The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has dismissed reports suggesting it plans to pass a law criminalising sexual relationships with married men.
The claim, shared on Facebook by one Obiavel Albert Abigo, alleged that a bill sponsored by the...
Justice Friday Ogazi of the Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced John Komolafe, a manager at a Netherlands-based freight company, to 12 months in prison for smuggling illegal drugs into Nigeria.
Komolafe pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of...
The Federal Government has earmarked a total of N19.27bn for engine overhauls across the Presidential Air Fleet between 2024 and 2026, with more than half of the amount—N10.61bn—allocated to the Gulfstream G550 aircraft assigned to Vice President Kashim Shettima.
An...
United States President Donald Trump says any country doing business with Iran would face a tariff rate of 25 per cent on any trade with the U.S.
Trump’s threat is coming as Washington weighs a response to the situation in...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is seeking a seventh term in office, extending a rule that began in 1986 after he led a rebel movement to power promising an end to long-serving leadership in Africa.
Museveni, 81, has dominated Uganda’s politics...
Paramount Skydance has filed a lawsuit against Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) as it presses an unwelcomed bid to buy the CNN-parent company.
Paramount disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 12, 2026.
The company’s suit seeks to compel the WBD...
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) across Nigeria billed customers N255.19bn for electricity supplied in October 2025 but were only able to collect N210.92bn, according to the latest commercial performance factsheet released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
The figures highlight...
A man identified as Israel Onen was on Monday arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos by the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force over an alleged N60m visa fraud.
Onen appeared before Justice Ibrahim Kala on...
Nigeria’s spending on imported refined petroleum products has dropped sharply by 54 per cent over the past two years, falling from $14.58bn in the first nine months of 2023 to $6.71bn in the corresponding period of 2025, according to...
Tension is mounting in Osun State as the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alongside civil society groups, trade accusations over the control of local government council secretariats across the state.
The APC has dismissed claims...
