Operatives from the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested a syndicate for the illegal withdrawal of ₦4.2m using Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) in Uyo, the state capital. The arrest followed a petition received by the command on November 20, 2025, detailing an incident that occurred a day earlier...
By ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo
Akwa Ibom State Government has moved steadily to restore public confidence in its healthcare facilities by initiating programmes and policies that have expanded access and provided the people with improved services. With the construction of new Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) in all 31 local government areas of the state...
Federal Controller of Works in Borno State, Engr. Salisu Adamu, has disclosed that security challenges and rising construction costs have continued to affect the pace of work on the Maiduguri–Monguno road rehabilitation project. Speaking to journalists at the project site, he explained that the 105.5-kilometre road was initially awarded...
North East Development Commission (NEDC), has donated equipment to journalists who were involved in a motor accident during an inspection tour in Bauchi State. Receiving the items, the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Alhassan Abdullahi, appealed to the Commission to pay the health insurance...
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Bernard Doro, on Thursday flagged off the distribution of Presidential Emergency Food and Nutrition items in Maiduguri, Borno State. The flag-off ceremony, held at Ramat Square, marked the beginning of a large-scale humanitarian intervention aimed at providing relief to vulnerable households...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a notorious drug enclave known as Ama Hausa in Bonny Island, Rivers state where six suspects were arrested and a significant cache of illicit substances, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, skunk, and tramadol was recovered. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi...
President Bola Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to Sir Emeka Offor, the oil magnate, entrepreneur and philanthropist, on his birthday. Sir Offor is the Chief Executive of Chrome Group, one of West Africa’s leading oil and gas conglomerates, and former Chairman of Erhc Energy Inc. He is also the...
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to lead the country’s delegation to the 48th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council. The two-day meeting, which begins on Wednesday, is expected to set the tone for major continental discussions ahead...
Proceedings at the Senate on Tuesday turned chaotic following sharp disagreements over a move to reverse an earlier decision on the electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Tension filled the chamber after a motion sponsored by Senator Tahir Monguno, representing Borno North, was presented...
As the saying goes, “All that glitters is not gold.” The classic phrase means not everything that looks valuable or attractive is actually worth it. Think of it like seeing a fancy car and assuming it’s super expensive, but it turns out it’s just a flashy replica. People, things,...
The campaign train of the APC AMAC chairmanship candidate, Christopher Zakka Maikalangu received a boost at the weekend as religious leaders in Nyanya, Jikwoyi, Karu, Orozo and Karshi wards in the zone A of the municipality pledged their support for his candidacy. At a meeting of special pastors and...
Nigerian military has said its ongoing operations in the North-East have recorded major gains, with more than 30 terrorists neutralised and over 700 displaced Nigerians safely returned within one week. Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-General Michael Onoja, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists in Abuja on recent...
A prosecution witness, PW17, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) and Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, DCE Ahmed Audu Abubakar, on Monday, February 9, 2026, narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how hundreds of millions of naira allegedly diverted from the Kogi State Government...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has approved the immediate deployment of the Chief of Army Staff Intervention Battalion of special forces to Plateau State. The Troops who are already in the State to aggressively and decisively deal with the recent resurgence of terrorists attacks...
A detailed forensic investigation by PRNigeria, a leading fact-check platform, has found that the claim by the media office that a viral video showing him aboard a private jet is a “poorly crafted AI fake”—is MISLEADING. The video, which circulated widely on X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Instagram, shows...
Immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has debunked reports that he has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ortom dismissed the report as fake and deliberately misleading, saying it was a false, baseless and mischievous fabrication by desperate social media elements sponsored by political opponents...
Grammy-winning Afrobeats star Burna Boy is facing a major legal challenge over the ownership of his early music catalogue, following a lawsuit filed by 960 Music Group. The company is asking a court to cancel a multimillion-dollar deal involving the sale of Burna Boy’s past recordings, arguing that the...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has described recent U.S. intervention in Nigeria’s security challenges as a “blessing” and said the country expects deeper cooperation with the United States, TheCable has reported. Speaking in an interview with Fox News Digital in Washington, D.C., Tinubu said the attention brought by international...
Cristiano Ronaldo is set to end his strike and return to action on February 14, when his team faces Al Fateh, according to reports by ESPN. The star forward had refused to play in recent matches due to disagreements with club management over personal and professional matters. His decision...
President and Chief Executive of the Africa Development Studies Centre (ADSC), Sir Victor Oluwafemi, has cautioned against rushing Nigeria into real-time electronic transmission of election results, warning that the country lacks the structural readiness required for such a reform, particularly in rural areas with poor connectivity. Oluwafemi, who is...