The federal government has filed criminal charges against three men over their alleged involvement in the abduction of pupils and teachers from schools in Oriire LGA of Oyo state.
President Bola Tinubu has launched five coordinated programmes worth about $3.05 billion aimed at reducing poverty, strengthening community resilience and improving healthcare and education across Nigeria.
Afam Osigwe, president of the Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA), has accused some lawyers and candidates in the association’s national
officers’ election of playing politics by alleging that the exercise would be
rigged before voting commenced.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued operational guidelines for bureau de change (BDC) operators purchasing foreign exchange (FX) from authorised dealer banks, introducing stricter compliance requirements and an electronic transaction portal.
The jersey worn by Pele for the 1958 World Cup final in Sweden has sold for $4.9m at a Sotheby’s auction in New York.
The Anambra State High Court in Awka has sentenced popular native doctor Onyebuchi Okocha, widely known as Onyeze Jesus, to six years in prison and a ₦20 million fine under the Anambra Homeland Security Law.
The Regional Leader of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, has alleged that suspected terrorists sent him and members of his church a letter threatening to kill them, just days after nine of his relatives were murdered in an attack on communities in Plateau State.
Renowned filmmaker Kunle Afolayan has dismissed reports circulating on social media that he owes FirstBank ₦5 billion over a loan allegedly taken to finance his 2022 film, AnÃkúlápó.
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has attributed persistent flooding in Lagos to what he described as indiscriminate and “greedy” sand-filling of the Lagos Lagoon.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says its 2026 national officers and general council of the bar (GCB) elections will hold as scheduled on Saturday, July 18, despite recent developments involving its election service provider.
Isaac Fayose, younger brother of former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the backlash that followed a viral video showing him praying with Seyi Tinubu, saying he could withdraw his support for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, if he chooses.