The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 41-year-old man, Bassey Ekpo, over the alleged setting ablaze of a house at 8 Miles in Calabar, the state capital. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, and made available to journali...
File Photo: Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno.
Popular skitmaker and social media influencer, MC Always, popularly known as Egbon Adugbo, has turned the painful experience of losing his wife to Stage 4 cancer into a campaign for improved healthcare delivery in Nigeria. MC Always recently opened up about his late wife’s battle...
Mobile network operators in Nigeria have deployed 8,526 of 12,179 committed coverage and capacity sites across the country, as fibre cuts continue to disrupt telecommunications services, the Nigerian Communications Commission said. The deployment represents about 70 per cent of t...
Harry Kane scored his first goal of the season to help Bayern Munich edge to a 2-1 win at promoted Elversberg in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Handed the captain’s armband with skipper Manuel Neuer rested, Kane scored with 18 minutes remaining to break a 1-1 deadlock and put the defe...
Nigeria Author, Chimamanda Adichie. Photo: Facebook/Chimamanda Adichie
The Nigeria Police Force arrested 262 suspects and rescued 27 kidnapped victims during various operations across the country between September 5 and 11, 2026. The suspects were arrested for offences including kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, banditry, cultism, human trafficking...
The first Manchester derby of the 2026-27 season delivered drama and debate as Erling Haaland scored the only goal of the game to give Manchester City a narrow victory at Old Trafford. Enzo Maresca took charge of City in a Manchester derby for the first time, while Michael Carric...
Barcelona's Spanish forward #10 Lamine Yamal celebrates with Barcelona's Brazilian forward #11 Raphinha and Barcelona's Spanish midfielder #16 Rodrigo scoring his team's third goal from the penalty spot during the Spanish league football match between Levante UD and FC Barcelona ...
A chieftain of the Accord Party in Osun State, Olalekan Ajagungbade, popularly known as Emir, has reportedly been shot dead in Ile-Ife during a fight over control of a motor park in the town. Sources told our correspondent that Ajagungbade was attacked at a meeting held around Ma...
Lille's French midfielder #08 Ethan Mbappe claps to supporters at the end of the French L1 football match between Lille (LOSC) and Troyes (ESTAC) at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq on September 13, 2026. (Photo by Sameer AL-DOUMY / AFP)
Nigeria’s Falconets have qualified for the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after defeating New Caledonia 10-1 in their final Group F match in Poland on Sunday. The victory took Nigeria to four points from three matches, enough to finish second in the group ...
The Textile, Garment and Tailoring Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has raised the alarm over the uncontrolled influx of ‘cheap foreign textile products’ into the country, warning that the development is weakening local manufacturing capacity and threatening jobs in the sector...
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress and former Edo State governorship aspirant, Kenneth Imasuagbon, has urged Nigerians to prioritise competence over zoning, rotation or place of origin in choosing the country’s next president in 2027. Imasuagbon said the principle of ...
Nigeria’s crude oil and condensate production rose to 1,677,777 barrels per day in August 2026, representing a 0.4 per cent increase from the 1.67 million bpd recorded in July. The increase, though modest, marked another month of improved oil production as the country sustained c...
Nollywood actors, Stan Nze and his wife, Blessing Obasi-Nze, have renewed their wedding vows five years after they tied the knot. The couple renewed their vows on Friday while celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary in Lagos. The ceremony was attended by family members, frien...
Gospel-juju singer, Adebisi Solomon, popularly known as Kaysliky, has opened up on the financial struggles he faced early in his career, the support of his band and the price of fame. Recalling his early days in the industry, Kaysliky said he sometimes performed at lounges withou...
Niger Republic Military leader Mohammed Tchiani. Photo from Facebook page of Tchiani.