A popular businesswoman and socialite, Princess Kadijat Adebisi Edionseri, widely known as Cash Madam, has died, aged 89. Edionseri, who was the Iya Sunnah of Egbaland, Yewaland, and Ogun State died after a brief illness on Sunday, January 5, 2025, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Her death was announced in a statement on behalf of the family by one of her children, Dr Adebayo Adebowale. The statement noted that…

The police have deployed operatives to find assailants who killed three children of a native doctor murdered at their home in Nise community in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the spokesman for the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, has said. Reports say the yet-to-be-identified killers scaled the fence of the building where they gained entry into the compound to carry out the act and subsequently…

As The Federal Government pursues an aggressive development in the nation’s transportation system, a mammoth N41.49 billion has been allocated specifically for rail infrastructure and modernization projects of the total N49.74 trillion proposed 2025 budget. From the information obtained from the copy of the Federal Government’s Final Budget Proposal for the 2025 fiscal year, which outlines plans for extensive infrastructure development, the Ministry of Transport will receive a total allocation…

Nigerian-born British politician and leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch and the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and eight other Nigerians, have been listed among the 100 Most Reputable Africans for 2025. According to NAN, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu was also named in the list, which was released on Sunday by Reputation Poll International (RPI), in partnership…

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama, which is scheduled to be held the same day. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. Mahama, who served as the 12th president of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was reelected in December 2024. He…

The Rivers State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Hon. Evans Bipi has that a total of seven people sustained severe injuries from a collapsed three-storey building at Aboga along Igwuruta-Etche road in Ikwerre. In a statement Bipi shared today through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Emeka Idika, he noted that the building under construction collapsed on Saturday. The Commissioner attributed the collapse of the building…

In a landmark moment for the Nigerian Army, Hajara Egbunu has made history as the first female soldier from the Infantry Corps to achieve the rank of Army Warrant Officer. A statement shared on their social media platform today, noted that the historic promotion ceremony took place on Friday, January 3, 2025, at the Command Conference Room in Abuja. This achievement underscored the growing recognition of women’s contributions within the…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has detained a woman, Khadija Ali for allegedly abandoning her one-day-old baby along a bush path in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. She said the abandoned one-day-old baby was recovered and rescued along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind an uncompleted Red Bricks Market in Mpape area.…

The explosion of a tanker laden with diesel has reportedly left two people dead at Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. The incident, which occurred on Sunday also destroyed many properties, including vehicles caught in the ensuing inferno. Though details of what caused the tanker explosion are still sketchy at the time of this report, NEW DAILY PRIME learned that the tanker fell on a vehicle while…

The Authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have released three Nigerian women who were arrested and detained for possession of illicit drugs. Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Kimiebi Ebienfah disclosed the development in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Ebienfa said the release followed high-level diplomatic engagement between the Nigerian government and Saudi authorities. He listed the released Nigerians as Hadiza Abba, Fatima Malah and Fatima Gamboi. They…

Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has declared three days of mourning and prayers, from today, January 5, to Tuesday, January 7, in honour of the late Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Temitayo Oluwatuyi.   The New Daily Prime earlier reported that Oluwatuyi passed away on Saturday while receiving treatment in the hospital after a car accident. Governor Aiyedatiwa described the late Oluwatuyi as a remarkable public servant who lived…

….Two ladies busted for peddling drug-laced cupcakes The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe for drug offences..According to a statement by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, operatives arrested Mbadiwe, who is also motivational speaker in a hotel in Lekki, Lagos on December 27, 2024. This, the spokesman said, followed the arrest of Mbadiwe’s partner,…