Oil prices climbed above $100 a barrel on Monday, April 13, 2026, as the United States Navy prepared to block ships to and from Iran via the Strait of Hormuz.
The move is expected to restrict Iranian oil exports, after...
The Lagos State Police Command says it has commenced an investigation into the fatal shooting of one Adedipe Adeyinkan, popularly known as Agali, by suspected cultists in the Surulere area of the state.
The command disclosed this in a post...
The Nigerian military has defended a Saturday airstrike on Jilli village market near the Borno-Yobe border, insisting the location was a terrorist logistics hub, even as the death toll climbs and public anger intensifies.
The strike, carried out under Operation...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria will on Tuesday hear separate appeals arising from leadership crises rocking two opposition parties — the African Democratic Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party — in cases with significant implications for the 2027 general...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, have dismissed allegations by former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, claiming there was a plan to remove the monarch from office.
Fayose had earlier taken to his...
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dennis Otuaro, has congratulated the Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, on the occasion of his 55th birthday.
Otuaro described Tompolo as a foremost Niger...
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has warned residents against aiding, harbouring or providing logistical support to Boko Haram insurgents, saying the government had shut down Jilli Market — struck in Saturday's airstrike — five years ago.
Zulum, who spoke...
The Nigerian Air Force has launched an investigation into Saturday's airstrike that struck a busy market along the Borno-Yobe border, with at least 30 people feared killed and several others injured.
The Chief of the Air Staff has directed the...
Manchester City thrashed Chelsea 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, piling more pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal and Blues boss Liam Rosenior.
Arsenal were wracked with nerves in Saturday's defeat to Bournemouth, which opened the door for City.
Pep Guaridola's...
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress Legacy Group in Kano State have settled on Murtala Sule Garo as their preferred candidate for deputy governor, following a marathon meeting that stretched into the early hours of Sunday.
The nomination fills the...
