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11/10/2025

Security operatives in Taraba State have arrested a suspected female kidnapper notorious for coordinating abductions in the Chanchangi area of the state. The suspect, whose identity has been withheld for security reasons, was apprehended after allegedly collecting a ₦1.5 million ransom from one of...

11/10/2025

The Presidency has explained that President Bola Tinubu’s recent decision to grant presidential pardon and clemency to 175 Nigerians and foreigners, including late nationalist Sir Herbert Macaulay, environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, and Major General Mamman Vatsa, was driven by the desire to pr...

11/10/2025

Over 3,500 Nigerians are currently awaiting ex*****on, prompting renewed calls from human rights advocates, legal experts, and international partners for the Federal Government to abolish the death penalty. The appeal was made in Abuja during an event marking the 2025 International Day Against the D...

11/10/2025

Former United States President Joe Biden has started receiving radiation therapy for his prostate cancer diagnosed in May 2025. “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment, former president’s spokesperson told ...

11/10/2025

The Egg Sellers and Distributors Association of Nigeria (ESDAN) has dismissed claims by poultry farmers that middlemen are responsible for the steady increase in egg prices across the country. ESDAN President, Mrs. Olaide Graham, made the clarification in an interview with the newsmen on Saturday in...

11/10/2025

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to enhance monetary policy forecasting and decision-making, according to the CBN Governor, Dr. Yemi Cardoso. Cardoso disclosed this during a fireside chat at the London Business School, moderated by Prof. Hélèn...

11/10/2025

11/10/2025

Nigerians may soon experience faster resolution of failed ATM transactions as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released a draft guideline mandating banks to refund customers within strict timelines. Under the proposed framework, banks must complete refunds for failed interbank (not-on-us) ATM t...

11/10/2025

The operatives of the Ebonyi State Police Command have arrested a middle-aged man, Chukwuma Onwe, for allegedly selling his 5-day-old son for N1.5 million. Onwe was apprehended when his wife, Philomena Iroko, alerted her neighbour, who informed the police of the husband’s action. The baby boy was ...

11/10/2025

Investors in the Nigerian stock market traded a total of 2.286 billion shares worth N90.280 billion in 138,177 deals during the week This was lower than the 8.403 billion shares valued at N115.501 billion exchanged in 115,801 deals the previous week, representing a 27.9 per cent decline in transacti...

11/10/2025

Popular gospel singer Nathaniel Bassey has disclosed that his wife, Sarah, went through five miscarriages, including an ectopic pregnancy, during the period he was leading the renowned Hallelujah Challenge. Speaking during the early hours of Friday in the ongoing October 2025 edition of the Halleluj...

11/10/2025

Security forces have launched a coordinated search-and-rescue operation to free a road construction worker abducted by gunmen in Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred around 7:14 p.m. on Thursday along the Kunduru–Kadanya feeder road, when armed assailants reporte...