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In a coordinated security operation, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Obajana Division, working alongside the Nigerian Army and Fulani Vigilantes, have successfully rescued three kidnapped victims from Ankomi forest in Kogi State. According to a statement issued by the Kogi State Police Command Public Relations Officer, ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has clarified that the recent lifting of the ban on sachet alcohol is only temporary and will remain in effect until December 31, 2025. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, Mr. Kenneth Azikiwe, ...

Forex reserves sustain rally to $38.2 billion The global oil market navigated a web of conflicting signals, as a shifting interplay of global events, supply expectations, and economic changes made investors uncertain and cautious. As a result, brent crude price swung within a tight band, ultimately inching up by 2.4 ...

The Senate Committee on Power has sounded the alarm over a growing liquidity crisis in Nigeria’s power sector, revealing that the Federal Government currently owes electricity generation companies (GenCos) an estimated N800 billion in unpaid tariffs for 2025 alone. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, made this disclosure while ...

The Senate Committee on Power has sounded the alarm over a growing liquidity crisis in Nigeria’s power sector, revealing that the Federal Government currently owes electricity generation companies (GenCos) an estimated N800 billion in unpaid tariffs for 2025 alone. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, made this disclosure while ...

In a landmark effort to promote inter-agency synergy and foster national security cooperation, the Kogi State Police Command, Lokoja, today welcomed students of Junior Course 99 (JC 99) from the Department of Maritime Warfare, Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji. The delegation, led by Commodore A.O. Ojebode, Director ...

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rome, Italy, on Saturday to attend Pope Leo XIV inauguration A statement issued on Thursday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, noted that, accompanied by top Catholic leaders, President Tinubu will attend a solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the rescheduling of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 379,997 candidates affected by technical and administrative errors in Lagos and across the South-East. The rescheduling exercise kicked off Thursday morning, following an announcement by JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during ...

The Kogi State House of Assembly has taken the first step toward overhauling its tenancy legislation, as a bill seeking to repeal the 2007 Rent Control and Recovery of Residential Premises Law passed its first reading on the Assembly floor. The proposed law, titled “A Bill for a Law to ...

In a decisive move to curb the spread of diphtheria in Nigeria, the House of Representatives has mandated the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Health Care Development Agency (NHCDA) to enforce compulsory diphtheria immunisation, testing, and treatment across all healthcare centres ...