Police in Ebonyi have confirmed the abduction of three children by suspected kidnappers in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Joshua Ukandu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abakaliki that the children were abducted…

First lady of Imo State, Barrister Chioma Uzodimma, has disclosed that early detection and prevention are the best ways to combat the scourge of cancer among women. Uzodimma spoke during a public health walk held in Owerri to mark the…

A Federal Commissioner with the Public Complaints Commission, Morakinyo Akinleye, has described any coalition against President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term as “dead on arrival.” Akinleye also praised the Senator representing Ogun West, Solomon Adeola, popularly called Yayi,…

Senators will reconvene for an emergency plenary session on Tuesday amid Nigerians’ demand for the inclusion of mandatory electronic transmission of results in the amendment to the Electoral Act. The upper chamber had adjourned plenary for two weeks last Wednesday…

Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu as an emperor with many servants. Adebayo said this on Sunday in an interview on ‘Hard Copy’, a programme on Channels Television. He was…

The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned of potential nationwide protests and election boycotts over what it described as confusion and contradictory positions by the Senate on amendments to the Electoral Act, particularly regarding electronic transmission of election results. The labour…

Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), especially those in the satellite towns, have continued to lament the deteriorating power situation across the country. Some of the residents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday…

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has directed the reconvening of plenary for an emergency sitting on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. The announcement was made on Sunday in a statement signed by the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo.…

The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Protocol, Issa Niniola, has said the Federal Government is not sleeping over the spate of insecurity in the country. Niniola stated this on the sidelines of the 27th Oba-Oke Day celebration…

Constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Professor Sebastine Hon has dismissed the call by the Sharia Council of Nigeria for the sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan SAN as an…

The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Benue State, Ardo Risku, on Sunday, appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the state governor, Hyacinth Alia, to intervene in the detention of his son,…

An 18-year-old housewife (name withheld ) in Potiskum, Yobe State, has allegedly cut off her husband’s manhood. Dungus Abdulkarim, the spokesman for the state police command, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu on Saturday. He said the disturbing incident…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has called on security agencies to investigate the acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State, Jarret Tenebe, over his alleged death threat to a Facebook user identified as Blessing…

A former Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Ayoade Adeseun, on Sunday, disclosed that he facilitated about N500 million in federal funding for the establishment of the Federal Polytechnic, Ayede,…

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said lawmakers deliberately removed the requirement for mandatory “real-time” electronic transmission of election results during the clause-by-clause consideration of the Electoral Act amendment bill. Mr Akpabio explained that the decision was informed by concerns…