Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, popularly known as KWAM 1, has withdrawn the suit he filed at the Ogun State High Court challenging steps taken towards the installation of a new Awujale of Ijebuland. A notice of discontinuance dated 22…

The Ogun State Government has taken a major step toward strengthening reproductive health financing with the launch and dissemination of the State Family Planning, FP, Finance Tracker, aimed at improving transparency, accountability and sustainability of family planning funding in the…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared he will not support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election, urging former ally and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to allow others make their political choices. Speaking on Tuesday during a media chat…

Yobe State Police Command said it has arrested a total number of 428 suspects for various capital offences, including kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, culpable homicide, and other related crimes from January to December, 2025. SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Command’s Public…

The Jigawa State Police Command has imposed a total ban on the sale, possession, and use of fireworks, knockouts, and pili cards during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. This was contained in a statement on Monday in Dutse by…

Kidnappers who abducted 28 travellers in Plateau State have demanded a ransom of ₦1.5 million for each victim, a relative of one of the abducted persons has said. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the travellers were kidnapped in the Zak community,…

Troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, on Monday repelled a coordinated terrorist attack along the Maiduguri–Damboa Main Supply Route (MSR) in Borno. A credible military source told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, that…

The National Human Rights Commission dashboard for mid-2025 highlights significant internal displacement in Nigeria, with Yobe and Benue recording the highest numbers. Presenting the dashboard, NHRC Executive Secretary Dr Tony Ojukwu, SAN, said Yobe led with 2,047 internally displaced persons,…

The Nigeria Police Force on Monday night released Sodeeq Atanda, a senior investigative reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), hours after officers attached to the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit arrested him in Lagos. FIJ reported that Mr…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has clarified that the National Identification Number (NIN) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) now automatically serves as the Tax Identification Number (TIN) for individual Nigerians. The announcement was made on Monday…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has announced that the National Identification Number issued by the National Identity Management Commission has automatically become the Tax Identification Number for individual Nigerians. The clarification was made in a public awareness campaign on the…

Criticism has continued to trail the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, Udeme Otong, following his remarks that he has the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket in his pocket for the 26 seats in the assembly for the 2027 general…

A three-storey building located at No.20 Kaduna street by Uzuakoli road in Umuahia, has been sealed by the Abia State government, through the Umuahia Capital Development Authority, UCDA. The house, according to the UCDA, was sealed for allegedly suffering from…

Afrobeats star Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has expressed grief following reports that a woman died in a stampede outside the venue of his concert in Nairobi, Kenya. The incident reportedly occurred on December 20 at the Nyayo National…

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State presented the 2026 Imo budget of N1.43 trillion to the state lawmakers on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the figure represented a 78 per cent increase from the 2025 budget…