Remita backs admission seekers with new payment innovations
As registration opens for the 2026 UTME and Direct Entry examinations, payments platform Remita has rolled out changes to how admission seekers and institutions access and process examination ePINs, in a move it says is aimed at easing participation in an increasingly digital registration system.
Family sells livestock, raises N10m to free kidnapped bride
By Musa Ubandawaki SOKOTO — Relief mixed with grief swept through Chacho village in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State as a young bride-to-be and her bridesmaids regained freedom after spending about 49 harrowing days in the captivity of bandits. Local sources confirmed that the victims were released only after their families painfully raised […]
Troops kill terrorists in Kebbi, rescue 62 kidnap victims in Zamfara
Troops of the Joint Task Force, North West, under Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have recorded major operational successes with the neutralisation of terrorists in Kebbi State and the rescue of 62 kidnapped victims in Zamfara State, as security forces intensify efforts to restore peace across the region
Kudirat Abiola: Supreme Court dismisses case against Major Al-Mustapha
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the case against Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd) over the 1996 murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election.
Troops kill 2 Boko Haram commanders, 8 others
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), operating under Operation DESERT SANITY V, have neutralized two senior Boko Haram/ISWAP commanders and eight other terrorists in the Sambisa Forest and Mandara Mountains near the Cameroon border.
FCC chair pledges reforms, moves against job racketeering
By Favour Ulebor, Abuja The newly appointed Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, FCC, Hulayat Motunrayo Omidiran, has pledged to pursue institutional reforms and move decisively against job racketeering, as part of efforts to restore fairness and equity in the implementation of the Federal Character principle. Omidiran stated this on Thursday in Abuja during […]
Banks, fintechs facilitate N162bn crypto, N18.7bn scam — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered widespread compromise within Nigeria’s financial system, revealing that commercial banks, fintech companies and microfinance banks facilitated the movement of N162 billion in cryptocurrency transactions and N18.7 billion in fraud proceeds without due diligence, facilitating scams that affected more than 900,000 Nigerians.
Accounting Risk Gains Attention as Investors Rethink Earnings Quality
By Rasheed Sobowale As global capital markets continue to experience earnings volatility and abrupt valuation adjustments, analysts and investors are increasingly turning their attention to a less visible but influential factor: accounting judgment and financial statement risk. Recent commentary by accounting and investment analysis professionals suggests that many earnings surprises stem not from unexpected economic […]
Ondo South: Why Oyerinmade should succeed Jimoh
WITH the nomination of Senator Jimoh Ibrahim for ambassadorial appointment, there is looming vacancy in Ondo South Senatorial District
Funding, manpower limit military’s use of technology, says NCTC
By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) has identified inadequate funding and manpower shortages as major challenges hindering the Nigerian military from fully leveraging technology to enhance operational effectiveness. The Coordinator of the Centre, Maj. Gen. Adamu Laka, disclosed this while delivering a lecture at the inauguration of Naval Warfare Course 10 […]
InfraCredit mobilises local currency debt for First Electric energy project
By Babajide Komolafe InfraCredit, an infrastructure credit guarantee institution, has announced the credit enhancement of First Electric Power and Automation Services Limited’s local currency debt issuance under a co-financing arrangement with the Climate Finance Blending Facility (CFBF). The transaction marks the first mesh-grid clean energy infrastructure project supported by the Facility and its sixth overall […]
The Kaduna abductions and matters arising, by Adekunle Adekoya
Just few days into the new year 2026, peace was, for the umpteenth time, shattered nationwide and in Kaduna State in particular when on Sunday 18 January, more than 170 worshippers were kidnapped in three churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. First, we have become so unfortunate with insecurity that we are […]
Edo plans indigenous airline as Okpebholo meets Keyamo
The Edo State Government has intensified efforts to establish an indigenous airline following a strategic meeting between the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, and the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo.
Wike vs. Workers: FCTA secures court order to break JUAC strike
The brewing cold war between the Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, and the administration’s workforce reached a legal flashpoint on Thursday, as the FCT Administration successfully moved to disarm the labour unions through the judiciary.
LivingTrust Mortgage Bank posts N1.01bn profit for 2025
By Moses Nosike LivingTrust Mortgage Bank Plc has reported a notable performance for the year ending December 31, 2025, with a N1.01 billion profit after tax, reflecting an 18.3% increase from the previous year’s N854.5 million. As extracted from the NGX report, LivingTrust Mortgage Bank Plc’s Q4 2025 financial performance stands as a compelling testament […]
Sowore’s post on Tinubu threatened public safety, DSS witness tells court
The trial of politician and online publisher Omoyele Sowore over alleged cyber defamation and cybercrime opened on Thursday, with a Department of State Services (DSS) witness telling the court that Sowore’s social media post describing President Bola Tinubu as a criminal generated tension and posed a threat to public safety. Testifying as the prosecution’s first […]
