President Bola Tinubu says the abduction of 25 students in Kebbi State occurred despite intelligence warnings of a possible attack by bandits. Tinubu has however asked Vice President Kashim Shettima to visit Kebbi State on Wednesday to sympathise with the...
A Nigerian national, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, 27, has been sentenced to six years in a United States federal prison for his role in a sextortion scheme that contributed to the death of a young man in Pennsylvania. U.S. District Judge...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the planned reception for the Governor of Taraba State, Dr. Agbu Kefas, earlier scheduled to hold on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, in Abuja. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the party’s National...
A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced two men, Hamza Zakaria and Nurudeen Mohammed Ibrahim, to two years and two months’ imprisonment for their involvement in an ₦8.56 billion bank fraud executed through unauthorized access to...
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a lawyer, Steve Adamu, before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on a one-count charge bordering on giving false information. According to the...
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, for a two-nation visit to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda in Angola. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known via a...
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, sentenced Osaibovo Charles to a total of 50 years’ imprisonment for offences including conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence, stealing, possession of fraudulent documents,...
The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) has announced a set of sweeping reforms aimed at improving transparency, accountability, and efficiency in the management of World Bank–funded projects across Nigeria. The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Dr. Shamseldeen...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the call by the newly declared factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki, for foreign powers to intervene in Nigeria. Turaki, while addressing journalists on Tuesday amid the deepening...
A constitutional amendment bill seeking to reduce the minimum age for contesting the offices of Governor and Senator from 35 to 30 years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The proposal, titled A Bill for an Act...