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Use Internet positively, Olukoyede charges students
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has charged students across the country to use the internet positively and for socially desirable activities. He gave this charge on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 when the executives of the Niger Delta Students’ Union Government paid a courtesy visit to the Benin Zonal…
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EFCC arraigns one for alleged N19m fraud in Maiduguri
Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, July 27, 2026, arraigned one Sadi Babale before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a one- count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N19, 000,000.00 (Nineteen Million Naira).…
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Bianca Ojukwu meets AU Commission chair, seeks stronger Nigeria-Africa cooperation ahead of executive council s ession
Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to deepening its engagement within the African Union (AU) following a bilateral meeting with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. The meeting took place in Addis Ababa on Monday ahead of the 49th Ordinary Session of the Executive…
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Resident Doctors’ Strike Disrupts Healthcare Services At LUTH
Healthcare services at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) remained disrupted as the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) continued its industrial action, which entered its eighth day on Monday. The strike, initiated in compliance with a directive from the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), comes after prolonged but unsuccessful attempts to resolve severe welfare…
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PFIPC: Reps Directs IGP To Produce Disputed DG In 48 Hours
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the activities of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disun, to produce the alleged director-general of the disputed agency to appear before it. It urged the IGP to produce Mr. Adeniyi Adeyemi before the committee on July 29, 2026, at…
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NBA Condemns Abduction of Kebbi Judge, Demands Immediate Release
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the abduction of Justice Faruku Bunza of the Kebbi State High Court by suspected armed bandits. It described the incident as a direct attack on the judiciary, the administration of justice and the rule of law. In a statement signed by its President, Afam Osigwe (SAN), the NBA…
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Many feared trapped as student hostel collapses at Federal Polytechnic Oko
Rescue teams have pulled three students alive from the rubble of a collapsed three-storey hostel near the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, in Anambra State, as emergency responders continue efforts to locate others believed to be trapped. The building, a privately owned students’ hostel, reportedly caved in at about 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, throwing the community into…
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NAF Set to Receive Three M-346 Fighter Attack Jets After Successful Factory Tests
The Nigerian Air Force has recorded another major milestone in its ongoing fleet modernisation programme with the successful completion of the Factory Acceptance Test for the first batch of three M-346 Fighter Attack aircraft at the Leonardo Aircraft Division facility in Venegono, Italy. A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore…
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First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, receives diaspora health and humanity champion award
First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen Oluremi Tinubu, has been honoured with the Diaspora Health and Humanity Champion Award at the 2026 National Diaspora Merit Awards in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Nigeria’s healthcare sector and humanitarian development. The awards ceremony, the fourth in the series organised by the Nigerians in…
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Kaduna Massacre: Gunmen Kill 30, Including Eight Children, Burn Homes in Midnight Raid
No fewer than 30 persons, including eight children, were killed on Sunday night when suspected terrorists attacked Naridon community in Kamaru Ward of Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, in one of the deadliest assaults recorded in the area in recent times. The attackers reportedly stormed the community at about 11 p.m., shooting indiscriminately…