Buhari To Be Buried At His Daura Compound – Katsina Gov Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has disclosed that the former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will be buried in the compound of his house in Daura, the state capital. Radda, who was with Buhari’s family in London, where he died in a clinic on Sunday, 13 July, 2025, aged 82, made this disclosure to BBC Hausa on Tuesday, 15 July, 2025 Buhari’s body left London on morning of Tuesday, 15 July, 2025 on Nigeria’s presidential aircraft. According to the schedule announced by Katsina Governor, the former President’s remains will be…
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The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari, on morning of Tuesday15 July, 2025, departed London, the United Kingdom, for Daura, Katsina State, ahead of a state burial, reportsthegazellenews.com. The body of the late President was conveyed on a Nigerian Air Force craft. Vice President Kashim Shettima is, leading a high-level Federal Government delegation to finalise documentation and logistical arrangements for the repatriation of the ex-president’s remains. On Monday, 14 July, 2025, the Federal Government said that President Bola Tinubu will receive the former President’s remains in Katsina ahead of his final interment in Daura, Katsina State. The Minister of Information and…
India’s Fauja Singh, believed to be the world’s oldest distance runner, has died in a road accident aged 114, his biographer Khushwant Singh disclosed on Tuesday, 14 July, 2025. Singh, an Indian-born British national, nicknamed the “Turbaned Tornado”, died after being hit by a vehicle in Punjab state’s Jalandhar district on Monday, 14 July, 2025. “My Turbaned Tornado is no more,” “He was struck by an unidentified vehicle… in his village, Bias, while crossing the road. Rest in peace, my dear Fauja.” Singh wrote on X handle. Singh did not have a birth certificate but his family said he was…
The Edo State Sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Cyril Mathew on Monday, 14 July, 2025 disclosed that at least 75 persons were reportedly killed in road accidents between January and June, 2025 in the state, reports thegazellenews.com. Mathew, who said the victims were killed in 101 road crashes that occurred in the state, also disclosed that no fewer than 903 passengers were involved in the accidents, 304 sustained injuries while 75 persons lost their lives within the period under review. The state sector commander of FRSC made this disclosure to newsmen in Benin City, the state capital.…
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that it has uncovered two major notorious human trafficking syndicates and arrested 11 suspects operating within the country, reports thegazellenews.com. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the development in a statement, said acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Zone-13 Police Command executed a precision-led sting operation, targeting a deeply rooted child trafficking and baby factory network. According to Adejobi, the operation resulted in the rescue of multiple victims including children and pregnant women. The NPF image-maker also added that the operation led to the arrest of eight suspects from various…
By Babafemi Ojudu Former President Muhammadu Buhari goes home today. His life’s mission—however defined—is complete, and he journeys now to account for his deeds before his Maker. Buhari is a man I admired from my university days. As a young man, I was drawn to the stories of his discipline, frugality, and unyielding belief in Nigeria. He stood apart from many of his peers—men he often considered complicit in the decline of our nation. With them, there was little tolerance for compromise. History will remember Buhari for his spartan lifestyle, his honesty of purpose, and his deep, if often misunderstood,…
Nigerian striker, Umar Abubakar, has penned a five -year contract with Portuguese club, Famalicão, reports the gazellenews.com. Famalicão paid €800,000 to secure his services from Nigerian academy, Footwork FC. The 19-year-old spent last season on loan at Belgian second division club, Jong Gent where he scored 21 goals in 27 matches. Despite his goals helping the club secure promotion to the Belgian Challenger Pro League, Jong Genk refused to sign him on a permanent transfer. Abubakar had offers from other clubs in Europe but decided to pitch his tent with Famalicão.
The late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, who died on Sunday, July 13, 2025, has been laid to rest with the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun describing him as a pride of Ijebuland, Ogun State and Nigeria as a whole. Oba Adetona was crowned as the Awujale of Ijebuland in 1960 and was the longest reigning monarch in the country. Speaking after the monarch was committed to mother earth at Ogbagba Court, Igbeba, Ijebu-Ode, the governor noted the enormous development Oba Adetona brought to Ijebuland in his 65 years on the throne, saying he was an enduring…
A data from the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has revealed that several months after the minimum wage was officially signed by the then President Muhammadu Buhari, now late, nine states of the federation have yet to implement the new minimum wage of N70,000 for teachers. The states, according to the data are: Adamawa, Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe Kaduna, Nasarawa, Yobe, and Zamfara. Recall that President Bola Tinubu signed the minimum wage bill into law on July 29, 2024, following its passage by the National Assembly on July 23, 2024. It was gathered that, as at last year, no fewer…
A new report by Afrinvest West Africa has revealed that Nigeria’s two listed palm oil giants -Okomu Oil Palm Plc and Presco Plc, are expected to rake in N161 billion profits in 2025 According to the report, this will be achieved as a result of rice crude palm oil (CPO) prices and strong operational fundamentals, According to the report projects that the combined profit before tax (PBT) of Okomu Oil Palm Plc and Presco Plc, Nigeria’s two listed palm oil giants, will rise 38.8 percent year-on-year from N166.8 billion in 2024 to N231.5 billion in 2025, while profit after tax…