The House of Representatives has summoned the chairmen and finance directors of the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over alleged financial infractions exceeding N100 billion.
The action followed the submission of the Auditor-General’s report on the...
Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, have arrested three suspects over an alleged cyber blackmail and extortion scheme involving threats to leak a woman’s private photographs unless money was paid.
The PSFU spokesperson, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, disclosed...
The Abdulrahman Mohammed-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee says the party’s national secretariat in Abuja will be reopened on Monday, February 9, 2026.
The party’s faction, backed by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, disclosed...
An operative of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has been hit by a speeding truck driver along Offin Canal, inward Eko Bridge, in the state.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Oil prices rose more than 1% on Friday, February 5, 2026, after a steep fall the previous day.
Oil prices were, however, heading for their first weekly drop in nearly two months, as supply concerns eased and investors focused on...
The Federal Government has issued a seven-day ultimatum to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) and its sister firm, China Harbour Operation and Maintenance Company (CHOMC), to address safety and environmental concerns on the Makurdi–Enugu Road project or face sanctions.
Minister...
A Lagos High Court has sentenced a truck driver, Okpara Kingsley Onyekachi, to life imprisonment for killing a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) marshal while the officer was carrying out official duties.
The FRSC described the ruling as a landmark...
Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, bounced from a 16-month low on Friday, February 6, 2026, after testing the key $60,000 level.
Bitcoin was last up 3.3% to $65,198.20, clawing back its losses after having slid 5% to hit a low...
A senior Russian officer, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, has been hospitalised after being shot in Moscow, the nation’s capital.
Alexeyev is deputy chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff at the Defence Ministry.
When mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin staged...
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have intensified intelligence-driven operations across Benue and Nasarawa states, neutralising an armed bandit, arresting several criminal suspects and recovering weapons during separate security missions.
The task force said the operations,...
