Security operatives also recovered eight motorcycles believed to have been used by the bandits, along with weapons seized from the scene. Nigerian security forces have engaged bandits in Karaduwa village, Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to reports ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to support Christian communities facing persecution in Nigeria and other parts of Africa and the Middle East. Netanyahu told Evangelical Christian leaders Wednesday in Palm Beach, Florida that Israel is joining an ...
South African motorists may be heading into the new year with rare and welcome relief at the fuel pumps, as strong indicators point to significant petrol and diesel price reductions taking effect next week. Fresh month-end data from the Central ...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says eight people have been confirmed dead following the fire outbreak that destroyed the Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) building in Lagos on December 24, 2025. The Lagos governor disclosed this on Friday after visiting the site of ...
Ibadan-based cleric, Pastor Biodun Oladele, has predicted that a former Nigerian head of state will die in the year 2026, as part of his prophetic declarations for the coming year. The prophecy forms part of Pastor Oladele’s annual message titled ...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recovered an unmanned aerial vehicle following a loss of signal during a routine mission on Friday. In a statement issued on Friday, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, NAF spokesman, revealed that the UAV was deployed within ...
US Travel Ban List 2026: US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on December 4, 2025, that the Trump administration intended to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban—i.e., those barred from entering the United States—to include ...
The founder of the Grace Nation International, also known as Liberation City, Pastor Chris Okafor, has taken a break from ministerial duties. Okafor announced the development during the New Year service on Thursday, asking four pastors under him to take ...
Bandits have demanded a total ransom of ₦450 million for the release of a traditional ruler in Kwara State, his son and other residents abducted in Ifelodun local government area of the state. The abductors are demanding ₦150 million for ...
Nigeria’s new tax rules took effect from January 1, 2026, with the government saying the changes are meant to reduce pressure on low-income earners, give relief to middle-income workers, and make the tax system fairer. Officials also say the reform ...
A Nigerian cleric, Pastor Biodun Oladele, has released a series of prophecies for the year 2026, warning of major political, economic and security upheavals across the country, including a predicted coup attempt and the unexpected removal of a sitting governor. ...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday clashed at the Federal High Court in Abuja over security arrangements during the trial of former Attorney General of the Federation ...
Former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has claimed that the ISWAP terrorists threatening Christians to convert to Islam or face death are not Muslims. In a post via his official X handle on Friday, Ahmad said the terrorists’ actions in no ...
The Ogun State Government has announced that all public and private primary and secondary schools, including Government Technical Colleges across the state, will resume for the second term of the 2025/2026 academic session on Monday, January 5, 2026. The announcement ...
A young Nigerian social media influencer known as Raye has taken to social media to cry out after being charged ₦487,500 in Value Added Tax (VAT) on purchases worth ₦6.5 million. The outcry comes amid the Federal Government of Nigeria’s ...