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EXCLUSIVE: Auto dealer reveals details of vehicle purchases by coup suspect

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- A car dealer in Abuja told investigators that an Army officer at the centre of the alleged 2025 coup plot purchased six vehicles worth N65 million in September last year, which inve... Read More


Military declares top ISWAP commanders wanted following intelligence from recovered devices

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Military authorities have declared some senior commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) wanted, following forensic analyses of electronic devices recovered durin... Read More


Reps defence committee hails Tinubu's military pay rise, army expansion

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving a comprehensive review of the salaries and welf... Read More


Ondo Assembly Crisis: Lawmakers suspend planned speaker's removal, probe legislature's finances as APC intervenes

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have suspended the planned removal of its Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, following the intervention of the leadership of the state chapter of ... Read More


Two arrested in Akwa Ibom for digging up fresh corpse to steal, sell casket

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- The Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom State Command, has arrested two persons, including the manager of Mbiokporo Cemetery in Uyo, over the alleged exhumation of a freshly buried corp... Read More


2Baba visits attacked Benue community, calls for end to killings

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Popular Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has condemned the recurring killings in Benue State, describing the attacks on communities in Otukpo Local Govern... Read More


Banks increase credit supply as loan defaults decline in Q2 - CBN

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Nigerian banks increased the supply of secured, unsecured, and corporate loans in the second quarter of 2026, while loan default rates declined across all lending categories, accord... Read More


High taxation, insecurity, high interest rates top constraints facing Nigerian businesses - Survey

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Businesses in Nigeria identified high or multiple taxation, insecurity and high interest rates as the top three constraints they faced in July, according to the latest Business Expe... Read More


2027: "Anyone supporting Tinubu has been bribed" - Odumeje alleges

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Popular Anambra-based cleric, Chukwuemeka "Odumeje" Ohanaemere, has criticised President Bola Tinubu's administration, alleging that those praising the current government were doing... Read More


I'll quit APC if Tinubu disrespects Catholic bishops, says Orji Kalu

Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Former Abia State Governor and Senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, has said he would resign from the All Progressives Congress (APC) if President Bola Tinubu ever disrespect... Read More