a respected farmer and patriarch. Among his children, 21 have graduated from higher institutions, including Governor Nwifuru, who is one of the children from his fourth wife. The traditional ruler’s coronation has drawn…

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Monday, met with senior lawyer, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The former governor of Anambra State had pleaded with Babalola to have mercy and consider the “situation” of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, who is at the Ekiti prison. The legal luminary has come under intense criticisms since he petitioned the Nigerian police to arrest Farotimi, with Nigerians locally and in the diaspora already set for a mega protest to force the release of the detained activist cum lawyer. Obi, who came from Lagos to Ekiti…

There were indications that the Lagos State Government may have suspended operations on its Red Line Mass Transit Train Service until further notice. There were reports that the operations of the train service ran into troubled waters last week. Also, many passengers observed mechanical failure on the morning belt of the train service last Monday. A passenger, who did not identify himself that boarded the train from Iju, said they had been told the train had developed a mechanical fault and when they got to Mushin, all passengers were instructed to disembark, as the train could no longer move. Watch…

The Kebbi State Police Command has rescued 36 kidnapped victims along the Mairairai/Bena road in Danko/ Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. This was contained in a statement issued by the police spokesman, Nafiu Abubakar on Monday. According to the statement, gunmen in large numbers barricaded Mairairai/Bena road on December 8, 2024, and kidnapped 36 people who were coming back from their respective farms. The police said upon receipt of the report, a combined team of the Police, Army and vigilante mobilised to the scene and engaged the bandits in a gun duel, overpowered them, forcing them to escape…

On Thursday, TIME will announce the 2024 Person of the Year. Since 1927, TIME has named a person, group, or concept that had the biggest impact—for good or for ill—on the world over the previous 12 months. In 2023, TIME selected pop superstar Taylor Swift as Person of the Year. Other previous selections include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the “spirit of Ukraine” in 2022, tech titan Elon Musk in 2021, the Ebola fighters in 2014, and former U.S. President Barack Obama in 2012 and 2008. 10 candidates, revealed this morning on NBC’s Today show, are under consideration for TIME’s…

…Sends troops over the border Israel said it has struck chemical weapons stockpiles, and Israeli troops crossed into Syrian territory for the first time in 50 years after an Islamist rebel force seized the capital, Damascus, on Sunday and toppled President Bashar al-Assad. Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s foreign minister, told reporters Israel attacked Syria’s “strategic weapons systems,” including stockpiles of chemical weapons and long-range missiles and rockets, “in order that they will not fall in the hands of extremists.” The strikes came after the Syrian Islamist movement Hayat Tahrir al-Sham made an extraordinary march from its base in the northwest and…

Members of the South East Caucus in the Senate have insisted that they must consult with their constituents before taking a position on President Bola Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills currently undergoing legislative process at both Chambers of the National Assembly, “As much as the entire senators from South East , are not against the tax reform bills before both chambers of the National Assembly for consideration , we want wider consultations to be carried out on them. ”Specifically, we need to consult with our constituents across the 15 senatorial districts in the zone , with our state governments and other…

President Joe Biden said Sunday that the sudden collapse of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad is a “fundamental act of justice” after decades of repression, but it was “a moment of risk and uncertainty” for the Middle East. Biden spoke at the White House hours after rebel groups completed a takeover of the country following more than a dozen years of violent civil war and decades of leadership by Assad and his family. Biden said the United States was monitoring reports of the whereabouts of Assad, with Russian state media saying he had fled to Moscow and received asylum…