Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased further in November 2025, reflecting moderating consumer price pressures following the adoption of a new base year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. In its latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Monday, the NBS said the CPI increased to 130.5 points in November from 128.9 points in October, representing a month-on-month rise of 1.6 points. However, the headline inflation rate slowed to 14.45 per cent year on year, down from 16.05 per cent recorded in October. “The Consumer Price Index rose to 130.5 in November 2025, reflecting a 1.6-point increase from…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commenced steps to prosecute popular TikTok streamer, Habeeb Hamzat, widely known as Peller, following a road traffic crash linked to live streaming while driving. The Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, raised the alarm over what he described as an increasing trend of reckless road use among celebrities, content creators and social media influencers, warning that such conduct endangers lives and undermines national road safety efforts. His reaction followed the circulation of a video showing Peller engaging in a live TikTok session behind the wheel, an action that reportedly culminated in a crash. In a…
The Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutional powers of the President to declare a state of emergency in any part of the country to avert a breakdown of law and order. In a unanimous decision, the apex court also upheld the President’s authority to suspend elected officials for a specified period during the operation of emergency rule. The ruling followed a suit instituted by Adamawa State alongside 10 other states governed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which challenged the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in March. The court held that the President…
A Lagos-based man, Mr Kolawole Adesina, has urged the court to intervene in what he described as prolonged delays surrounding the reading of his late father’s will, saying the development has worsened an enduring family dispute and hampered the proper administration of the estate. Kolawole, son of the late Prince Emmanuel Adesina, a former senior manager with the United Bank for Africa (UBA), said efforts to have the will formally read at the Lagos State High Court have repeatedly been frustrated by objections and counterclaims from other interested parties. He explained that Prince Adesina died in 2006 after a prolonged…
No fewer than 48 shops were destroyed in an early morning fire that swept through the Elegushi Model Market in Lekki, Lagos State. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Sunday, was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu. He said the agency received a distress call at about 2 a.m. and immediately mobilised emergency responders to the market, which was already engulfed in flames on their arrival. Oke-Osanyintolu noted that the swift intervention of the emergency team helped to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading to adjoining…
A gas explosion on Sunday triggered a fire outbreak that gutted a building comprising three-bedroom flats in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident occurred at about 4:27 p.m. at Temidere Community, Reke, in Asa Local Government Area, throwing residents into panic as flames engulfed the affected building. Confirming the development, the spokesman of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, said the inferno involved a block of three-bedroom flats, all of which were impacted following a sudden gas explosion. He said preliminary investigations indicated that gas leakage caused the explosion, which subsequently led to the fire outbreak.…
Panic broke out at Gari Dam in Gari Local Government Area of Kano State after a 15-year-old boy, Yusuf Danliti, fell into an open body of water but was later rescued by firefighters. The Kano State Fire Service said it swiftly intervened following a distress call alerting it to the incident at the dam. According to a press release signed by the Public Relations Officer of the service, ACFO Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, the fire service “received a distress call at about 12:00 pm from Usman Garba, reporting an incident at Gari Dam” on Saturday, 13 December 2025. He said personnel…
A father and his son have been identified as the perpetrators of a deadly shooting at a Jewish festival in Sydney’s Bondi Beach that claimed 15 lives, including a child, in what authorities described on Monday as an antisemitic act of terrorism. The assailants opened fire on Sunday evening as crowds gathered at the popular beach to celebrate the start of Hanukkah, sending revellers and tourists fleeing in panic across the area. Among those killed was a 10-year-old girl, while no fewer than 42 others sustained gunshot wounds and related injuries and were rushed to hospital. The incident is Australia’s…
The Kwara State Government has dismissed as false and misleading viral social media reports claiming that the Nigerian Army arrested armed bandits in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The government’s clarification comes on the heels of a video making the rounds on social media, in which some suspects allegedly arrested in Ifelodun claimed they were supplied with arms and a vehicle by the state government. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Commissioner for Communications, Mrs Bola Olukoju, the government stated that no armed bandit was arrested by the Army or any other security agency in Ifelodun…
Popular TikToker Habeeb Hamzat, widely known as Peller, was involved in a car crash while livestreaming on TikTok amid reports of a breakup with his girlfriend, Jarvis. Videos from the live session circulating online show the content creator visibly distressed, crying while driving and making alarming statements, including, “I’m going to kill myself. I’m scared. I want to die, my body is shaking.” He also hinted at ingesting poison, adding that “the person that’s bringing the sniper will not come anymore.” In the footage, Peller appeared overwhelmed and was heard saying, “Foolish girl, and they always warned me that Benin…