A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least one person and triggering regional tsunami warnings that were later lifted. The quake hit about 20 kilometres (12 miles) off Manay in the Mindanao region at…
An Ebonyi-born Award winning Author, Mazi Ogbonnaya Okoro has bagged an Award of Global Impact in Igbo Studies” from the Department of Languages and Linguistics, Ebonyi State University years after he wrote a physics text book in Igbo language. The…
The Nigerian Police Force has temporarily suspended the enforcement of the law that prohibits the use of vehicles with tinted glasses. It disclosed that the suspension is pending the outcome of the hearing of the Motion on Notice slated for 16th…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted the public about its dismissed officer who continues operating under the service’s name. In a post on its X account on Wednesday, the service said the officer, Barry Donald has been going…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 12 suspected armed robbers linked to the death of Arise News staff member, Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, and a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, during a robbery attack in Abuja. NEWSMAXNG had reported that…
Cameroon’s Paul Biya, already the world’s oldest head of state, is the favourite to win Sunday’s presidential election, handing him an eighth term in power in the central African country. A fractured opposition of 11 candidates is standing against the…
The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Abimbola Williams in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, narrated before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja how…
President Bola Tinubu says there is no better time for investors to come and invest in Nigeria than now. He made this statement at the maiden Bauchi Investment Summit on Wednesday in Bauchi. The summit, with the theme “Revealing a…
The House of Representatives, through its Ad-hoc Committee on illegal mining, has promised to recover the $9 billion lost annually to illicit mining activities across the country. Speaking at the inauguration of the Committee on Wednesday, the Chairman, Sanni Abdulraheem,…
Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first active footballer to reach billionaire status, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which listed the Portuguese star’s net worth for the first time this week. Bloomberg valued the 40-year-old Al-Nassr forward at $1.4 billion,…
