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Tragedy struck early Thursday, December 11, 2025, when at least eight students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) in Plateau State were killed after a trailer lost control and crashed into a bus carrying them from a night outing on Zaria Road in Jos. According to eyewitnesses, in addition to the eight students who died on the spot, the bus driver also lost his life, while two students who survived the accident were rushed to a nearby hospital. The students were reportedly returning from a night outing around 2 AM in two hired buses when, in the Zaria Road Stadium area, a trailer travelling at high speed apparently suffered brake failure and rammed into one of the buses. The impact caused the bus driver to lose control, sending the vehicle crashing into an electric pole just before the Farin Gada bridge. A survivor recounted: “The collision tore the bus apart, killing eight occupants instantly before emergency responders later arrived to evacuate the bodies and rushed the two to a nearby...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (left) with Mo Abudu  Two  Nigerian women, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Mo Abudu, have been listed among Forbes’ 100 World’s Most Powerful Women for 2025. The list, published on the magazine’s website on Wednesday, recognises women who hold significant influence in business, politics, culture, and global leadership. It also highlights the growing impact of both Nigerian women in global trade and media. They appear alongside world figures such as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (No. 1), European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde (No. 2), Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi (No. 3), Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum (No. 5), and Namibia’s Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (No. 79). Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ranked 92nd, is the current Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. She is the first woman and first African to hold the position, which she assumed in March 2021. Forbes described her as “an economist and i...

  A  former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has again dismissed claims of a “massacre” at the Lekki Toll Gate during the 2020 EndSARS protests, insisting the narrative was driven by fake news and unverified reports amplified on social media. Mohammed said this during an interview on ARISE News on Wednesday while speaking about his new book, Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments That Defined an Administration. According to him, one of the major crises of his tenure was battling misinformation, especially during EndSARS. “EndSARS was unfortunate, it was tragic, but that there was a massacre at the tollgate is fake news,” he said. He  insisted that no family has come forward in five years to report a missing relative linked to the Lekki protest. “If a man has a goat and the goat does not come home one night, he will go out and look for that goat. Now, five years on today, nobody has come to tell us that my son or my ward went to the tollgate and didn’t c...

  A  yet-to-be-identified officer of the Lagos State Police Command was on Wednesday captured on video begging for help as an irate mob accused him of theft, tearing his uniform and leaving him with visible injuries. In a viral video circulating online, the  officer, with his uniform torn and his mouth bloodied, was surrounded by residents shouting “Ole! Ole!” (thief) as onlookers recorded the scene on their mobile phones. Despite the officer’s pleas, the mob continued to interrogate him, with some insisting that he must explain his alleged involvement in the incident that triggered the confrontation.  A few other policemen were seen attempting to rescue him from the enraged crowd, but their efforts were met with resistance as tension escalated. Reacting to the widely circulated video, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Abimbola Adebisi, said the command had launched an investigation to verify the circumstances and confirm the identity of the office...

  RB Leipzig on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, named Tatjana Haenni as the club’s new chief executive, making her the first woman club boss in German football history. The  59-year-old Swiss will take over on January 1, 2026 and will head Leipzig’s management board. A former footballer, Haenni made 23 appearances for the Swiss national team. Since retiring, she has taken up sports administration roles at UEFA, FIFA and the Swiss Football Association (SFV). “I can’t wait to get started in January and to get to know the club on a deeper level,” Haenni said in a statement released Wednesday. “Together, we want to continue on what is already a successful path, and achieve our ambitious goals.” Former CEO and current Red Bull executive Oliver Mintzlaff praised Haenni’s “specialist knowledge, leadership and strategic thinking”, adding she would “successfully shape the club’s next stages of development”. Founded in 2009 by taking over a club in Germany’s fifth tier, RB Leipzig rose th...

  The  Screening Committee of the Accord Party has declared Governor Ademola Adeleke as the sole aspirant for the party’s governorship ticket. This  was confirmed in a statement by the Chairman of the Screening Committee and National Organising Secretary of the party, Ibe Thankgod. Thankgod said Adeleke, met all the requirements for nomination and was subsequently cleared as the sole candidate for the party. He also described the governor as a “worthy gubernatorial aspirant” of the party. The certificate of clearance was presented to Adeleke by the committee chairman on Wednesday in Osogbo. Responding, Adeleke thanked the screening committee and the party leadership, saying he was ready to lead the Accord Party to victory in 2026. “I am ready for the primary, and I am ready for the general elections. ‘We are winning by God’s grace” , the governor was quoted as saying. Adeleke announced his defection to the Accord Party on Tuesday, December 9, after resigning his memb...