The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Husseini Baba Yusuf, has inaugurated the FCT Area Council Election Appeal Tribunal at the High Court, Maitama, Abuja. The chief judge inagurated three members to serve on the tribunal, which serves…

Former Vice President of Nigeria and a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has said Nigerians are no longer impressed by the government’s strong language of condemnation. Atiku made the remark while expressing concern over the increasing…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has set April 2026 as the final deadline for digital money lending operators to regularise their operations under Nigeria’s Digital, Electronic, Online and Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025 (DEON Regulations). The commission said…

The Nigerian military says bandit leader Bello Turji is currently in panic and confusion as intensified operations close in on him and other armed group leaders in the North-West. The Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has requested additional Hajj slots from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of preparations for the 2026 Hajj and Umrah operations. The request was made on Wednesday in Abuja when NAHCON hosted a…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has halted moves by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and other government authorities to take over a prime parcel of land in Maitama District occupied by Nanet Hotels Limited. According to…

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged authorities to take proactive measures following the confirmed abduction of worshippers from churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Obi made this call in a…

Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the recent bandit attacks in Kajuru, Kaduna State, warning that peace deals with the criminals often favour the perpetrators over the victims. Atiku, in a statement released Wednesday by his media adviser, Paul Ibe,…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of five suspects linked to terrorist leader, Bello Turji. The judge, Emeka Nwite, issued the arrest order after David Kaswe, lawyer for the federal government,…

The women of Warri kingdom have staged a protest over the re-delineation exercise carried out by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, under the immediate past Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu. The women, protesting on at INEC headquarters on the aegis…

Manchester City’s players will refund ticket costs for fans who flew all the way to the Arctic Circle only to witness a humiliating 3-1 defeat to Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League. City suffered one of the most chastening results in…

The names of the worshippers abducted from three churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been released. The list was attached to a statement issued by the Chikun/Kajuru Active Citizens Congress (CKACC) on Tuesday. The…

One of the suspects being prosecuted by the Department of State Services, DSS,  alongside Khalid Al-Barnawi and three others, for masterminding the August 26, 2011 bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja…

The billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Dr Deji Adeleke, on Wednesday, publicly addressed for the first time the long-running paternity controversy involving his son, Afrobeats singer David Adeleke, and a young girl, Anuoluwapo, allegedly fathered by the artiste. Speaking at a…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said the narrative that the United States-led international order operated equally for all was always partially false. At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on Tuesday, he acknowledged that many countries, including Canada and…