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A Nigerian man, Olusegun Onidare, has been arrested and charged over alleged s£xual assault of two women in separate incidents that occurred in the municipality of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.  NigerianPolitics CoverageThe Peel Regional Police confirmed the charges in a statement on Wednesday, September 2, stating that the incident occurred on August 31 when two women reported that they were assaulted by a man whose identity was unknown at the time.   According to the police, the first incident happened inside a mall in the city when a woman reported to be in her 20s was s£xually assaulted by a man later identified as Mr Onidare while shopping.  Later that day, the suspect allegedly approached an underage girl at a transit terminal, struck u...

Alleged r@pe: Court remands Odogwu Asaaba over late FavourA court in Delta State has ordered the remand of content creator, Ifeanyi Ogbonna, popularly known as Odogwu Asaba, at the Ogwashi Uku Maximum Correctional Centre over the alleged r@pe and demise of 20-year-old girl, late Favour Agbro.The remand order was granted following an application heard and granted by the court today Friday, September 4, 2026.Counsel to late Favour's family, Awele Ideal, gave the update on social media this afternoon.She said the remand comes barely a week after the autopsy and toxicology test results in the case involving the late Favour were made available to the police investigation team.https://youtu.be/QmACxtD_MIU?si=lzrZQYmWDFocpixE

Spokesman for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Kenneth Okonkwo, has said opposition parties will need to form a coalition if they hope to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.Okonkwo also dismissed the chances of Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi defeating Tinubu if he contests without a broader opposition alliance.He made the remarks during an interview with Ibeju Upgrade Media. According to Okonkwo, Obi would struggle to build enough support across the country, particularly in northern Nigeria, even if he were to run with former Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso.“Coalition is the only way out. So you don’t come down with a man who has told you from the beginning that power is not taken à la carte; you fight for ...

The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has dismissed suggestions of growing opposition to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North, saying the ruling party would win the presidential election as well as the governorship and other elective contests in Kaduna State.Musa spoke on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, while responding to suggestions that voters in Kaduna might punish the APC and President Tinubu over the performance of his administration.Musa described the perceived rejection of the APC in the North as a matter of perception, insisting that the party would win the state.He said, “That’s a perception. It’s a perception, and I mean, everybody has his own perception to deal with. People will always have the goo...

Arise TV abruptly ended a live broadcast this morning after Lere Olayinka, the media aide to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, insulted anchor Rufai Oseni and refused to answer his questions.Olayinka appeared as a guest on The Morning Show to face the program's three co-anchors: Dr. Reuben Abati, Rufai Oseni, and Ayo Mairo-Ese.The situation escalated when Oseni took his turn to question the media aide. Instead of responding to the query, Olayinka deflected and stated that he only came on the live show to answer questions from “reasonable people.”‘’I am very sorry to say this Rufai but I do not want to answer any question from you. I want this conversation to be among reasonable human beings, people who will not come and describe other people as Gbewu dani. I want this discussion to be...

The Federal Ministry of Works, Anambra State Field Headquarters, has officially announced the closure of the First Niger Bridge in Onitsha to commence repair works.The closure comes after last week’s visit by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, who inspected a vandalised section of the bridge, where bolts and iron rods had been stolen by scavengers.An official press release by the ministry’s field office in Anambra, signed by the State Controller, Mr Timothy Emenike, noted that the bridge would be closed for two weeks, starting Monday, 7 September 2026.The release read: “The attention of the general public, motorists and other road users is hereby drawn to the deteriorated condition of the First Niger Bridge, Onitsha, particularly the carriageway surface and certain bri...

Mr. Kenneth Okonkwo, a spokesman for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, entered a trap with the party. NigerianState UpdatesOkonkwo claimed that Obi was lured out of the ADC into the NDC, where he is now trapped.The actor and lawyer spoke in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, September 3, where he described Atiku as the leader of the opposition.Okonkwo said the former vice president challenged President Bola Tinubu to a debate because he is the leader of the opposition. “Atiku challenged Tinubu to a debate officially because he is the leader of the opposition.“NDC came into opposition on December 10 through a court order. ...

The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has weakened key mechanisms for regional integration and created a major challenge to cooperation within West Africa, the Presidency has said.Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, made the remarks on Thursday at a policy colloquium organised by the Ministry of Defence in Abuja.The three Sahelian countries formally left ECOWAS in January 2025, following their announcement in 2024 of plans to withdraw from the regional bloc. They have since strengthened their cooperation through the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).Dare said the withdrawal had disrupted regional mechanisms, particularly ECOWAS protocols aimed at promoting ec...

A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days, the longest on record, say US doctors.Doctors said the animal organ was used as a temporary “bridge” while the man waited for a transplant from a human donor.Tim Andrews, who had end-stage kidney disease, was 66 when he received the pig kidney in the US in January 2025. He lived successfully with the genetically edited organ for 271 days before moving to short-term dialysis and receiving a donor human kidney.It is the longest dialysis-free survival after a pig-kidney transplant in a living human and the first transition from pig-to-human kidney transplantation, doctors have said.The team from Mass General Brigham in the US published their findings in the Lancet medical journal.Lead auth...

The Presidency has clarified that the ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case involving records relating to President Bola Tinubu before a United States federal court is a civil records-disclosure dispute and not a criminal case.The clarification was contained in a statement issued on Thursday night by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.According to Onanuga, the case, filed before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, concerns requests for the disclosure of government records under the US FOIA. He said the matter originated from FOIA requests submitted in 2022 by Aaron Greenspan to several US government agencies seeking records relating to Tinubu. “The Presidency has noted recent speculative reports ...