Troops beat back ISWAP assault on Borno base, kill terrorists
On Friday night, troops serving under Operation Hadin Kai successfully repelled a coordinated assault carried out by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) against a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Mairari,…
Army swears in 3,439 fresh recruits
Nigerian Army has graduated over 3,439 recruits from the Nigerian Army Training Depot in Zaria… The recruits, who are members of the 89 Regular Recruit Intake, completed six months of…
“You are an exceptional performer,” Tinubu says, marking Wike’s 58th
President Bola Tinubu has rejoiced with the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike as he marks his 58th birthday on December 13… In a statement issued on Saturday and signed by the…
Supreme Court rejects Tinubu’s pardon, upholds Maryam Sanda’s death sentence
Supreme Court on Friday overturned President Tinubu’s pardon of Abuja housewife Maryam Sanda, confirming the death sentence from lower courts… Sanda was in 2020 sentenced to death by hanging for killing…
NMDPRA launches gas trading market, licenses JEX markets
Barbara Bako, Abuja Nigeria on Thursday took a major step toward creating a fully transparent and investment-ready gas market as the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) presented…
Panic at IHS Towers as ICPC raids Amnesty International event
Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Thursday stormed the IHS Towers office in Wuse 2, Abuja, disrupting an event being hosted by Amnesty International…
CBN approves 82 new BDCs under revised 2024 guidelines
Barbara Bako, Abuja. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted final operating licences to 82 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators following the implementation of the revised Regulatory and Supervisory…
Jaiz Bank leads Africa as first IILM primary dealer
Barbara Bako, Abuja. Jaiz Bank has made history as the first financial institution in Africa to be admitted into the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation’s (IILM) global network of primary…
ECOWAS slams Benin’s foiled coup attempt
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned an attempted military takeover in the Republic of Benin, describing the move as a “subversion of the will of the…
Nationwide crackdown: NDLEA seizes 7.6m Tramadol pills, 76,000kg cannabis
In a sweeping operation aimed at protecting public health, NDLEA officers intercepted over 7.6 million tramadol tablets and more than 76,000kg of potent cannabis variants during coordinated intelligence operations across…











