Police to arrest TikToker after admission of false rape claim
The Ogun State Police Command has concluded plans to arrest and prosecute a female TikTok user identified as Mirabel after she allegedly admitted that her earlier rape allegation was false. Mirabel reportedly made the admission during a phone conversation with social media personality VeryDarkMan, popularly known as VDM. An audio recording of the exchange, shared online and obtained by journalists,...
Over 1.5m voters head to FCT polls as INEC closes campaigns
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that more than 1.5 million voters have collected their Permanent Voter Cards across the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory ahead of the February 21, 2026, elections. The announcement came as the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, declared Friday, February 20, a work-free day and ordered a restriction of movement...
Appeal Court deploys 51 justices to Rivers
The Court of Appeal of Nigeria has deployed 51 justices to its Port Harcourt Division to handle hundreds of pending cases as part of activities marking the court’s 50th anniversary. At the commemorative sitting held in Port Harcourt, Monica Dongban-Mensem, President of the court, announced that the justices would hear 357 appeals and 272 motions through 17 panels constituted to...
UniAbuja student disappears on way to CBT exam
The management of the University of Abuja has called on the public to help locate a missing student, Sadiya Usman, a 100-level Accounting undergraduate who was reported missing on Tuesday. In a statement issued by the institution’s Directorate of Information and University Relations, the student was said to have left her residence at Kontagora Estate in Gwagwalada, Abuja, at about...
117 repentant terrorists graduate from Safe Corridor programme
No fewer than 117 repentant terrorists from Borno State have successfully completed the Disarmament, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme under Operation Safe Corridor, as authorities move to expand the initiative to the North West. The development comes as the Benue State Government has requested the establishment of a DRR camp in the North Central region to support similar rehabilitation efforts. In...
FCT election: Wike declares Friday work-free day, restricts movement on Saturday
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced work free day on Friday, as well as restriction of movement from 8 p.m. on Friday to 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 21, 2026, over the Area Council elections in the nation’s capital. Wike, who made this known in a special broadcast on national television and radio stations...
Postecoglou: I made bad decision to join Nottingham Forest
Ange Postecoglou says he made "a bad decision" to become the manager of Premier League side Nottingham Forest. Postecoglou said he has only himself to blame for an extraordinarily brief reign as manager of the Premier League strugglers. The 60-year-old Australian was appointed as Nuno Espirito Santo's successor in September 2025. But infamously impatient Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis sacked Postecoglou just 39...
INEC, security agencies ready for Kano assembly by-elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies in Kano State have expressed readiness for the by-elections scheduled for Saturday in Kano Municipal and Ungogo Local Government Area constituencies. The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu, said a joint security arrangement had been activated to ensure a peaceful and credible exercise. He noted that personnel of the Nigeria Police Force...
Real Madrid submit evidence to UEFA in Vinicius racism probe
Real Madrid have announced the submission of "all available evidence" to UEFA in support of their Brazilian star Vinicius Junior's complaint of racist abuse during this week's Champions League clash at Benfica. Tuesday's first leg of the knockout phase play-off tie in Lisbon was stopped for 10 minutes after Vinicius told the referee Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni had called him a...
Lakurawa terrorists kill 35 in Kebbi
Suspected Lakurawa terrorists have killed no fewer than 35 people during an attack on seven villages Kebbi State. The Kebbi State Police Public Relations Officer, Bashir Usman, confirmed that the terrorists attacked villages in the Bui area of the state at about 12:15 a.m. on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Usman said the assailants also made off with cattle in the raids,...
