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The Niger Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with separate cases of house breaking and theft in Suleja and Bida areas of the state, recovering a large cache of stolen household items. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. According to him, the first incident was reported on January 26, at about 5:30 p.m., when no fewer than 13 residents living behind the Rafin-Senyi/Kwata area of Suleja reported repeated cases of house breaking at the ‘B’ Division Police Station. “Within the period of November 2025 to January 24, 2026,…

The All Progressives Congress has unveiled Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as Chairman, and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as Secretary of the party’s National Convention Central Coordination Committee, as preparations intensify for the forthcoming national convention slated for March 27 and 28. APC National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, announced in a statement on Monday that the Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has been appointed Vice Chairman of the 73-member Central Coordination Committee for the party’s 2026 National Convention. Last year, the party released a comprehensive timetable for its 2025/2026 ward, local…

Nigeria on Monday formally handed over the fully furnished headquarters of the Africa Energy Bank to the Association of African Petroleum Producing Countries, marking a major milestone in efforts to unlock sustainable financing for oil and gas investments across the continent. The handover ceremony took place in Abuja and was led by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, alongside the President of APPO, who is also Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly, senior officials of APPO and representatives of Afreximbank, the bank’s financial partner. The Africa Energy Bank is now housed…

Goldberg Lager Beer has released a tribute film, titled Our Beat, Our Gold, to celebrate the moments of victory and heartbreak of Nigerian football fans. The cinematic piece captures the raw emotion, resilience and unbridled passion that define Nigerian football fandom, reaffirming the brand’s commitment to standing with fans beyond the final score line. Created as the emotional climax of Goldberg’s Our Beat, Our Gold campaign, the tribute film draws from real moments recorded throughout the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, from communal viewing experiences to spontaneous celebrations and reflective silences. The result is a powerful narrative shaped…

Users of the text and code editor Notepad++ may have unknowingly downloaded a malicious update for the app after its shared hosting servers were hijacked last year. On Monday, the app’s developer, Don Ho, posted an update on the attack with more details, including that the hackers were “likely a Chinese state-sponsored group” and that the app’s servers were vulnerable for roughly six months from June through December 2nd, 2025.The post explains that the hijacking occurred on the app’s unnamed, now-former hosting provider’s end, stating that “Traffic from certain targeted users was selectively redirected to attacker-controlled served malicious update manifests.”…

The meeting came more than two weeks after the Senate Banking Committee postponed a markup on the CLARITY Act, adding that everyone “remains at the table“ to work on the bill.Officials in US President Donald Trump’s administration met with representatives from the cryptocurrency and banking industry to discuss how to address stablecoin yield in the market structure bill under consideration in the Senate.In a Monday X post, The Digital Chamber, a crypto advocacy organization, said its CEO, Cody Carbone, and others had met at the White House to discuss provisions within the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, for which…

Jenna Bush Hager was overwhelmed with emotion while discussing Savannah Guthrie‘s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, on the Today show. “We need to start the show with something that is deeply personal for us this morning,” Bush Hager, 44, said on the Monday, February 2, broadcast of Today With Jenna & Sheinelle, struggling to hold back tears. “Nancy Guthrie, Savannah’s beloved mom and somebody we adore around here, has been reported missing in Arizona.” Cohost Sheinelle Jones went on to read the statement provided by Savannah, 54, which read: “On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the…

Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, has announced the confiscation of 65 commercial motorcycles in Ikoyi during the enforcement of the state’s ban on motorcycle operations in restricted areas. Mr Osiyemi disclosed this in a post on X on Monday, saying the enforcement exercise was carried out by officials of the Ministry of Transportation in collaboration with the state task force. He said the operation was aimed at improving public safety, maintaining order, and protecting lives in the Ikoyi axis. According to the commissioner, all seized motorcycles will be processed through the courts for possible forfeiture to the Lagos…

A former spokesperson of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Forum, Mr Luka Binniyat, has described as fake news circulating on social media that 80 kidnapped Tudun Wali victims had escaped from their abductors. In a verified Facebook post, Binniyat dismissed the claim as false and “lies from the pit of hell,” saying none of the 166 kidnapped victims had returned. He wrote: “There is currently news circulating in some media claiming that 80 Adara natives kidnapped by Fulani terrorist bandits 15 days ago from Kurmin Walli village in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State have escaped and returned to the village. “That…

The factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Caretaker Committee, Abdulrahman Mohammed, has said the party passed through difficult internal challenges in 2025. Mohammed said that, without doubt, 2025 was a testing and refining period for the PDP. Speaking while delivering his welcome address at the 105th National Executive Committee meeting held on Monday in Abuja, Mohammed lamented that some respected members veered away from established procedures and due process in 2025. He said: “I warmly welcome you all to this important meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party. It…