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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested two sisters, Leadway Innocent and Joy Innocent, for staging a fake abduction to extort N5m from their father. Police also arrested two accomplices in Jikwoyi Phase II, Abuja. According to a statement on Tuesday by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer,...

The Situation Room on Positive Reforms has raised alarm over a malicious fake campaign targeting the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Mr. Bashir Ojulari. The group alleges that detractors are spreading false claims about Ojulari’s resignation in a deliberate attempt to destabilize...

As part of ongoing courtesy visits to key stakeholders, the Biu Forum executives and stakeholders met with Senator Muhammad Ali Ndume on Thursday, 31st July 2025.The meeting was a productive roundtable discussion. The forum representatives presented a checklist of issues and requests for possible intervention by the Senator. Opening the...

In a move to bolster their strategic partnership, a delegation from the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, visited the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ-FCT)Council on Friday, August 1, 2025. The Commercial Director, Betty Aguiyi-Ironsi, accompanied by Ijeoma Osuji, the E-Commerce Manager, both the first women to hold their respective positions at Transcorp...

The Federal Ministry of Housing and Regional Development has dismissed allegations that it sold 270 newly constructed housing units along the Ningi-Kano Road to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Mr Nwamadu Herbert, the State Controller of the Ministry, refuted the claims while addressing newsmen on Friday in Bauchi. It was...

Gov. Hyacinth Alia has submitted the first batch of commissioner-nominees to the Benue State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Mr Tersoo Kula, his Chief Press Secretary, who made this known in a statement on Friday in Makurdi, said that the transmission of the list to the House was...

The Nigeria Navy has concluded  arrangement to establish a Naval Base in Yauri, Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi. It was reported that a delegation from the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla unveiled the information during a courtesy visit on Gov. Nasir Idris at Government House,...

Properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed as no fewer than six shops were razed by fire in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. It was reported that the fire, which occurred on Thursday at Ile-Ewe, Sawmill Area, Ogbomoso, affected six out of 10 locked up shops in the area. The Chairman, Oyo...

Tragedy struck along the Lekki-Epe Expressway on Thursday as two separate crashes claimed five lives and left five others critically injured, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), which blamed excessive speeding and disregard for traffic regulations. The first accident occurred early Thursday at Abijo Bus Stop, inward...

ABUJA – A two-time member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Abduljabbar Rufai, has revealed that the party is in active talks with former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to bring him back ahead of the 2027 general elections. Rufai made this known while speaking with...