Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, asking for a new date to be mutually agreed on for him to appear over an alleged $14.8 million fraud. In…
President Bola Tinubu has declared nationwide security emergency following rising security crisis in Nigeria. The president further ordered the recruitment of 20,000 police officers, more army personnel and the use of NYSC camps as trainung grounds. In a statement signed…
The governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has debunked reports alleging him as defecting to another party as he reaffirmed his loyalty to the All Progressives Congress. Alias described the social media report claiming he secretly visited former Senate President…
A Kano High Court on Wednesday adjourned the trial of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife Hafsat Umar, and six others until February 3, 2026, for the hearing of all pending motions. The follows an 11-count charge brought by the…
The governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has clarified that the five police officers who were killed in Darazo Local Government Area of the state were not attacked by bandits. This is contrary to earlier reports by the state police…
Former Field Commander of the Joint Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, Major General Anthony Magnawa Atolagbe (Rtd.), has urged Nigerians to understand that not every rescue operation will result in the arrest or neutralisation of kidnappers, emphasising that such missions…
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke, have arrested two herders for allegedly trespassing on community farmlands and destroying crops during a routine harvest-season patrol in Makurdi, Benue State. According to a statement signed on Tuesday by the…
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS says condom distribution in Nigeria fell by 55 per cent over the past year. Launching its 2025 World AIDS Day report, Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response, on Tuesday, UNAIDS warned that the…
A new video has surfaced showing that the Nigerian government and the bandits who abducted the Kebbi schoolgirls negotiated and arrived at a deal before the girls were set free. Recall that some kidnapped students of Government Girls Secondary School,…
The governor of Abia State, Alex Otti on Tuesday presented a N1.016 trillion 2026 budget proposal to the State House of Assembly. Otti described the fiscal plan as a blueprint for accelerated growth and expanded opportunities. Presenting the appropriation bill,…
