Cross River State Government has thrown its weight behind an ongoing payroll sanitisation exercise, dismissing Wednesday’s protest by persons claiming to be unpaid local government workers as a calculated bid to force government into legitimising appointments that never followed due process.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, said its newly inaugurated toll-free hotline recorded 2,843 public engagements within the first 30 days of operation, as the agency moves to strengthen transparency and citizen engagement.

LAGOS, NIGERIA — Globus Bank Limited, a national commercial bank in Nigeria, has secured credit rating upgrades from two of the industry’s leading agencies, reinforcing the Bank’s strengthening financial profile. Agusto & Co. has upgraded the Bank’s ratings to “A+” (Long Term) and “A1” (Short Term), from “A”, with a Stable Outlook. GCR Ratings (GCR) […]

Chelsea signed France defender Maxence Lacroix from Crystal Palace in a deal worth a reported £52 million ($69 million) on Thursday.

The victims’ relatives said they had raised more than N155 million through community crowdfunding in an attempt to secure the release of the captives but alleged that the terrorists rejected the ransom, leaving the victims to remain in captivity.

“‘Once I get elected, you will now start receiving $1.25 million.’ I said, ‘That is a big lie. ‘ Where do you want to get the money from? He said, ‘We did it in UEFA. We turned UEFA around, and we can also do it in FIFA. I have seen my books and consulted.’ When he got elected, he immediately started paying $1.25 million. For a circle, each FA was getting about $6 million.

The gruesome killing of at least about 22 persons in coordinated attacks on communities in Ugboju District of Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, has triggered a fresh political row in Benue state, with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its governorship candidate, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, and Governor Hyacinth Alia exchanging sharp words over the worsening security situation.

The Lagos State Police Command has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 32-year-old dispatch rider, Emmanuel Jegede, following conflicting accounts of how he lost control of his motorcycle and died along the Ikotun-Idimu Road in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.

The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has struck out a suit filed against the Ijaw National Congress (INC), holding that it lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter.

Pope Leo XIV has “great love” for the United States and what it stands for but doesn’t define himself as American, the Chicago-born pope told NBC in an interview.

No fewer than 3,000 market women and men from Ogun Central Senatorial District had received cash grants of N75,000 each under the Oloja Yayi economic empowerment programme facilitated by Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola.

“At no point did I say I hate the Igbo language or Igbo culture. I said ‘Naija language,’ referring to the different languages in Nigeria, but some individuals twisted it and made it seem like I specifically mentioned Igbo. I didn’t.”

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned political appointees serving in the government of President Bola Tinubu that they cannot hold political positions while claiming to be technocrats detached from partisan responsibilities, insisting that such appointees must be ready to mobilise support for the party or vacate their offices.

As a striker, Teslim was famous for his fearsome, powerful shot that earned him the nickname ‘Thunder’.

The 48-year-old joined the Magpies in 2021 and won the League Cup final in March 2025 — the club’s first major trophy since 1969.