Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, have killed a senior Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) commander and disrupted several terrorist and criminal operations across Borno and Adamawa states. The task force disclosed this in...
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has called on Nigerians to ensure they file their annual tax returns, stressing that compliance is mandatory for both employers and individual taxpayers. Oyedele made the...
The Osun State Police Command has arrested four persons, including an Imam, over the alleged death of a yet-to-be-identified man in Osogbo, the state capital. It was gathered that the man went to the Ogo-Oluwa Mosque in Osogbo for early...
Afrobeat musician Femi Kuti has dismissed renewed comparisons between modern Nigerian music stars and his late father, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, describing the debate as unnecessary and unproductive. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television, clips of which were shared...
Lukman Abdulmalik By day, the city’s main arteries hum with commerce and prayer. By night, another economy comes alive, quiet, nimble, and dangerous. At about 8 p.m. on Tuesday night on a busy roadside of Sabon Titi, Kumbotso LGA, a young...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has upheld the death sentences handed to five men convicted for their roles in the 2018 Offa bank robbery. In a unanimous judgement delivered on Friday, Justices Ridwan Maiwada Abdullahi, Gabriel...
A social media user identified by the X handle @_elite_girl has apologised to Nigerian influencer Priscilla Ojo for falsely attributing an insensitive comment about postpartum depression to her, a claim that triggered widespread backlash online. The controversy began on Thursday...
The Rivers State Government has refuted allegations that it deliberately blocked a pro-President Bola Tinubu rally backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, insisting that the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt was unavailable because...
Trading on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) closed mixed on Friday, January 30, 2026, as market capitalisation rose by N184 billion. Market capitalisation increased by 0.17 per cent to N106.153 trillion from N105.969 trillion recorded in the previous trading session. The...
The management of Achievers University, Owo in Ondo State, has expelled no fewer than 15 students for sex video offences. The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Achievers University, Prof. Bode Ayorinde, disclosed this during the university’s 19th matriculation ceremony for 936...