The shutdown stems from a dispute over funding for the DHS, the only federal department still without an approved budget after Congress completed most of its spending bills last year.

The refinery has also temporarily suspended loading operations to reconcile stock levels and align with the updated pricing framework, further disrupting supply activities at the depot level.

Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai, have repelled coordinated attacks by insurgents on military positions in Banki and Azir in Borno State.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed commercial banks to block loan defaulters, particularly large-ticket borrowers, from accessing new credit facilities within the banking system.

The judgment affirmed that the shorter tenure contradicts constitutional provisions guaranteeing a democratically elected local government system.

The surge in energy prices triggered by the conflict in the Middle East has significantly strengthened the dollar, paradoxically undermining US President Donald Trump’s economic objectives.

 Nigeria has urged West African and Sahel countries to strengthen collaboration to tackle the growing threat of Improvised Explosive Devices  (IEDs) in the ongoing counter-insurgency operations. Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, the National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre – Office of the National Security Adviser (NCTC-ONSA), made the call at the closing of a five-day Counter-Improvised Explosive […]

Brazil’s imprisoned, far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro was put into intensive care Friday to be treated for bronchopneumonia, his doctors said in a statement.

Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Moyosore Adebanjo, has reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to women’s leadership, saying the recently inaugurated Executive Council includes 35 percent female representation. Moyosore, who said strong economies were not built by government alone but through partnership, called for private sector collaboration with his administration. He spoke at the […]

Scores of Shia Muslims in Nigeria held a pro-Iran rally on Friday, carrying images of the late ayatollah and chanting “Shame to America” despite a heavy security presence in the capital.

…raises alarm over police harassment, rising rents By Adeola Badru The South-West leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has warned that it may mobilise students for peaceful mass action if the Federal Government fails to urgently address the worsening electricity crisis affecting campuses and student communities across the country. The warning was […]

“I really think that’s a big hurdle to climb for people that don’t have weapons. I think it’s a very big hurdle… It’ll happen, but it probably will be, maybe not immediately,” Trump told Fox News Radio.

A prosecution witness, Mr Aridegbe Akim, told an Abuja high court on Friday that a passport bearing the name of “Tali Shani” was not issued by the Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS).

By Evelyn Usman The Nigerian Navy has destroyed an illegal crude oil storage site uncovered within the operational area of its Forward Operating Base, Bonny, in Rivers State, as part of ongoing operations against crude oil theft and illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta region.  Four dug-out pits containing a cumulative 17,500 litres of products […]

In the clip shared on his social media page, the singer was seen offering prayers at Raudhatul Jannah, one of the most revered prayer areas in Islam, located within Al-Masjid an-Nabawi.