Joao Pedro struck twice in a thrilling second-half comeback as Chelsea booked their place in the UEFA Champions League last 16 with a dramatic 3-2 away win over Napoli on Wednesday night, dumping the Italian side out of the competition. Chelsea finished the league phase in the top eight...
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FCT High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed 10 additional days to conclude the trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over alleged corruption linked to the naira redesign exercise. Justice Maryanne Anenih fixed the dates following an agreement between counsel to...
Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) has uncovered and dismantled a sophisticated cyber-enabled fraud syndicate. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. CSP Hundeyin said the syndicate was responsible for the illegal diversion of a telecommunications company’s...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, arraigned the former Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, (BSEIC), Dr. Tersoo Joseph Loko. He was arraigned alongside ten others before Justice M. S Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Makurdi, for an alleged N1,100,000,000 (One Billion, One...
Prosecution Witness Seven, PW7, Eneanye Chinedu in the trial of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on alleged unlawful printing of new naira notes on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Maryanne Anineh...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said Nigeria has the potential to be one of the greatest countries on earth if its citizens learn to tolerate and live in peace with one another. According to him, all Nigerians are one people tied to a common heritage, and what binds...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced the constitution of its 50-member Wise Men and Women Policy and Manifesto Committee, following the approval of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. National Publicity Secretary of ADC Bolaji Abdullahi, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Malam...
Nasarawa State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery operation in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state, and arrested two suspects. The arrest followed a distress call reporting that suspected armed robbers, attacked Mobil filling station, along Keffi road at the outskirt of Akwanga town. The state’s Police...
All roads will lead to Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, on Saturday, January 31, 2026, as Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), members of the National Assembly and other top dignitaries converge for the formal decamping ceremony...
Taraba State Governor, Mrs. Agyin Kefas, on Wednesday met with 17-year-old Miss Iwasen Terhemba, who was allegedly mutilated by Ramatu Abbas in Donga Local Government Area of the state on January 21, 2026. Miss Terhemba was reportedly attacked following allegations that she rebuffed advances from the suspect’s husband. Ramatu...
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has performed the ground breaking for the reconstruction and upgrading of the 60 kilometre internal road network of the main campus of Ahmadu Bello University(ABU) Zaria. Speaking at the event , the Governor noted that ‘’proper drainage, lighting, pedestrian walkways and disability-accessible routes are...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani on Tuesday received five awards from health sector unions in recognition of his administration’s efforts to revitalise healthcare delivery and improve the welfare of health workers in the state. The awards were presented during the commissioning of the Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned candidates and the general public against what it described as a deliberate distortion of its registration guidelines for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE). The Board’s spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in a statement on Wednesday...
Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said that the tax reforms which have since come into operation are bound to improve Nigeria’s economic buoyancy in 2026 and beyond. In a statement signed by its Chairman Dr Omoniyi Akinsiju, the think tank insisted that the country’s revenue mobilization drive...
Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Olúwaṣeun Falaye, has inaugurated the local organising committee for the International Social Security Services Association, (ISSSA) West Africa Technical Seminar 2026. The event took place at the Board Room of the Fund in Abuja on Wednesday. Barrister Faleye...
Zamfara State Police Command has carried out a successful operation which led to the arrest of a suspect in connection with unlawful possession of suspected explosive materials. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Yazid Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Gusau. DSP Abubakar said the operation was...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has recorded a historic political milestone with the formal reception of His Excellency, Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, into the party, a development that underscores the APC’s growing national strength and its unifying appeal across political divides. Speaking on the occasion, the National Chairman...
Dangote Industries has appointed the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Group, Ralph Mupita, to the board of Dangote Fertiliser Limited, as the company steps up preparations for a planned listing on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX). The appointment was confirmed by the Managing Director of Dangote Fertiliser, Vishwajit Sinha, in...
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has taken a swipe at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over Nigeria’s worsening electricity crisis, reminding Nigerians of a campaign promise the President made ahead of the 2023 general election. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Obi recalled Tinubu’s 2022 pledge that...
First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has hailed Nigerian teachers as the “quiet architects of great nations” while charging them to embrace innovation amid government pledges to revamp education under the Renewed Hope Agenda. Delivering the keynote address at the National Teachers’ Summit 2026, themed “Empowering Teachers; Strengthening...