NAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Banned Alcoholic Energy Drinks
A fresh warning has gone out to Nigerian consumers and traders over two alcoholic…
NAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Banned Alcoholic Energy Drinks
A fresh warning has gone out to Nigerian consumers and traders over two alcoholic energy drinks already barred from the market, after regulators across the border intercepted a sizeable stock of the products in circulation. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control raised the alert in Public Alert No. 032/2026, posted…
Banks Get 48 Hours To Report Frozen Terror-Linked Accounts
Banks and other financial institutions across Nigeria have been ordered to immediately freeze all accounts, funds and assets belonging to six individuals and four Bureau de Change operators designated for terrorism financing, as regulators move to disrupt money channels linked to the Islamic State network. The directive came in a circular dated June 24, 2026,…
Delta Dismisses Uduaghan Death Report As Cruel Falsehood
Delta State Government has dismissed as false the reports circulating on several online platforms claiming that former governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has died, describing the claim as cruel and irresponsible. The clarification followed reports that surfaced late Wednesday night alleging that the two-term former governor had passed on, a claim that quickly spread across social…
After US Action, FG Orders Asset Freeze On Terror Financiers
The Federal Government has directed banks and other regulated businesses to freeze the assets of suspected terrorism financiers, throwing Nigeria’s weight behind fresh United States sanctions on a Lagos-based ISIS facilitator and three bureaux de change. The Nigerian Sanctions Committee issued the directive on Tuesday, instructing financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions…
Wike To PDP: Stop Lamenting, Mobilise For 2027
Nyesom Wike has told the Peoples Democratic Party to abandon any hope of returning to office through entitlement, declaring at the party’s 109th National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja on Wednesday that political power is seized through struggle rather than handed over. Addressing party faithful, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and PDP…
Killer Of Two Nigerian Security Guards Jailed For Life In Canada
Nearly four years after two young Nigerians were gunned down at a nightclub in Vaughan, Ontario, a Canadian court has handed their killer a life sentence, drawing commendation from the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, which described the verdict as a measure of justice long awaited by two grieving families. The Ontario Court of Justice…
NAN Partners Firm On Candidates’ Database For 2027 Elections
The News Agency of Nigeria has entered a partnership to compile a single reference document profiling candidates for the 2027 general elections, in a move that lands just as the official race for tickets enters its decisive phase. NAN signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Novel Communication Limited in Abuja to produce a political…
SpaceX Selloff Strips Musk Of Trillionaire Title
Elon Musk has lost the trillionaire status he held for barely two weeks, after a sweeping selloff in technology stocks erased hundreds of billions from his fortune and dragged his net worth back below the $1 trillion mark. The world’s richest person was valued at about $957.1 billion as of June 23, 2026, according…
World Bank, AfDB Electrify 50 Million Across Africa
Africa’s largest electrification drive has crossed a defining threshold, with the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank announcing that their joint Mission 300 initiative has connected more than 50 million people to electricity across 40 countries, even as Nigeria, home to the world’s biggest power access deficit, accounts for over 4.5 million…
US Congressman Welcomes Senate’s State Police Vote
A member of the United States Congress, Riley Moore, has welcomed the Nigerian Senate’s passage of the constitutional amendment establishing state police, describing the reform as a tool that would help states protect citizens, particularly Christians he says face persecution. Moore, who represents West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives,…