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UYO — The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has successfully neutralised a high-risk criminal cell in the Mkpat Enin local government area, apprehending two suspected armed robbers and recovering a cache of lethal weaponry. In a surgical operation concluded on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, tactical operatives acting on “reliable public intelligence” stormed a secluded hideout…
PANKSHIN — A high-impact collision between a University of Jos (UNIJOS) institutional bus and a commercial Sharon vehicle has left several passengers with severe injuries along the Pankshin-Shendam road. The accident occurred on Thursday morning, February 19, 2026, at the notorious Kwanan Randa sharp bend in Jibam, Pankshin Local Government Area. Eyewitnesses report that the…
Ondo State faces renewed shock as gunmen abduct and kill a traditional ruler. Oba Kehinde Jacob Falodun, the Alagamo of Agamo community in Akure North Local Government Area, was forcibly taken from his home on Wednesday evening. Authorities confirmed the monarch was discovered dead with multiple gunshot wounds shortly after the abduction. According to the…
The Federal Government has ordered the closure of Mining Licence 11810 in Plateau State. Authorities acted after suspected toxic gas exposure reportedly killed several miners. The affected site lies within Wase Local Government Area. Officials identified the operator as Solid Unit Nigeria Limited. Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake directed an immediate investigation into…
Nigeria’s anti-corruption dragnet tightened Wednesday around former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai, following a dramatic inter-agency handover in Abuja. Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission took him into custody shortly after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission released him. The sequence capped three days of questioning at the EFCC headquarters. Sources confirmed the former governor…
A Nigerian woman, Oluranti Olufunmilayo Esther Akinyemi, has died in the United Kingdom less than a day after arriving for her son’s graduation ceremony. Family sources confirmed she suffered cardiac arrest shortly after landing. Relatives said she arrived in the UK on February 11. She reportedly collapsed during the night and was rushed to the…
The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office has sealed a public toilet on Savage Street, Ebute Metta, for allegedly channeling untreated sewage into a public drain. Officials shut the facility on Wednesday after inspectors confirmed the discharge. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, announced the enforcement action on Thursday. He said operators deliberately…
ABUJA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed a high-stakes Executive Order effectively stripping the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) of its power to deduct a staggering 60% of oil revenues at source. The directive, formally gazetted on February 13, 2026, as Executive Order No. 9, eliminates the controversial 30% management fee and the…
ABUJA — The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has delivered a definitive blow to organized crime syndicates operating within the Federal Capital Territory and its contiguous states. In a high-stakes coordinated sweep concluded on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, elite operatives from the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (SIS) and the Crack Squad apprehended…
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify today in a landmark California trial examining social media addiction. The case confronts whether tech giants engineered platforms to foster compulsive use among minors. Lawyers representing a 20-year-old plaintiff argue that Instagram’s architecture intentionally hooked young users. A Los Angeles jury will determine liability for alleged mental health…
