The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has explained that Friday’s nationwide power outage was caused by the simultaneous tripping of several 330kV transmission lines, along with the disconnection of some power generation units.
PUNCH Online had reported that the national...
United States immigration officials have detained no fewer than four children, including a five-year-old boy, from the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights.
School officials and a lawyer for the family, who challenged the government narrative of the five-year-old's detention put...
Seven people have died, while 82 are missing after a landslide hit in Indonesia's West Java province.
Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency confirmed the incident on Saturday, January 24, 2026, amid reports of heavy rain in the area.
A local official said...
The Office of former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has accused security agencies of actions aimed at frustrating his right to fair hearing and effective legal defence in an ongoing Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) case.
In...
The Adegoke family of Erin-Osun, Osun State, was thrown into deep mourning on January 8, 2026, after a couple, Chief Adeyemi Olukayode Adegoke and his wife, Mrs Janet Mojirade Adegoke, died just hours apart in a tragic turn of...
A 12-year-old boy, Nico Antic, has died in hospital after being bitten by a shark in Sydney Harbour, Australia.
Antic’s family confirmed his death via a statement on Saturday, January 24, 2026, after a series of shark attacks along Australia’s...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will continue to enforce the ban on sachet and 200ml PET bottle alcoholic drinks.
The NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, spoke to journalists after manufacturers and union...
The Nigerian stock market rebounded on Friday, January 23, 2026, gaining N74 billion as investors returned to bargain-hunting in select stocks after the previous session’s losses.
Market capitalisation rose by 0.07 per cent to close at N105.959 trillion, compared with...
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has disclosed the reasons behind his courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
The monarch’s visit on Friday came less than four months after his installation as the...
At least nine people were killed on Friday after a cocaine laboratory exploded in Colombia’s southwest, police have confirmed.
The explosion occurred in the Narino department along the Pacific coast, a major cocaine-producing region inhabited by the Indigenous Awa community...
