NUPRC Notifies Successful Bidders as $10bn Oil Licensing Round Enters Data-Leasing Phase
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it has completed the pre-qualification stage of the 2025 oil Licensing Round and notified successful pre-qualified applicants accordingly. A statement by Eniola…
NAPTIP rescues 6 trafficked children, arrests 7 suspects in Niger
The Niger State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued six victims of child trafficking, including twin babies, in a major breakthrough…
Court fines EFCC N500,000 for seeking multiple adjournment in Emefiele’s trial
Justice Hamza Muazu of an Abuja High Court on Tuesday imposed a N500,000 fine on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for seeking multiple adjournment in Godwin Emefiele’s trial….
NLNG expands VIBES programme, inducts new beneficiaries
NLNG’s economic empowerment initiative, the Vocational Innovation Business and Empowerment Scheme (VIBES), has inducted a new cohort of 103 trainees into its 2026 empowerment programme. The induction ceremony, held…
Tinubu speaks on Maiduguri bomb blasts, commends military
The recent news from Maiduguri, Borno State, is profoundly upsetting. I mourn those who lost their lives, sympathise with the injured and stand in solidarity with the people of…
Multiple suicide bombs rock Borno during beeaking of fast
The Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) wishes to inform the general public of suicide bomb explosions that occurred at about 7:05 p.m. on Monday,…
Alleged terrorism: Ansaru commanders confess to Libya-based terror training and IED manufacturing – DSS tells Court
A Department of State Services (DSS) operative, on Monday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that two Ansaru terror group commanders confessed to receiving weapons’ training and handling in…
Customs seizes illicit goods worth N1.4bn in Ogun
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area 1 Command, Idiroko, says it seized illicit goods with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1,350,751,000 billion from various locations in the…
Alleged N8.7bn Money Laundering: Witnesses Detail Millions in Payments to Accounts Linked to Malami, Wife, and Son
Two prosecution witnesses, on Monday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja how millions of Naira were paid into companies’ accounts linked to former Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, his…
FRSC returns N3.7m, valuables recovered from Zaria accident scene
Operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attached to the Zaria Unit Command recovered and returned N3.7 million and valuables worth about N500,000 from a fatal crash scene. FRSC…