By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Justice Anthony Onovo of the Enugu State High Court has ordered the British Government to pay £420 millionin compensation to the families of 21 coal miners killed by colonial authorities during the 1949 Iva Valley massacre in Enugu State, reports thegazellenews.com. The judgment, delivered on Thursday, 5 February, 2026 in Enugu, comes 77 years after the miners were shot dead on November 18, 1949, at the Iva Valley Coal Mine then located in the administrative capital of the Eastern Region of British-administered Nigeria while protesting harsh working conditions. In the suit marked E/909/2024, the court held…
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Abdullahi Lankai, popularly known as “Lantai Officer,” a repentant bandit leader earlier reported killed in a violent factional clash, has resurfaced alive and returned to his community, PRNigeria reports. Multiple community sources in Jibia and Batsari Local Government Areas of Katsina State disclosed that Lankai arrived home on Monday evening, effectively debunking widespread claims that he had been executed during recent hostilities among armed groups. Speculation over his alleged death eased on Wednesday after a video surfaced showing Lankai being received by a crowd of residents and associates. The footage, now circulating locally, captures emotional scenes across the Batsari–Jibia corridor,…
Savannah Energy PLC, the British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects that Matter, has released its financial and operational update on its Nigerian operations and other markets in Africa, including up-to-date cash collections in its Nigerian business. The update shows that its gross production in Nigeria averaged 18.8 Kboepd for FY 2025, of which 83% was gas (FY 2024: 88%). Following the completion of the SIPEC Acquisition in March 2025, it had commenced a 18-month expansion programme that saw it Stubb Creek average gross daily production increase to 3.0 Kbopd in 2025, approximately 13% above the 2024…
In line with the administration’s commitment to promoting civic participation and democratic inclusion, the Executive Chairman of Imota Local Council Development Area, Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele, has commenced the ward-based Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise—an initiative designed to make voter registration more accessible by bringing the process closer to residents at the grassroots. Speaking during a visit to the Igbokuta registration centre, the Council Chairman emphasized that political awareness begins with civic responsibility. He noted that active participation in the voter registration process is essential to strengthening democratic institutions and ensuring effective representation. He also commended the All Progressives Congress…
We give all glory to Almighty Allah (SWT) for the life of The OTUNBA, my father-in-law, and my father. I chose to address him by these three titles because, over the years, our relationship transformed from when, in the early 80s, as a young man growing up, he was the one many of my peers and I aspired to be like in the corporate world. His accomplishments in the corporate world, his business acumen, his wisdom, his sophistication, his hard work and strength were values that we admired from afar. Yes, many people bear the traditional title of Otunba, but…
Hallos, formerly known as Aahbibi, has officially announced its rebrand alongside the launch of more than 5,000 self-paced courses aimed at strengthening knowledge transfer, accelerating skill acquisition, and improving literacy among everyday learners across Africa and beyond. The new identity signals a renewed commitment to building an inclusive, creator-driven learning ecosystem that equips individuals with practical, relevant skills for today’s economy. Positioned as a creator-economy engine, Hallos brings together education, entertainment, and commerce within a single digital platform. It integrates live classes hosted by creators, social commerce and merchandising, podcast-driven learning, and quiz-based gamification. This blended approach is designed to…
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hits a return to Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti during their men’s singles quarter-final match on day eleven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2026. (Photo by IZHAR KHAN / AFP) / — IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE — By Wale Joseph The Nigeria Athletics Federation, AFN, has invited 32 athletes to Camp in Asaba as preparations for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland The six-weeks camping programme in Asaba, Delta State, is made up of 16 male and 16 female athletes. The contingent is expected to arrive…
The Executive Chairman of Alimosho Local Government, Hon. Akinpelu Ibrahim Johnson, has charged security stakeholders to intensify their efforts towards ensuring a safer and more sanitised community. He made this call during the first Peace and Security Meeting of 2026, held at his office. According to the Chairman, it is imperative for residents to know their neighbours, particularly non-Nigerians who parade themselves as northerners. He noted that individuals from countries such as Chad, Senegal, Mali and Niger are present in some communities and that failure to properly document them poses serious security risks. He therefore appealed to immigration officers to…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nollywood actress Aunty Ajara has died after a prolonged illness, a development that has plunged the Nigerian film industry into grief and triggered an outpouring of emotions across social media. The actress was pronounced dead in the early hours of Thursday, 5 February, 2026, after battling the illness for some time while receiving treatment inhospital. Her health condition had earlier prompted colleagues and associates to make public appeals to Nigerians for financial support to aid her medical care. Her death was confirmed in a viral video shared by actor Tobi Oladele Teemony, which captured the moment…
By Jude Obioha In Nigerian politics, perception often travels faster than facts. Few issues illustrate this better than the chorus of criticism surrounding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s foreign trips. For months, critics have framed his diplomatic engagements as excessive travel, as political optics over substance. But that narrative is increasingly collapsing under the weight of tangible outcomes. The truth is that Tinubu’s foreign engagements are not leisurely excursions; they are deliberate economic and geopolitical missions, and Nigeria is already harvesting the dividends. Democracy indeed demands scrutiny, and no president should be immune from public questioning. Yet accountability must be grounded…