UK TRAIN PREDATOR JAILED FOR ATTACKING WOMAN, TEENAGER MINUTES APART
A 27-year-old Daniel Odubanjo has been sentenced to six years in prison for trapping a woman in a train toilet and sexually assaulting her before...
CBN UPGRADES OPAY, MONIEPOINT, KUDA, OTHERS TO NATIONAL LICENCES
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has upgraded the operating licences of major financial technology firms and microfinance banks, including Opay...
NORTH KOREA TEST-FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILES IN DIRECTION OF SEA OF JAPAN
Agency Report North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, Tokyo and Seoul said, a day after a...
COURT ORDERS FCT WORKERS TO SUSPEND STRIKE FOLLOWING SUIT BY WIKE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Abuja, has granted an interlocutory injunction compelling workers under the Joint Union Action...
APC EXPANDS DOMINANCE WITH CONTROL OF 29 OUT OF 36 STATES
By: Fasasi Hammad The All Progressives Congress (APC) currently governs 29 of Nigeria’s 36 states, according to a regional analysis of party control across the...
COURT ORDERS FCT WORKERS TO HALT STRIKE
By: Balogun Ibrahim The National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja has granted an interlocutory injunction filed by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and the FCT...
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION SURGE PUTS NIGERIA ON PATH TO END FERTILISER IMPORTS
By: Fasasi Hammad The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has indicated that fertiliser imports will soon be phased out as expanding private-sector...
FRANCE MOVES TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER-15s AS LAWMAKERS PASS BILL
Agency Report French lawmakers have approved a bill that would ban children under the age of 15 from using social media platforms, a move President...
BITTER COLD HITS MILLIONS ACROSS US AFTER MAJOR SNOWSTORM
[caption id="attachment_208423" align="alignnone" width="300"] A truck plows snow on a residential street in Washongton, DC, on January 26, 2026. A monster storm barreling across the...
PSC, POLICE EXTEND CONSTABLE RECRUITMENT DEADLINE TO FEBRUARY 8
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Police Service Commission (PSC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has announced a two-week extension of the ongoing...