ECOWAS declares state of emergency in West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States has declared a state of emergency in the region. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, made the declaration known on Tuesday…
JAMB releases registration guidelines for 2026 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released detailed guidelines for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration process, along with a list of common challenges candidates may encounter. The…
Hotel, mortuary sealed over alleged kidnapping, organ harvesting
The Imo State Government has sealed a hotel and private mortuary in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area over alleged involvement in kidnapping and suspected human organ harvesting. The action followed an…
Benin soldiers announce coup, presidency insists President Talon safe
Military personnel in Benin on Sunday announced that they had ousted President Patrice Talon, although his entourage said he was safe and the army was regaining control. Soldiers calling themselves…
Police Arrest 20 Suspected Cultists Linked to Officer’s Murder
The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos has announced the arrest of 20 suspects linked to the murder of a police officer in Ilesi community, near Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. According…
Police nab woman for burning maid’s private part in Imo
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old businesswoman, Juliet Igwe, for allegedly using candlelight to inflict injuries on the private part of her six-year-old maid, identified simply as…
CBN scraps cash deposit limits, raises weekly withdrawal threshold
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) today removed the limit on cash deposits and raised the weekly cash withdrawal limit across all channels to N500,000, up from N100,000. The apex…
US jails two Nigerians for romance scam
Two Nigerians, Chinagorom Onwumere and Stephen Anagor, have been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for their roles in a romance scam and wire fraud scheme that led…
IGP appoints new Ogun command PPRO
DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi holds an LL.B in Law from the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano, a Barrister-at-Law (BL) qualification from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus, and a Diploma in…
US halts all immigration applications for nationals of 19 countries ( Full list)
The Trump administration has halted all pending asylum applications and all immigration benefit requests filed by nationals of 19 “high-risk countries,” according to a new policy memorandum issued Tuesday by…
