A Paris court has found French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing terrorism after the company paid $6.5 million to jihadist groups, including the Islamic State and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, to keep its Syrian factory operational during the...
No fewer than 3,381,228 persons were internally displaced across 14 states in Nigeria in 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
The figures are contained in the NBS Demographic Bulletin 2023, released on Tuesday in Abuja, which compiles data...
The Edo State House of Assembly has given the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) four months to address the persistent poor power supply in the state.
The directive was issued when BEDC management appeared before lawmakers over concerns about erratic...
The Edo State Police Command has arrested 10 suspects, including serving and dismissed officers, over allegations of harassment, abduction, and extortion in Benin City, the state capital.
The Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this via...
The Kano State Police Command has arrested 193 suspects and recovered weapons and illicit drugs following a series of raids on criminal hideouts across the state.
The operations were conducted simultaneously across identified black spots between April 10 and 12,...
The Nigerian stock market began the week on a positive note, as investors gained N443 billion amid renewed buying interest on Monday, April 13, 2026.
The rally was driven by increased demand for stocks such as NGX Group, Trans-Nationwide Express,...
Oil prices fell on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, as signs of potential United States-Iran dialogue to end their war reduced concerns about supply risks stemming from the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Brent futures declined by $1.86, or...
Nigeria's airspace management authority has pushed back against claims that the country's airspace is unsafe, even as air traffic controllers maintain that obsolete equipment is putting aviation safety at risk.
The Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers' Association, NATCA, triggered the dispute...
Peter Obi, the Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate, has accused the Tinubu administration of deliberately suppressing opposition politics, warning that Nigeria's democratic space is under threat.
Speaking on ARISE PrimeTime on Monday, Obi — now aligned with the African Democratic...
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has disclosed the reasons behind the emergence of the senator representing Ogun West, Solomon Adeola, fondly called Yayi, as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 gubernatorial election in...
