•Unveils industry-wide war on e-fraud   •Internet banking fraud leads with N13.37bn, 4,507 cases   •Lagos tops with 63% fraud volumes   •3, 417 individuals on fraud watch list By Babajide Komolafe Losses to fraud in Nigerian financial institutions declined to N25.85 billion, 51 per cent year-on-year, from N52.26 billion in 2024. This comes as the Central Bank […]

Nigeria and other African countries will benefit from a €557m million humanitarian funding package in 2026 after the European Union unveiled an initial €1.9 billion aid budget.

Five soldiers have been killed when a Boko Haram suicide bomber rammed into a military convoy in the Timbuktu triangle in Borno State, while an unspecified number of troops were injured.

Among the featured contributors/collaborator was KAFAMO, a London-based fashion label founded and directed by Aderogba Alqawil. 

A calm but resolute protest by the Warri Indigenous Women Forum, yesterday, drew attention to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja, as the women accused the commission of carrying out a re-delineation exercise they say threatens the political survival of the Itsekiri people in Delta State.

The Olore in council, in Odigbo council area of Ondo state, has rejected the decision of the state government to appoint a regent in place of a substantive traditional ruler.

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— A 45-year-old man simply identified as Pascal has allegedly defiled male and female minors in Rivers State. It was learned that the vicitms (names withheld), were a 10-year-old boy and an 11-yr-old girl. It was gathered that the suspect had committed the act severally at Christ Apostolic Street, Mile 3 […]

Following the devastating inferno that gutted one commercial storey building at Computer Village, Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State, affected traders have sent a SOS to the state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for financial support to assuage their losses.

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa —Angry residents of Obunagha community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have apprehended a 40-year-old man for allegedly defiling and sodomising his 12-year-old step-daughter. The victim was reportedly rushed to Niger Delta University Hospital, Okolobiri, with severe injuries, including bleeding. It was learned that the suspect, identified as a […]

By Akpokona Omafuaire UGHELLI— THE people of Uwheru community, Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest to reject the reinstatement of the their suspended President-General, MacPherson Igbedi, by chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, without the knowledge of the community. The protesters armed with placards bearing inscriptions and a white coffin stained with […]