Super Falcons of Nigeria have stormed into the semi-finals of the Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) with a resounding 5-0 victory over Zambia in Casablanca. The nine-time champions produced a scintillating performance, leaving fans and opponents alike in awe. The Nigerian team asserted their dominance from the onset,...
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National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party (LP) has named Senator Nenadi Usman as its Interim National Chairperson and Senator Darlington Nwokocha as Interim National Secretary, alongside other members of the newly formed interim working committee. The appointments were made during a pivotal NEC meeting held in Abuja...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Directorate, on Friday, July 18, 2025, uncovered a cybercrimes training centre known as ‘yahoo-yahoo Hustle Kingdom‘ at Umuahia in Abia State, and arrested eight suspected trainees undergoing training and fifteen others. The commission disclosed...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has announced the arrest of a notorious bandit leader, Mati Bagio 34, who had evaded capture for 11 years. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. DSP Hassan said the suspect...
National Rescue Movement (NRM) has threatened to apply for a bench warrant of arrest against Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over his absence in court. NRM’s lawyer, Oladimeji Ekengba, made this statement before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, the son of the former military President, as chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture. President Tinubu approved the appointment today, along with eight others. Some of them will serve as chairmen or directors-general of Federal agencies. Muhammad Babangida,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Kano for a condolence visit to the family of the late Alhaji Aminu Dantata, a renowned businessman and philanthropist. The President’s flight landed at the Aminu Kano International Airport around 3:30 pm on Friday, where he was received...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Federal Government on Friday told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that the threat by Biafra nation agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to break up Nigeria and establish the Republic of Biafra should not be considered an empty boast. Government said Kanu, who publicly...
Lead counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Chief Kanu Agabi, told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday that his client’s threats of violence were empty boasts, not actionable offenses. Addressing Justice James Omotosho while adopting the defense’s no-case submission, Agabi...
Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Iliya Damagum, has dismissed former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s resignation from the party as a repetitive chapter in its political saga, expressing confidence in his eventual return. In a Friday interview with journalists in Bauchi, Damagum remarked, “This isn’t new...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has lauded former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a disciplined leader who never misappropriated public resources. Speaking at a special Federal Executive Council (FEC) session held in Buhari’s honor at the State House in Abuja on Thursday, Akpabio highlighted the former president’s legacy of...
Lagos PDP stalwart, Prince Laja Adeoye, has declared that the exit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will not spell doom for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) but will instead pave the way for a more robust party ahead of the 2027 elections. In an exclusive interview with the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has refuted claims by Mehmet Poroy, Turkey’s Ambassador-designate to Nigeria, regarding the presence of a supposed ‘FETO Terrorist Group’ in the country. During a Thursday briefing on military operations in Abuja, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, Director of Defence Media Operations, stated that the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu is set to travel to Kano today to pay his respects to the Kano State Government and the family of Alhaji Aminu Dantata, the esteemed businessman and philanthropist who passed away at 94. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced that Operation Hadin Kai troops have detained two National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) members suspected of delivering arms to terrorists. Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, revealed this during a Thursday briefing on nationwide military activities. According...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu spearheaded heartfelt tributes to former President Muhammadu Buhari during a special Federal Executive Council (FEC) session held on Thursday at the State House in Abuja. Buhari, who passed away in a London hospital on Sunday, was laid to rest in Daura, Katsina...
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) revealed that soldiers of Operation Safe Haven turned down a N13.7 million bribe offered by terrorists during a high-stakes operation along Jos-Sanga Road in Plateau State. Director of Defence Media Operations,Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, shared details of the incident during a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – Sokoto State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of the notorious Lakurawa bandit syndicate and recovered an AK-49 rifle along with ammunition in a targeted operation. Commissioner of Police (CP) Ahmed Musa announced the breakthrough in a statement released on Thursday through the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Forum of Commissioners of Power and Energy in Nigeria (FOCPEN) has vehemently rejected the Senate’s proposed Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill 2025, citing a lack of consultation and potential setbacks to the nation’s decentralized power framework. In a statement issued in Makurdi, FOCPEN Chairman, Prince Eka...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, struck out an application by the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, for the release of his passport to enable him travel to the United Kingdom...