The Senate on Thursday passed the Legal Practitioners Act Repeal and Re-enactment Bill 2026, alongside the Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Amendment Bill 2026. The bills were passed following the presentation and consideration of reports by the Senate Committee…

Residents of the US seeking Nigerian visas will now have to submit their applications directly to the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington, DC, or the Consulates in New York and Atlanta, following the suspension of Online Integrated Solutions (OIS Services)…

Several communities in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, were submerged by floods on Thursday after hours of heavy rainfall destroyed homes, household property and livestock and prompting residents to block a major interstate highway in protest. The flooding affected…

A resident of Bucknor Estate in the Ejigbo area of Lagos, Oluwayemi Afuape, has accused Ikeja Electric Distribution Company of unlawfully disconnecting his electricity supply and threatening him during the process. Mr Afuape made these allegations in a formal petition…

Nigeria’s Oluwaseun Ogunsakin and Botswana’s Ntungamili Raguin have continued their remarkable run at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, advancing to the boys’ doubles semi-finals with another impressive victory. The African pair defeated sixth seeds Yanick Theodore Alexandrescou of France and Ryo…

President Bola Tinubu has transmitted an amendment bill seeking to reform Nigeria’s secondary education system to the National Assembly for consideration. The proposed legislation is intended to provide a legal framework for the reorganisation of the country’s secondary education structure.…

The United States government is set to deport 124 Nigerians listed on its “worst of the worst” criminal register. The Department of Homeland Security published the names of the Nigerians on its website on Wednesday alongside the names of people…

The Congolese government has announced that the death toll in the country’s latest Ebola outbreak has reached 600. New suspected cases of Ebola had been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said. The latest report,…

A man who escaped from kidnappers in Niger State, Aliyu Alaramma, has narrated his ordeal in the forest amid a turf war between armed bandits and the Lakurawa terrorist group. Mr Alaramma, a resident of Kawon Kontagora, a village in…

The police in Ebonyi State have arrested and detained some officers who allegedly assaulted and then gouged out the right eye of a man in the state. The police spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this in a statement…

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have rescued two more abducted persons during ongoing search-and-rescue operations in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, while six fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families have surrendered in…

The Senate on Wednesday approved the 2026 budget proposal of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), endorsing a revenue target of N11.074 trillion and a total expenditure of N1.295 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year. The approval followed the consideration of…

The police have arrested 27 suspected thugs in separate operations across Minna, Niger State. The police state command’s spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a crime bulletin issued on Wednesday in Minna. According to him, operatives attached to Tudun-Wada Division…

A chief magistrates’ court in Katsina on Wednesday remanded a university lecturer, Bashir Kurfi, in police custody for alleged defamation and injurious falsehood against the state government. The charge arose from Mr Kurfi’s claims that the Katsina State Government sponsored…

Three years after its inauguration, the 10th House of Representatives has emerged as one of the most active, controversial and politically consequential legislative chambers in Nigeria’s democratic history. Led by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, the 360-member…