The Chairman of Sabon Birni Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Alhaji Ayuba Hashimu, has refuted a Mosque attack alleging that an Imam and worshippers were killed in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a media platform had reported that bandits had stormed a Mosque in Sabon Birni town, killing the...
Benin’s President Patrice Talon has thanked army leaders for helping to defeat an attempted military coup in the West African nation.He also vowed that the mutineers would be punished. On Sunday morning, a group of soldiers calling themselves the Military Committee for Refoundation seized control of state television and announced that the government had been...
Nigeria’s premier gas distribution company, Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG) is expanding its operations in Ogun State with an agreement to provide gas to SG Industrial FZE, a leading steel company in the Guandong industrial zone in the State. The agreement adds to a growing list of clients for SNG which has developed as a...
The Police Command in Anambra has condemned the attack on a Church carried out by armed criminals which resulted in the death of one person and leaving several others injured. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Awka. Ikenga said that the incident happened in...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the gallantry of Nigeria’s military on Sunday for responding swiftly to the request by the Government of Benin Republic to save its 35-year-old democracy from coup plotters who struck at dawn today. According to a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday, acting on two separate requests...
Prince Kassim Afegbua, Edo state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, says Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has defied early scepticism with massive infrastructure projects. Afegbua said in a statement on Sunday in Benin that the development drive, which had become unprecedented, had earned the governor a widespread commendation. “Initially underrated during the election period, the...
.Wins Best Bank In 9 Out Of 20 African Subsidiaries Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has once again, reaffirmed its leadership as one of the continent’s most innovative and resilient financial institutions, after the bank, for the third time in five years, emerged, African Bank of the year 2025 by the...
.Destroys Illicit Drug Warehouses In Ekiti, Ondo Forests In series of intelligence-led operations across the country, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered over 7.6 million pills of tramadol and a total of 76,273.4 kilograms of different strains of cannabis including Colorado, Loud and Skunk with several members of Drug Trafficking...
A Political Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has called for the use of drones to monitor Nigeria’s highways as part of efforts to tackle insecurity. Utomi, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, said that governors must close ranks on it. The professor expressed dismay over what he referred...
The Federal Government has expressed concern over the attempted coup by a group of soldiers to overthrow President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday by Kimiebi Ebienfa, Spokesperson of the Ministry. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced significant changes to its Executive Board, following the completion of tenure by four long-serving Executive Directors. The retirements, which take effect on January 1, 2026, include Deputy Managing Director Mr. Muyiwa Akinyemi, and Executive Directors Mrs. Abiola Bawuah, Mr. Alex Alozie, and Mrs. Sola Yomi-Ajayi. In line...
Prominent Nigerian leaders have harped on the need for national unity through peaceful cohesion as a panacea to sustainable growth and development in the country. The leaders, include the National Security Adviser (NSA) Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Director-General of the Department of State Services Mr Oluwatosin Ajayi, Benue Governor Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, Gombe State Governor...
A faction of the Accord Party has elected Mr Clement Bamigbola as its candidate for the Osun Aug. 8, 2026 governorship election in the state. Bamigbola was elected by a voice vote of 300 delegates during the party’s primary on Sunday in Osogbo. The Chairman of the Primary Electoral Committee, Olufemi Ogundare, declared Bamigbola the party’s candidate....
.Intercepts US, Canada, Sweden-bound Opioids In Black Soup Containers, Designer Wears Three weeks after escaping arrest at his home in Anguwan Makera, Kuta, Shiroro local government area of Niger state, a notorious supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in the area, 33-year-old Mohammed Sani (alias Gamboli) has been arrested by operatives of the National...
The Federal Government has announced a nationwide prohibition on the admission and transfer of students into Senior Secondary School Three (SS3) in all public and private secondary schools. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by Mrs Folasade Boriowo, Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education....
