With the 2026 FIFA World Cup now concluded, Ballon d’Or organisers have moved to dispel the long-held belief that winning football’s biggest international prize automatically guarantees the sport’s most prestigious individual honour.

By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm over a fake recruitment advertisement circulating on social media and other online platforms, inviting applications for the Short Service Combatant Commission (SSCC) Course 50/2027. The Army, in a statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Appolonia Anele, described the advertisement as fraudulent and […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has challenged the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) to account for the N7.13 trillion recorded as energy security expenditure in the company’s audited 2024 financial statements, saying Nigerians deserve to know what the country has to show for the […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— Two commanders of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group, Mahmud Usman (also known as Abu Bara’a) and Abubakar Abba (popularly called Mahmud Al-Nigeri or Isah Adam/Mallam Mamuda), were on Monday handed life sentences by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The duo were convicted after they pleaded guilty to a 32-count terrorism […]

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja ABUJA — The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have distanced themselves from the establishment and operations of the alleged Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), as investigations by the House of Representatives continued on Monday. The institutions […]