Ikotun residents hail Police in combating crime
By Mathew Johnson LAGOS — RESIDENTS of Ikotun area in Lagos State have commended the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, and the Commander, Command Tactical team Ijegun Annex, for reducing crime…
11 months after strike: Union warns workers against violence
By Shina Abubakar OSOGBO — THE Association of Concerned Local Government Workers, ACLGW, in Osun State, yesterday, urged workers returning to work to eschew violence and adhere to the ethics…
Tax laws: Controversy over gazetted copy won’t distract us — Adedeji
•Says 95% poor Nigerians exempted or to witness drastic tax cuts •To tax profit only, not turnover By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Nigeria Revenue Service, NRS, said it…
Okpebholo hails road contractors, warns underperformers
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY—Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has commended road contractors delivering quality projects across Edo South Senatorial District, while warning that contracts would be revoked from…
2027: Peter Obi won’t be anyone’s running mate — Obidients
…Say loyalty is to Obi’s vision, not party labels …Signal readiness to follow Obi across platforms By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The Obidient Movement has ruled out any possibility of…
Ogoni Day: Unity key to justice, Fubara, MOSOP insist
By Davies Iheamnachor & Daniel Abia Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, have stressed that unity remains the most critical…
NDLEA detains 22 Indians over Ship laden with cocaine
…Nabs ‘Mama Kerosine’, seizes opioids, skunk in 5 states By Kingsley Omonobi Following the seizure of 31.5 kilograms of cocaine aboard a merchant vessel, MV Aruna Hulya, by operatives of…
25 dead, 14 missing in Yobe boat mishap
Damaturu— No fewer than 25 persons died while 14 others are still missing after a boat capsized along Yobe River in Garbi town, Nguru Local Government Area of the state.…
Kidnappers of 2 brothers in Edo demand N200m ransom
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY— Kidnappers in Edo State who abducted two brothers, Abu Ibrahim and Abu Tahir, on January 2, 2026, are demanding a ransom of N200 million from…
Troops arrest native doctor, 12 other suspects in Delta
By Ochuko Akuopha ASABA—Troops of 63 Brigade/Sector 1, Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation Delta Safe, in Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, have arrested several suspects, including a native…