The Lagos State Government has announced the commencement of the 2026 electronic registration and payment exercise for the Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE, for all public and private junior secondary schools in the state. The exercise, which is being coordinated…

Some Abuja residents have commended the Federal Government’s intervention towards food price reduction, saying crashing prices of food items had brought relief to Abuja residents and other Nigerians across the country. The residents gave the commendation in separate interviews with…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday hosted Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State amid speculations of the governor’s exit from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, confirmed that…

The Joint Union Action Congress, JUAC, of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has rejected claims by FCTA management that the majority of workers’ demands have already been addressed. JUAC members commenced an indefinite strike on Monday, citing the authorities’…

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has deployed 2,050 corps members to Bauchi State for the 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream 1 orientation exercise. The Bauchi state NYSC Coordinator, Mr Kufre Umoren said this on Tuesday in Bauchi. According to him,…

The morning after Morocco’s Africa Cup of Nations dream slipped away, Brahim Díaz chose accountability over silence. Still carrying the weight of a missed penalty that proved decisive in the final against Senegal, the Real Madrid midfielder took to Instagram…

The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, on Monday reserved judgment in a fundamental rights enforcement suit challenging the prolonged neglect and unsafe condition of the Numan–Jalingo Road, fixing February 26, 2026, for the delivery of…

Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) arrested former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami shortly after his release from prison in Abuja on Monday. He was reportedly arrested to face a fresh probe over…

Claims of bullying and internal intimidation within the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) have been firmly dismissed by insiders and industry observers, who say recent reports linking such allegations to the resignation of Engr. Seyi Omotowa are misleading…

Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has reacted to an online publication that falsely reported the death of his mother, describing the claim as inaccurate and misleading. In a statement posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook accounts…

Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that nobody in the FCT Administration is being owed salary. Olayinka disclosed this while reacting…

The upgrade of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, is expected to gulp the sum of N24,642,000,000 from the N203,602,968,852 budget allocated to the National Sports Commission in the 2026 appropriation bill, The PUNCH reports. President Bola Tinubu had presented…

Suspected bandits have abducted about 163 worshippers during a church service in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The abduction occurred on Sunday. The Chairperson of the c in Kajuru LGA, Enoch Kaura, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM…

Journalist and public affairs commentator Muhammad Mahdi Shehu has announced his acquittal by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano, sharing the outcome in a post on his verified X account on Monday. According to the post, the court on…

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf on Monday met with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, amid heightened speculation over his planned defection to the All Progressives Congress. The governor, dressed in his signature flowing white northern…