Two alleged gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach were a father and son, police said on Monday, as Australia began mourning victims of its worst gun violence in almost 30 years. The father, a 50-year-old, was killed at the scene, taking the number of dead to 16, while […]

“We openly say that former governors of Zamfara and Sokoto states are responsible for the calamities that befell these states,”

UNITED States Congressman Riley Moore has said his country and Nigeria were nearing a significant milestone in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria, with an agreement on a strategic security framework being finalised.

By: Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it’s attack aircraft on Sunday successfully conducted a precision Air Interdiction (AI) mission at Dabar Masara, a known terrorist location in the Southern Tumbuns, as part of ongoing operations to disrupt terrorist activities and logistics. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, said […]

APC has approved the appointment of Mr. Abimbola Tooki as Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy.

By Ibisaki Willie-Wills Tuesday, December 9, 2025, will be remembered as a turning point in Rivers State politics. It was the day the state Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara made the most consequential decision of his political journey, dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was not a routine defection. […]

The Presidency says President Bola Tinubu will never deploy the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to harass opposition figures. Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Onanuga insisted that recent defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) were voluntary. He described claims by some opposition politicians […]

The Federal Government said yesterday discussions were still ongoing over the detention of a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft and 11 soldiers, noting they were yet to be released by the Burkinabe government.

The exchange rate between the Nigerian Naira (NGN) and the British Pound Sterling (GBP) displayed a mixed performance on Monday, December 15, 2025, across Nigeria’s official and parallel foreign exchange markets.

NAJA, has announced that all is set for the 2025 NAJA Awards, scheduled to hold on Tuesday, December 16 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos

By Elizabeth Adegbesan  The Central Bank of Nigeria,  CBN, has issued a one month deadline to Acquirers, Processors, Payment Terminal Service Aggregators and Payment Terminal Service Providers to establish dual connectivity    Point of Sale  transactions  with  the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) and Unified Payment Services Limited (UPSL). The directive, according to CBN, was to […]

No fewer than 48 shops were destroyed in an early morning fire that gutted the Elegushi Model Market complex in the Lekki area of Lagos State on Sunday.

By Elizabeth Adegbesan  Nigeria’s trade balance rose by 43.8 percent  year-on-year (YoY) to N19.32 billion in the first  nine months of the year  (9M’25) from $13.43 billion in 9m’25.  Financial Vanguard analysis of data from the  National Bureau of Statistics,  NBS, report titled, ‘Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics’ showed that the value of exports outweighed imports during […]

​The Nigerian currency, the Naira, showed minimal movement against the US Dollar on Monday, December 15, 2025, maintaining its position across both the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market.

The Southern Nigeria Youths Congress (SNYC) has called on the Kano State Government to immediately disband a parallel enforcement outfit operating under the name Hisbah Independent Fisabilillahi, describing the group as illegal and unconstitutional. The Congress warned that the emergence of such an outfit poses a serious threat to public order and could further escalate […]