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The new terrorist group called Mahmuda has invaded Duruma Village in Baruten Local Council of Kwara State, killing three people in the process. Meanwhile, the…

Two men, Shehu Abdu and Isah Saidu, have told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that they were each paid ₦40,000 by a lawyer to falsely pose as sureties for Ji Zhou, a Chinese national accused of…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Olufemi Oloyede, has temporarily relocated to Benue State, following the killings of innocent people in the state. His relocation was as women in the troubled Apa Local Government…

Internet data consumption in Nigeria declined by 17,647 terabytes between January and April 2025, following the implementation of a new tariff regime that saw the cost of telecommunications services rise significantly.…

Some members of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress have welcomed the party’s fresh move to reconcile with aggrieved aspirants for chairmanship and councillorship positions in the forthcoming July…

Mohammed Idris, the minister of information and national orientation, says the Bola Tinubu administration has outperformed all its predecessors in two years. Idris spoke on Tuesday at the inaugural national dialogue on…

The Lagos State Government has declared a zero tolerance for all forms of environmental infractions before, during and after the Sallah, Eid-el Kabir celebrations in the State. Commissioner for the Environment and…

Senator Shehu Sani has said that former Governors Nasir El-Rufa’i and Rotimi Amaechi have no moral right to criticise President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, alleging that they were architects of banditry and hunger in Nigeria.…

The Presidency has dismissed the recent criticism by a faction of the Afenifere group as a deliberate attempt to find faults in President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The Yoruba socio-political group had recently…

The death toll arising from the Mokwa Flood has risen by five, making a total of those already buried to 158. Over five thousand persons displaced from their different homes are currently in IDP camps in Mokwa. Niger…

The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu in Lagos. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy to the President, confirmed the…

Tony Elumelu, chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), has acquired N43.9 billion worth of shares in the financial institution…

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Tuesday suspended its strike, which started on Monday. JUSUN announced the suspension in a communiqué issued after it met with the representatives of the Chief Judge of…

Troops of Operation Udo Ka have intercepted a truck laden with “over 164,000 live cartridges” in Anambra state.  The weapons were allegedly bound for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to stop deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) transactions directly from customers’ accounts. The…

Bandits have released Yakubu Dada, who was abducted alongside his youngest wife, Lami, along Kontagora Road in Niger State on October 31, 2024. Dada was reportedly freed on Monday, June 2, 2025, after his…

• UNIPORT, FUTA, 12 others fail to comply • UNIBEN, ATBU stand out• UNILAG, UNILORIN, UI, ABU, UNN, UNIABUJA, 17 others in partial compliance • Many institutions digitally backward, Bugaje laments Despite the…

The once-cordial relationship between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his long-time political protégé, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, appears to be fraying, and with no signs of reconciliation in…

A disturbing trend of ‘slump-and-die’ incidents, spanning all ages and professions, is emerging in Nigeria and doctors have warned that undiagnosed heart conditions, extreme stress, and substance abuse are likely…

Former Abia State Governor and senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has alleged that elements within Nigeria’s political elite are backing Boko Haram in a bid to destabilise President Bola Tinubu’s…

The Presidency has begun internal approval processes to resolve the N2tn legacy debt owed to electricity generation companies before the end of the coming quarter, as part of efforts to stabilise Nigeria’s power…

The political atmosphere in Lagos is getting more competitive as the local government election is fast approaching. In this report, GBENGA OLONINIRAN details the internal divisions within different political parties…

Former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Yusufu Buratai, who was notorious for human rights abuses and clampdown on protesters, has expressed "concerns"…

No fewer than 2717 intending pilgrims from Nigeria have been denied visas by the Saudi Arabian government. This was disclosed by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in a statement signed by the NAHCON’s…