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Businesswoman Aisha Achimugu has refuted reports that $13 million was recovered from her residence during a raid by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, stating that only $50,000 and N13 million were found. Achimugu made the clarification during an interview on Channels Television on Monday, insisting that the widely reported ...

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has urged Nigerians experiencing housing-related disputes to report such cases, stressing that consumer protection extends to real estate transactions. In a statement on Monday, the commission said it had taken enforcement action against Paradise Estate in Abuja following complaints from homebuyers who alleged ...

The United States government has funded the installation of modern audiovisual interrogation rooms for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to strengthen Nigeria’s fight against drug trafficking. The facilities were handed over in Abuja by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which implemented the project with support from ...

Transcorp Power Plc has declared a total dividend of N41.25 billion for the 2025 financial year, following stronger earnings driven by increased power generation and improved operational efficiency. The company’s Chairman, Emmanuel Nnorom, disclosed this at the firm’s 13th Annual General Meeting in Abuja, stating that shareholders would receive N5.50 ...

The Federal Government has announced plans to prohibit the use of unranked textbooks in primary and secondary schools nationwide from September 2026, as part of reforms to improve education quality. In a statement, the Ministry of Education said the policy would be implemented through a new National Textbook Ranking System ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reiterated that Nigeria’s state-owned refineries will not become operational, despite ongoing efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to secure technical partners. Speaking during a television interview, Obasanjo argued that government-run refineries have historically failed due to poor maintenance, corruption, and structural inefficiencies. He ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has alerted the public to a surge in fraudulent emails and online scams falsely linked to the apex bank, urging Nigerians to exercise caution in digital communications. In a statement issued by its Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Hakama Sidi-Ali, the bank said it had ...

The Lagos State Government has detailed modalities for the reintroduced monthly environmental sanitation exercise, warning that defaulters will face sanctions. Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said the exercise will hold on the last Saturday of every month between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., with controlled movement across ...

A professor of geography, Adesola Ogidiolu, has called on the Nigerian government to significantly scale up investment in forest development and management as a strategy to combat insecurity, poverty, and unemployment across the country. Delivering the 18th inaugural lecture of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, titled “Geographers in the ...

The Nigerian Air Force has carried out precision airstrikes on terrorist positions in the Yuwe axis of the Sambisa Forest, killing several insurgents. In a statement, the NAF spokesperson, Ehimen Ejodame, said the operation was conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai following credible intelligence and surveillance that ...