The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old housewife and her 30-year-old accomplice for allegedly staging her own kidnapping and extorting N2.5 million from her husband. The command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on…
Unknown gunmen killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in an attack at a township outside Johannesburg, police said in Sunday, in the second mass shooting in South Africa this month. The motive for the attack at Bekkersdal, 40 kilometres…
In a powerful display of gratitude and respect for legacy, the Minister of Works and immediate past Governor of Ebonyi State, HE Sen. Engr. David Umahi, CON, on Saturday, December 20, 2025, paid Christmas and season greetings visits to the…
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has approved the disbursement of N254 million to indigent widows and the elderly in the state for the Christmas celebrations. According to NAN, the governor, represented by his deputy, Patricia Obila, made this known…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 12 people and two others injured in a road crash on Friday along the Ejule–Enugu highway in Kogi State. Disclosing this while speaking with newsmen in Lokoja on Saturday,…
The United States Government has temporarily stopped the legal immigration applications filed by Nigerians and other new countries added to the US “travel ban” proclamation this week, CBC News reports. The move mainly affects immigrants who hail from certain African…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have intercepted two pick-up vans suspected to be conveying logistics supplies to Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno State. This was disclosed by the Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force Operation Hadin…
Abia State Governor Dr. Alex Otti , OFR has restated his long-standing position that he will retire from active politics after he is done with Governorship, insisting that he has no presidential, vice presidential or senatorial ambition after his governorship…
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has announced the release and departure of the pilots and crew of the Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft (NAF 913) that had been detained in Burkina Faso. In a statement issued…
President Bola Tinubu has earmarked N5.41tn for Security, the single largest allocation in the proposed 2026 budget. Disclosing this on Friday while presenting the N58.18tn 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly, Tinubu said national security…
