The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man, Sunday Olawale, over allegedly spreading fake news of bandits’ attack on Are Ekiti in the Irepodun Ifelodun Local Government area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday that the suspect, who confessed to the […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2026 mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), paving the way for the commencement of candidate ranking and admission processing. JAMB announced the release in a statement issued on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin. The board said candidates who participated in the […]

Troops of the Nigerian Army, supported by the Nigerian Air Force, on Monday, rescued Mrs Amina Abubakar, the widow of the late Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar, who was abducted by bandits alongside her husband several weeks ago. The Defence Headquarters announced the rescue on Monday, saying the operation followed intensified search-and-rescue efforts by troops of […]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has assured officers and personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) that the proposed establishment of State Police will not dismantle the federal police structure. Disu gave the clarification while speaking during a working visit to the Jigawa State Police Command. The IGP said there was no basis […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission, working with consultancy KPMG, has begun a comprehensive review of telecom interconnection pricing, the first major reassessment of the sector’s tariff framework in nearly a decade. The exercise, kicked off in Lagos at a mobile termination rate stakeholder forum on Tuesday, brought regulators, operators and industry participants into a structured process […]

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

The United States has granted permanent residency to Ghana’s Ken Ofori-Atta, his lawyer said Tuesday, capping a saga that saw the fugitive ex-finance minister arrested by immigration authorities. Ofori-Atta, 66, has been in the United States since January last year to receive medical treatment, including prostate cancer surgery. In January, however, he was arrested by […]

A Federal High Court in Katsina State has sentenced a female arms courier to death by hanging after the Department of State Services (DSS) successfully prosecuted her for conspiracy to commit terrorism, as well as aiding and abetting terrorist activities. The convict, Hauwa’u Mukhtar, was arrested by the DSS on September 16, 2023, at Jibia […]

US allies at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialized democracies worked Tuesday to push the war in Ukraine back up the agenda of President Donald Trump after more than four years of fighting sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion. The Iran conflict has in recent weeks overshadowed Ukraine, but following his announcement of an […]

President Bola Tinubu has stated that Nigeria will not surrender any territory to criminals, while commending the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies for the successful operations that led to the elimination of a notorious bandit leader, Ibrahim Bastuji. The president also hailed the rescue of Hajiya Amina Rabe Abubakar, widow of the late […]

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced that a new bilateral agreement between the United States and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday. The announcement was made on Saturday via a post on Truth Social. He wrote, “Barack Hussein Obama’s Deal with Iran, the JCPOA, was an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a […]

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, on Friday granted clemency to 97 inmates at the Kaduna Correctional Centre as part of activities marking the 2026 Democracy Day celebration, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to justice, rehabilitation and inclusive governance. The governor also announced cash grants for the beneficiaries and offered them opportunities to enrol in state-owned […]