The Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Haruna Garba has described as exaggerated, misleading and mischievious, reports making the rounds in the FCT alleging the over 200 persons were kidnapped by bandits beteeen December last year and January this year saying the reports were aimed at creating panic among Abuja residents.

A Taliban official has said several girls and women were detained recently in Kabul for not covering themselves properly, after reports circulated of a crackdown in the Afghan capital.

Morocco’s ambassador in Geneva was elected Wednesday to become the president of the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2024 in a rare secret ballot among member states.

As the world shifts from fossil fuels to cleaner energy in a bid to reduce the impacts of climate change, Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia move to develop solid minerals through partnership.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Kwara state government has urged the labour unions in the state to embrace dialogue and continue to reciprocate the goodwill of the government over the years in the best interest of taxpayers and the general public.

The global unemployment rate will increase slightly in 2024, the United Nations said Wednesday as it raised concerns about stagnant productivity, worsening inequalities and inflation biting into disposable income.

“The National Population Commission, NPC Borno State, wishes to clarify that the exclusion of six (6) local government areas in the ongoing National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2023–2024 was not due to insecurity.

Daniel Maldini, the son of Italian football icon Paolo Maldini, completed on Wednesday a loan move from AC Milan to Monza until the end of the season.

No fewer than 11 persons including kids, were reported dead in a boat mishap along the Andoni-Bonny coastal waters in Rivers State on Tuesday.

BENIN CITY – BARELY 24 hours after the deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu faulted the endorsement of Asue Ighodalo by some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo North, the Edo North PDP Leaders Forum has also towed the line of Shaibu describing it as disgusting.

“Growth in Nigeria is projected at 3.3 percent this year and 3.7 percent in 2025—up 0.3 and 0.6 percentage point, respectively…”

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has stated that it would ensure the utilisation of the N300 billion approved for the NDDC in the 2024 budget by the National Assembly for the development of states in the region.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd says it recorded a profit of N2.548 trillion in 2022.
The national oil company in its 2022 Financial Performance Report posted online described the profit as the highest since its inception in 1977.

The Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone ‘A’ in Ikeja Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said on Wednesday it seized rice and other prohibited cargo valued at over N10 billion for the year 2023.