The head of Libya’s armed forces and four other high-ranking military officials died late Tuesday when their business jet crashed shortly after taking off from Ankara, officials in Turkey’s capital and Tripoli said. The wreckage of their Falcon 50 aircraft…

The Jigawa State Government has announced that the tenure of 27 selected Education Secretaries will be subject to a one-year performance review, with underperforming officers to be replaced. The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Prof.…

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka has appointed globally-renowned writer Chimamanda Adichie, African Development Bank executive, Prof. Kevin Urama, and Prof. James Robinson of the University of Chicago as Visiting Professors, in a move aimed at repositioning the institution on the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not recognise the Kabiru Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) elected in November, citing existing court orders. The commission disclosed this in a letter to Akintayo…

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has ordered the immediate removal of four of his aides following their alleged roles in the assault of a serving councillor. The decision followed the conclusion of investigations into the attack on Abdulrahman Abubakar…

Asian markets went into the Christmas break Wednesday on a mixed note as investors struggled to track a record day on Wall Street fuelled by forecast-topping US economic data. After a healthy start, regional stocks stuttered into the close, although…

Tunisia sit top of Group C after Matchday One of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025, edging ahead of Nigeria on goal difference following an assured 3–1 win over Uganda on Tuesday. Both teams opened their…

Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed into law the State 2026 Appropriation Bill of N901.8 billion and Local Government Budgets of N288 billion respectively. The passage follows the approval of the report of the House Committee on Appropriation, presented…

Two police officers were killed in an overnight explosion in Moscow when they tried to stop a suspicious person, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement Wednesday. The blast occurred close to the site where a Russian general was killed…

A minor fire broke out late Tuesday night at the Terminus Market in Jos, Plateau State, the Jos Main Market Authority has confirmed. Preliminary investigations have yet to establish the exact cause of the fire. Firefighters from both the federal…

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, prosecuted 125 cases of rape, vandalism, theft, murder/culpable homicide and other civil and criminal offenses between January and December 2025. The Jigawa State Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Muhammad…

The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has distributed more than 2,000 bags of rice and other relief items to constituents across the five local government areas in the district as part of her Christmas outreach. This was…

Nine suspended members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have accused the state government and the Assembly leadership of withholding their salaries and allowances for nearly two years following their suspension. The lawmakers made the allegation in an interview…

As more state houses of assembly pass the 2026 budgets, Governors Monday Okpebholo (Edo), Duoye Diri (Bayelsa) and Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti), on Tuesday, signed the appropriation bills into law. Also on Tuesday, the Nasarawa State House of Assembly okayed N545.2bn,…

A political strategist and Group CEO of Global Investment and Trade Company, Baba Yusuf, says the idea of many Nigerians joining politics in the first place is about stomach infrastructure. Featuring in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on…