By Udeme Akpan, Godwin Oritse & Efe Onodjae Oil cartels, independent petroleum marketers, tanker owners, drivers, transport unions and some enforcement agencies have been accused of sustaining the perennial traffic gridlock in the Lagos’ Apapa and Kirikiri corridors, crippling businesses, disrupting residents’ daily lives and hampering economic activities. Read Also: Banks slash lending, cut N5.4trn across…
By Peter Duru & Golok Nanmwa, MAKURDI/JOS It was a bloody weekend in Benue and Plateau states as suspected terrorists killed no fewer than 27 persons, including nine members of the same family and a two-month-old baby, in attacks that have renewed fears over worsening insecurity in the North-Central region. Read Also: Oriire Schoolchildren: How arrest…
By Adesina Wahab & Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Ministry of Education has given approval for the National Examinations Council, NECO and the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, to increase registration fee for their Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SSCE, to N50,000 per candidate, beginning in 2027. Read Also: Banks slash lending, cut N5.4trn across key sectors…
By Dapo Akinrefon FRESH details have emerged on the intelligence-led operation that culminated in the successful rescue of schoolchildren and teachers abducted from Ahoro-Esinle, Yawota and Alawusa communities in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, with security sources disclosing that the arrest of family members of the kidnappers proved to be a decisive turning point….
The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yuliia Svyrydenko, has stepped down from the position after one year in office, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday. Svyrydenko became the 19th Prime Minister on July 17, 2025, after being approved by the parliament. She previously served as First Deputy PM and Economy Minister. Zelenesky explained that her exit…
Arsenal forward, Leandro Trossard, is close to agreeing personal terms with Besiktas ahead of a summer move. According to The Athletic, the agreement between both clubs is in it final stages. Besiktas will pay the Premier League champions a fee around €18m upfront and €2m in add-ons. Trossard is expected to put pen to paper…
Italian football icon Paolo Maldini has been appointed technical director of the national football federation (FIGC) looking to rebuild after Italy’s failure to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. “Maldini has always been my target,” said newly-appointed FIGC president Giovanni Malago. “I felt he was the right person to oversee the FIGC’s technical sector…
By Peter Duru The Benue State Police Command has arrested seven additional suspects, including four traditional chiefs and an 80-year-old man, over the gruesome murder of the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Benue State chapter, Ardo Risku Mohammad, and one Yakubu Isa in Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of…
The Kremlin has threatened to deploy nuclear weapons if the corporeality of Russia, which has the most nuclear warheads, faces an existential threat. President Vladimir Putin’s aide Dmitry Peskov pointed to the Federation’s nuclear theory in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Die Weltwoche. The diplomat described Russia’s nuclear doctrine as “bold, simple, and understandable,”…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has released Omoyele Sowore’s media aide, Zainab Sodiq, to the leadership of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria). Sodiq was arrested and detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) over her possession of a drone. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Secretary of IPI Nigeria, Malam Ahmed…
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