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Labour Party denies missing INEC candidates’ upload deadline

The Labour Party has dismissed reports alleging that it failed to upload the names of its presidential and vice-presidential candidates before the Independent National...

PFIPC scandal: Again, Senate rejects probe request

The Senate, on Wednesday, rejected a request to launch an independent investigation into the controversy surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, insisting...

75-year-old man bags 10 years imprisonment for defiling minor in Rivers

A Rivers State Family court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a 75-year-old man, Promise Chukwumatti to ten years imprisonment without option...

Police arrest robbery suspect, recover stolen vehicle in Gombe

The Gombe State Police Command has arrested a suspected armed robber, Micah Nuhu, who allegedly attacked a woman identified as Mama Kingsley Joseph with...

FG urges African nations to adopt anti-terror financing rules for NGOs

The Federal Government has urged African countries to adopt a risk-based approach to implementing the Financial Action Task Force’s Recommendation 8, warning that excessive...

FG hails NECO CBT exam, says technology curbing malpractice

The Federal Government on Wednesday expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the ongoing National Examinations Council school-based Senior School Certificate Examination. It described the Computer-Based...

Kalu hails Tinubu, Ribadu over rescue of Oyo pupils, teachers

The Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has commended President Bola Tinubu, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and Nigeria’s security agencies for the...

Court orders final forfeiture of 48 property linked to ex-AGF Malami

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of 48 property linked to a former Attorney General of the Federation and...

Medici family mystery may be solved after more than 400 years

Since the mysterious deaths of a husband and wife in the Medici family, a powerful Italian dynasty that ruled Florence and Tuscany almost uninterruptedly...

Ubi Franklin warns young men against having children with multiple women

A Nigerian music executive and entrepreneur, Ubi Franklin,  has advised young men against having children with multiple women, describing it as one of the...

Davido, Peller, Tems, Burna Boy, others nominated as AFRIMMA returns after two-year break

The African Muzik Magazine Awards has unveiled nominees for its 2026 edition, with Nigerian Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly, Davido emerging as the leading...

Oyo abduction: Senate approves N50m for families of slain teachers, soldiers

The Senate on Wednesday approved a donation of N50 million to the families of five individuals who lost their lives during the rescue operation...

Elon Musk broke the law by giving voters $1 million, Wisconsin board says

Billionaire Elon Musk broke Wisconsin law when he handed out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan...

FG ends S’Africa evacuation with final airlift of 308 Nigerians

The Federal Government has completed the evacuation of Nigerians affected by xenophobic attacks in South Africa, with the arrival of the final government-sponsored flight...

Japan is running out of royals. So why won’t it let women become emperor?

Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are making the chances of a...

Why I signed Wizkid instead of Drake – Akon

Senegalese-American singer and music executive, Akon, has explained why he signed Nigerian singer Wizkid in 2008 instead of Canadian rapper Drake. Speaking in a recent...

I could have been wayward to earn money but chose hard work – Funke...

Using herself as a case study in a recent interview with Bella Naija, Akindele said she had the option of earning from wayward means...

Mahmoud Khalil files suit alleging a ‘public-private’ conspiracy to target Israel’s critics

Mahmoud Khalil is suing the federal government and several private groups, alleging they were part of a conspiracy to suppress criticism of Israel by doxing,...

These designers are reviving an ancient craft — using plastic waste

Egypt is famous for its ancient history and culture, but it is struggling with a particularly modern problem: plastic waste. The country produces around 2.5 million metric...

2027: APGA endorses Tinubu as preferred candidate

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has endorsed President Bola Tinubu as its preferred candidate for the 2027 general elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary,...