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Users of leading digital payment platforms such as Opay and Moniepoint are set to enjoy expanded services across Nigeria following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) approval granting national operating licences to several financial technology companies and microfinance banks. The approval allows the affected fintech firms and microfinance institutions—many of…

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 58-year-old school principal, Bashir Musa, over the alleged theft of computers and solar power equipment from a school laboratory in Dutsi Local Government Area of the state. Musa was apprehended on Monday following a report of vandalism, breaking, and theft at the…

Photo: FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike By Deborah Nnamdi Justice Emmanuel Subilim of the National Industrial Court has ordered workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration to suspend their ongoing industrial action pending the hearing and determination of an originating summons before the court. The order followed an application filed by…

By Deborah Nnamdi Nigeria’s National Grid on Tuesday suffered its second system collapse in 2026, leading to a total shutdown of electricity supply across the country. As of the time of filing this report, available data indicated that power supply to all 11 electricity distribution companies had dropped to zero…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has increased the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from N699 per litre to N799 per litre, following the conclusion of the festive period. As a result of the adjustment, MRS filling stations supplied by the refinery will…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Anambra State Government has ordered the closure of Onitsha Main Market for one week after traders failed to open for business despite a directive by Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo to ignore the Monday sit-at-home linked to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The shutdown, announced on…

By Deborah Nnamdi A private jet carrying eight people has crashed while attempting to take off from Bangor International Airport in the US state of Maine, aviation authorities have confirmed. The aircraft, a Bombardier Challenger 600, went down at about 7:45 p.m. local time on Sunday, according to the Federal…

Photo: Governor Abba Yusuf …Ganduje announces Abba as Kano APC leader, vows automatic ticket for gov By Didimoko A. Didimoko Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing the need to act in the overall interest of peace, stability and accelerated development…

…List of coup plotters, states of origin The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that the Special Investigative Panel constituted to probe 16 senior officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces over allegations of indiscipline and other serious service breaches has concluded its work, with the affected officers now set to face a…

A powerful and historic winter storm sweeping across much of the United States has claimed at least 10 lives, knocked out power to over a million homes and businesses, forced massive flight cancellations and left officials urging residents to stay off the roads as dangerously cold conditions persist into the…