The Federation Account Allocation Committee has shared N2.26 trillion among the Federal Government, states and local government councils as April 2026 revenue, representing an increase of N217 billion from the N2.04 trillion distributed in the previous month The latest allocation…

Troops of Operation Fasan Yamma have rescued six kidnap victims who escaped from captivity following sustained military pressure and air interdiction operations in Zamfara State. This is included in a military operational report made available to the News Agency of…

A Niger Delta environmental activist and Nigeria Democratic Congress aspirant for the House of Representatives seat for Warri Federal Constituency, Sheriff Mulade, has slammed the party with a N5 billion damages claim over what he described as its alleged decision…

Last week, the Senate debated several key issues, including the establishment of state police, a proposed ban on textile imports, regulation of cryptocurrency, an increase in the number of Federal High Court judges and Court of Appeal justices, and the…

Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno has charged over 1,471 members of the National Youth Service Corps deployed to the state to reject groups and individuals with violent and divisive inclinations. Rather, he advised them to align themselves with patriotic…

The Nigerian government on Monday began the arraignment of more than 400 terrorism suspects before judges of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The suspects are being arraigned in batches simultaneously in several courtrooms at the Federal High Court complex,…

The South African Government has begun to lament the impacts of xenophobic claims by some individuals, leading to income loss for businesses of its citizens abroad. The government, through its Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, clarified that…

Ijaw and Urhobo leaders in Delta State have reluctantly accepted a presidential intervention regarding the contested Warri electoral boundaries. Out of respect for President Bola Tinubu and to preserve local peace, the leaders said they agreed to a revised ward…

At least 40 people have been executed in Iran on “national security grounds” since the start of the year, including 18 protesters, the United Nations said Monday. “The authorities have intensified their brutal crackdown, arresting thousands and imposing even more…

Armed bandits on Sunday killed a farmer in Kasuwar Magani, a village in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The victim, Baba Bala, popularly known within the community as Sarkin Daji, was reportedly ambushed and killed on his…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced a forthcoming total ban on social media for children under 16, saying that such platforms are “making children unhappy”. Starmer said that the government “will ban access to social media for all…

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has condemned the kidnapping that reportedly took place on Sunday at the Vegetable Market along Airport Road, Benin City, describing it as unacceptable and a direct attack on innocent residents. In a statement released on…

Africa’s representatives at the 2026 FIFA World Cup have delivered a strong and united response to UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin after his criticism of the tournament’s expanded 48-team format. With the World Cup underway across the United States, Canada and…

European Union chief, Antonio Costa, on Monday welcomed a deal between the US and Iran to end the Middle East war, adding that the bloc was ready to contribute to a strategy for “lasting peace”. “I look forward to an…

For the next six weeks, millions of football fans across the globe would be glued to their television sets at home and in sports bars, etc., and to streaming devices to watch another quadrennial contest of the beautiful game, organised…