The stage is set for a thrilling quarter-final clash at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. AFCON as Nigeria and Algeria are set to trade tackles on Saturday.

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta  The Ogun State government has reiterated its commitment to protecting all agricultural land in the state from encroachment, declaring that such lands must be preserved strictly for their intended purpose of boosting agriculture and ensuring food security. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Bolu Owootomo, stated this in […]

By Ozioruva Aliu  BENIN CITY – CONTRARY to the claums of the police in Edo State that they were rescued, the family of the twins who were abducted after their father was killed in Okpella, Etsako East local government area have faulted claims by the Edo State Police Command that the twins were rescued unhurt . […]

The Police Command in Kaduna State has confirmed the abduction of a veteran Photojournalist, Malam Umar Usman.

The equities market closed on a positive note on Tuesday, delivering a N469 billion gain to investors amid sustained buying interest across key stocks. The gain was driven by sustained investor interest in stocks like Meyer, Jaiz Bank, ABC Transport, Austinlaz, Multiverse Mining and 60 other advancing stocks. Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened at […]

“He gets up there and he tries to imitate my dance a little bit,” Trump told lawmakers at the Kennedy arts center in Washington

The Lagos State Taskforce Tuesday, arrested 32 members of ‘Omotaku ‘,during a coordinated enforcement operation across major roads on the Island and Mainland.

By John Alechenu Host Communities of Oil and Gas producing areas have expressed hope that the Federal Government as well as oil companies will upscale their developmental programs in their communities in 2026. National Chairman of HOSTCom, His Highness Benjamin Style Tamaranebi JP, expressed this hope in an address to members of the body, in […]

A top official of the Super Eagles team has dismissed circulating rumours that Super Eagles forward and Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen, is leaving the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) camp in Morocco.

“We are consolidating all available resources and leveraging technology to address security challenges effectively”

The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has rescued four abducted children and reunited them with their families, following an intelligence-led operation. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Rahman Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued in Lafia on Tuesday. Nansel stated that the rescue followed a report received on Dec. […]

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, demanding a public apology over what it described as unwarranted and disrespectful remarks against the former Rivers State governor.

Washington officials were largely unreachable until the days leading up to the strike, before finally calling their Nigerian counterparts

By Dickson Omobola Nigeria Police Force, Airport Police Command, has arrested a celebrity scam and romance fraud suspect responsible for defrauding multiple victims in the United States of over N1 billion naira. The suspect, Essien Akpama, male, aged 20, was arrested on January 5, 2026, by operatives of the Anti-Fraud Unit of the command while […]

The year 2026 started dramatically in the world of football, with top managerial replacements in the English Premier League by Chelsea and Manchester United. This comes in the aftermath of similar explosive, vociferous, and provocative statements made by the team managers against their respective club hierarchies.