Category: News

By Bola Olamide The Federal Government has constituted a 10-member independent committee to investigate the deaths of 37 people detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State over alleged illegal mining. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the probe on Saturday, following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive for a […]

By Esther Yakubu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has commenced a refresher training for its Canine Unit personnel to strengthen their capacity to detect and intercept concealed narcotics. The training, held at the NDLEA Canine Unit Facility in Lagos, was organised in collaboration with Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) and facilitated by German technical dog-handling […]

By Agency Report Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday testified in a suit challenging the emergence of former Senate President, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, as party’s candidate for the Yobe North Senatorial District of Yobe. The officials, who were summoned by Justice Salim Ibrahim of the Federal […]

By Saminu Ibrahim The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) remains critical to ensuring successful Hajj operations as the global pilgrimage system undergoes a major shift. Shettima made the remarks on Friday in Abuja while receiving the comprehensive 2026 Hajj operations report from the NAHCON board, led […]

By Saminu Ibrahim The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered a preliminary investigation into the deaths of about 37 persons suspected to be artisanal miners while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger State. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu, SAN said the […]

By Saminu Ibrahim Prof. Rufa’i Ahmed Alkali, National Coordinator of the National Movement for Tinubu-Shettima 2027 – Forward Nigeria, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of his former Media Aide, Mr. Mike Odiakose. Odiakose died on September 16, 2026. In a condolence message, Alkali described the death as a painful loss to the deceased’s […]

The Nigerian Navy has recovered 119,850 litres of crude oil suspected to have been stolen, 350 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and 25 parcels of suspected Cannabis sativa at an illegal refining site in Ogbogolo Community, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. The recovery was made on Thursday, September 17, […]

By Saminu Ibrahim Troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have foiled separate attacks by terrorists on Forward Operating Bases in Gajiram and Mairari, Borno State. The military also disclosed that two members of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), including a commander known as a Qaid, surrendered to […]

By Saminu Ibrahim  The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has disbursed ₦9.476 billion to 3,958 eligible pensioners of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) under the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme (DBS). The payment represents the outstanding 50 per cent balance of arrears arising from the Back-End Computation (BEC). This was contained in a […]

By Saminu Ibrahim  The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced a three-hour power outage in Ijebu-Ode and surrounding areas of Ogun State on Friday, September 18, 2026, to enable it carry out scheduled maintenance on the Sagamu/Ijebu-Ode 132kV transmission line. TCN said its maintenance crew would conduct the annual preventive maintenance on the transmission […]