Reps Panel Probes N1.32bn Budget for Unestablished Agency
The House of Representatives will on Tuesday inaugurate an ad hoc committee to investigate the inclusion of the unestablished Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The panel, chaired by Yusuf Gagdi, was constituted following a House resolution to examine how about N1.32 billion was allocated to an agency that has […]
Four FCT Police Officers Held Over ICPC Chairman Extortion
Four police officers have been detained by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command for allegedly extorting N53,000 from the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Aliyu (SAN), during an illegal stop-and-search operation in Abuja. FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Sanusi, disclosed the incident on Monday while […]
Troops Arrest Sudanese, Ghanaian in Borno Security Operation
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a Sudanese man suspected of being a foreign terrorist collaborator and a Ghanaian woman believed to be an illegal immigrant during a security operation in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. In a statement issued on Monday, the Acting Military Information Officer of Operation Hadin Kai, Capt. […]
Kwara Orders Demolition of Unsafe Ilorin Building
The Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate demolition of a dilapidated two-storey building in the Oke-Suna area of Ilorin East Local Government Area after declaring it structurally unsafe and a threat to lives and property. The building has also been sealed by the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA) following complaints from residents that […]
Marketers Warn Petrol May Be Priced in Dollars
Petroleum products marketers have warned that Nigerians could soon begin paying for petrol, diesel and other refined petroleum products in US dollars if the Federal Government fails to restore the naira-for-crude arrangement with Dangote Refinery. The National President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Billy Gillis-Harry, raised the concern in […]
Atiku Questions N12.8tn Service-Wide Vote Allocation
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that the 2026 Federal Budget contains a concealed N12.8 trillion allocation under the Service-Wide Vote (SWV), calling for greater transparency from the Tinubu administration. In a statement issued on Monday by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described the budget as a […]
NCDMB, Renaissance Train 300 Youths for Oil, Gas Jobs
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in partnership with Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, has launched a 12-month Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Programme for 300 young Nigerians to prepare them for careers in the petroleum industry. The programme targets graduates in mechanical, electrical and instrumentation engineering. It includes three months of […]
Kidnap Victims Tell Court They Paid N63m in Ransom
Victims of an alleged kidnapping syndicate operating around a popular vegetable market in Benin City have told an Edo State Special Criminal Court that they paid more than N63 million in ransom to secure their freedom. The witnesses testified during the ongoing trial of four suspects facing an 11-count charge bordering on alleged kidnapping, armed […]
Military Rescues 40 Kidnap Victims, Arrests 20 Suspects
The Nigerian military says its troops rescued more than 40 kidnapped victims and arrested over 20 suspected terrorists, collaborators and other criminal suspects during coordinated operations conducted across the country between July 10 and 16. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, adding […]
Tinubu Signs Executive Order on Virtual Assets
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, introducing a unified framework to strengthen the regulation of virtual assets, combat financial crimes and promote responsible innovation in Nigeria. The order, which takes immediate effect, seeks to improve coordination among key financial, revenue and capital market regulators without creating […]
