Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old looted sculpture to Egypt
The Netherlands has returned a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt after the looted artefact resurfaced at a Dutch art fair in 2022.
An investigation by Dutch...
French presidency summons AWI president Lang over Epstein links
The French presidency has summoned Arab World Institute (AWI) President and former French culture minister Jack Lang over his ties to late convicted sex...
Journalists injured in road crash during Bauchi project tour
Several journalists covering the commissioning of projects by the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Bauchi State were injured in a road accident on...
Reps summon FCT council chairmen over N100bn audit infractions
The House of Representatives has summoned the chairmen and finance directors of the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over alleged...
Police arrest three over nude photo blackmail, extortion in Lagos
Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, have arrested three suspects over an alleged cyber blackmail and extortion scheme involving threats to...
Sealed PDP national secretariat’ll be reopened on Monday ― Wike-led faction
The Abdulrahman Mohammed-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee says the party’s national secretariat in Abuja will be reopened on Monday, February 9,...
Speeding truck driver absconds after hitting LAWMA worker in Lagos
An operative of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has been hit by a speeding truck driver along Offin Canal, inward Eko Bridge, in...
Oil prices rise ahead of US-Iran talks
Oil prices rose more than 1% on Friday, February 5, 2026, after a steep fall the previous day.
Oil prices were, however, heading for their...
FG gives CHEC 7-day deadline over Makurdi–Enugu road safety
The Federal Government has issued a seven-day ultimatum to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) and its sister firm, China Harbour Operation and Maintenance Company...
Court sentences truck driver to life imprisonment for killing FRSC marshal...
A Lagos High Court has sentenced a truck driver, Okpara Kingsley Onyekachi, to life imprisonment for killing a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) marshal...
