Nigerian Breweries market capitalisation hits N2.3trn as gross profit rises to N565bn
Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced that its market capitalisation grew by 135 per cent in 2025, rising from N991.5 billion recorded in 2024 to N2.33 trillion. The Chairperson of the Nigerian Breweries, Juliet Anammah, disclosed this in the company’s 2025 Annual Report and Accounts. Anammah attributed the performance to key economic reforms and policy shifts that strengthened Nigeria’s investment climate. She stated:...
Abiodun approves weekly day off, N10,000 transport relief for Ogun workers
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has approved a weekly day off and a N10,000 monthly transport allowance for civil servants in the state, as part of measures to ease the financial burden of rising fuel prices and soaring living costs. The intervention, which takes effect from April 2026, will run for three months and applies to workers across the state's...
NPF extradites man wanted for UK murder, crack cocaine trafficking
A Nigerian man who allegedly fled to Nigeria after killing a man in the United Kingdom in 2018 has been extradited to face justice, as the Nigeria Police Force demonstrated its growing resolve to deny fugitives safe harbour on home soil. Matthew Chukwuemeka Adebiyi was handed over to United Kingdom law enforcement officials on April 14, 2026, at the Murtala...
Bernardo Silva to leave Man City at end of season
Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva has announced that he will leave the Premier League club this summer. Silva, 31, announced this via a statement shared on his Instagram page on Thursday. The Portugal international has won six Premier League titles and one Champions League during his nine seasons with City, but will depart when his contract expires at the end of...
Police officer arrested after killing fuel attendant in Kontagora
A serving Mobile Police officer has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a filling station in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State that left a 20-year-old fuel attendant dead. Security sources said the incident occurred at about 2:40 p.m. on April 15, 2026, when police received a distress call reporting an armed robbery at Garun Mallam...
2027: INC President, Delta monarchs, Otuaro, Guwor lead Ijaw to endorse Tinubu, Oborevwori
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr. Dennis Brutu Otuaro and other prominent Ijaw leaders have led the people to endorse President Bola Tinubu and the Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, as their candidates for President and Governor in 2027. The Ijaw leaders and the people in their thousands made the resounding endorsement at a grand reception...
Nigerian couple jailed in UK for £650,000 tax fraud using stolen TfL employee data
A Nigerian couple living in Dartford, England, have been sentenced to three years and nine months each in prison after orchestrating what a judge described as the worst data breach in the history of Transport for London — using stolen personal information from over 100 TfL workers to file hundreds of fraudulent tax refund claims. Luciana Akanbi, who had worked...
Police foil bomb attack, arrest 6 suspects in Akure
The operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have foiled a bomb attack, arrested six suspects, and recovered Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) component and other exhibits in Akure, the state capital. The Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adebowale Lawal, disclosed this at a press conference in Akure on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Lawal identified the suspects as Adekunle Prosper (male,...
UTME 2026: FCT CBT centre records hitch-free start
The 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination got off to a smooth start at the Rosa Mystica Academy CBT centre in Byazhin, Kubwa, within the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, as candidates sat the first session of this year's Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board test on Thursday. Biometric verification officer Peter Idu told journalists that 236 of the...
UTME 2026 kicks off nationwide with 2.2m candidates
The 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination got underway on Thursday across Nigeria, with over 2.2 million candidates sitting the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board test at 966 accredited computer-based centres in a seven-day exercise scheduled to run until April 22. At the Rosa Mystica Academy CBT centre in Byazhin, Kubwa, within the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory,...
