Troops ambush terrorists in Sokoto, recover six AK-47 rifles
Combined troops of the 8 Division Garrison Strike Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) have disrupted a terrorist cell in Sokoto State, recovering six AK-47 rifles in a coordinated counter-terrorism operation. Security sources said the operation was carried out after credible intelligence revealed that the terrorists were moving towards Gundumi Village in Isa Local Government Area to launch...
EFCC urges Moniepoint to strengthen regulatory compliance, KYC frameworks
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has charged Moniepoint Microfinance Bank to prioritise strict regulatory compliance in its operations to safeguard Nigeria’s financial system. Olukoyede gave the charge on Thursday, January 22, 2026, when the management of Moniepoint, led by its Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tosin Eniolorunda, paid him a courtesy visit...
Residents raise security concerns over proposed ‘temporary market’ near Karsana estates
Residents of four residential estates in Karsana District, Abuja, have expressed concern and anxiety over an approval reportedly granted by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for the establishment of a “temporary” or informal market beside their estates. The affected estates—Mabglobal Estate, Ipent 7, Efab Metropolitan and Efab Queens, all located along the road linking Dawaki through Karsana to the...
Envoys: Tinubu posts Are to U.S., Oke to France, Dalhatu to UK, Dakingari to Turkey
President Bola Tinubu has approved the posting of four ambassadors-designate from the 68 nominees earlier confirmed by the Senate in December. According to a statement issued on Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Ambassador Ayodele Oke has been appointed as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to France, while Colonel Lateef Are has been posted as ambassador-designate to...
Court convicts man, firm over alleged ₦953m, $80,000 fraud in Lagos
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted a man, Victor Ogiemwonyi, and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing over ₦953 million and $80,000 in a share transaction fraud. Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay delivered the judgment on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, after finding the defendants guilty on two counts of stealing brought against them by the Economic and...
Tinubu approves incentives to support Shell’s Bonga oil project
President Bola Tinubu has approved the gazetting of targeted, investment-linked incentives to support the proposed Bonga South West deep-offshore oil project by Shell and its partners. Tinubu also directed his Special Adviser on Energy, Olu Verheijen, to facilitate the gazette of the incentives in line with Nigeria’s existing legal and fiscal frameworks. The president gave the directive while receiving the Shell...
UNILAG confers honorary doctorate on Wale Tinubu
The Group Chief Executive Officer of Oando Group, Adewale Tinubu, has been conferred with the honorary Doctorate Degree of Business (Honoris Causa) by the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Tinubu was conferred with the degree during the 56th convocation of the university in Lagos on Thursday, January 22, 2026. According to the letter sent to Tinubu, the conferment was based on his...
Wike takes FCTA unions to court over ongoing strike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dragged the Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration before the National Industrial Court over the ongoing strike by FCTA workers, as the dispute heads for hearing on Monday. Workers of the FCTA and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) began an indefinite strike on Monday...
Otuaro urges PAP foreign scholarship beneficiaries to make Tinubu proud
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has charged beneficiaries of the programme’s foreign post-graduate scholarship scheme to excel in their studies and justify the confidence reposed in them by President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government. Otuaro gave the charge on Thursday in Abuja during a pre-departure briefing for a new batch of 12 PAP...
Tinubu approves commercial oil drilling in Ogun
President Bola Tinubu has approved the commencement of commercial oil drilling at Tongeji Island in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Thursday while receiving the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Abubakar Abdullahi Mustapha, and other senior naval officers during a courtesy visit to his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The governor also...
