A petroleum and cooking gas filling station along the Bukuru Expressway in Jos, the Plateau State capital, was gutted by fire on Thursday morning, sparking panic among residents and motorists in the area.
The filling station, located close to the...
Oil prices retreated from multi-month highs on Thursday, January 15, 2026, after United States President Donald Trump calmed market anxiety over potential U.S. military action against Iran.
A selloff in tech stocks extended into Asian trading, following declines on Wall...
Ugandans voted in a tense national election on Thursday, January 15, 2026, after an often violent campaign and internet shutdown.
President Yoweri Museveni is also seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade.
Museveni is expected to fend off a...
The Bauchi State House of Assembly has raised serious concerns over the growing number of private health training institutions operating without proper authorization across the state, warning that the development poses a significant risk to public health.
The alarm was...
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has directed security agencies to begin the demolition of suspected terrorist hideouts in Okene Local Government Area of the state.
The operation commenced on Wednesday with the demolition of a building in Sambel,...
Two additional members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have joined to plead for leniency to halt planned impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
The lawmakers had recently issued impeachment notice to Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Nma Odu, over...
The Federal Government has directed banks and financial technology companies to begin collecting and remitting a 7.5 per cent value-added tax (VAT) on selected electronic banking services, effective Monday, January 19, 2026.
The directive was conveyed to customers through email...
A 33-year-old dispatch rider, Yahaya Nuru, has been sentenced to a total of seven years’ imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Lagos for trafficking tramadol and other prohibited drugs.
Justice Musa Kakaki delivered the judgment on Wednesday after Nuru...
Arsenal ruined Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior's first home game as they moved closer to Wembley with a 3-2 win in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg on Wednesday night.
Chelsea had beaten second-tier Charlton 5-1 in Rosenior's debut in the...
The leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has accused the Kano State Government under Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of allegedly forcing state officials and elected local government chairmen to sign documents indicating their defection from the New...
