3rd phase of CVR begins May 11
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the third and final phase of nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) begins on Monday, May 11. Mohammed Haruna, Chairman, Information and Voter Education…
Pricing Feuds Stall Oil Flows: Local Refineries Receive Less Than 50% of Crude Quotas in Q1 2026 – NUPRC
Nigeria’s strategic push for energy self-sufficiency hit a significant roadblock in the first quarter of 2026, as domestic crude producers supplied less than half of the volumes mandated under national…
Gas explosion injures 1 in Lagos
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed a gas explosion on Adeleye Street in the Doyin area of Orile-Iganmu, Lagos, leaving one person injured and two shops damaged….
Police recover, detonate IED in Maiduguri
The Borno Police Command has recovered and safely detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Moduganari area of Maiduguri. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, disclosed…
NCoS sanctions 147 personnel for misconduct, complicity in exporting contraband to centres
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has sanctioned 147 staff members for various acts of misconduct, including complicity in contraband trafficking. The Controller General, NCoS, Sylvester Nwakuche said this on Tuesday…
Security Shake-up: NCoS Destroys 1,167 Confiscated Phones, Recovers N2.5m from Inmates
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has carried out a large-scale destruction of prohibited items seized from various Custodial Centres across the federation, signaling a decisive move to restore discipline and…
Coroner suspends inquest into Chimamanda’s son’s death
A Coroner’s court sitting at Igbosere, Lagos State, on Tuesday suspended inquest into the death of a 21-month-old son of literary giant, Chimamanda Adichie. The child, Master Nkanu Adichie-Esege, son…
Community policing: IGP orders regular town hall engagements nationwide
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Olatunji Disu has ordered Commissioners of Police (CPs) to regularly hold town hall engagements nationwide to strengthen community policing initiative in the country. Disu…
Kaduna: Rainstorm kills 2, destroys 50 houses in Chikun LGA
The Village Head of Dokan Mai-Jama’a, Alhaji Hamisu Tukur, confirmed the incident, saying the storm caused widespread destruction and displaced many residents. Tukur said that over 50 houses were affected,…
Court sentences man to death by hanging for robbery, murder in Kano
A Kano High Court on Monday, sentenced one Abdulaziz Umar to death by hanging for stabbing one Mubarak Salisu to death. Umar, who lives in Fagge Quarters Kano was convicted…