Day: August 10, 2026

Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission, known as KPK, has arrested and convicted hundreds of high-profile officials, including ministers, governors, lawmakers and judges, the Indonesian Ambassador's representative, Mrs Tuty Dityawanty, has said. Dityawanty made the disclosure in Abuja during the Second International Diplomatic Dialogue organised by the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria (ACAN) at the headquarters of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other... Read more

Operatives of the Special Tactical Squad of the Force Intelligence Department (STS-FID) of the Nigeria Police Force have killed a suspected bandit kingpin, Ojiogu Elumah Martin, also known as “Acid”, during a gun battle in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. The police said an AK-47 rifle, three magazines and 56 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition were recovered from... Read more

Crude oil and condensate supply to Nigeria's local refineries increased by 88.4 per cent to 53.7 million barrels in the second quarter of 2026, up from 28.5 million barrels recorded in the first quarter. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission disclosed this in its Q2 2026 statistics on the enforcement of the Domestic Crude Supply Obligation. According to the Commission,... Read more

SOKOTO — The National Onion Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NOPPMAN) has appealed to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to intervene in the continued restriction of Nigerian and Nigerien onion trucks from offloading their consignments at the Kotoku Market in Ghana. The association warned that the prolonged restrictions were causing significant financial losses to onion... Read more

ABUJA — The Federal Government has deployed a dedicated Passport Intervention Team from the headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to the United Kingdom to address pending passport applications by Nigerians in the diaspora. The deployment followed a directive by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to the Comptroller General of Immigration, Kemi Nandap. According to the NIS,... Read more

MAKURDI — A farmer in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State has reportedly been forced to abandon his farm after suspected bandits demanded N500,000 before allowing him to access and harvest his crops. The farmer, whose identity was withheld, is a resident of Mbagena Council Ward in Katsina-Ala, where suspected local bandits have allegedly been terrorising residents and imposing... Read more

ABUJA — Revenue shared among Nigeria’s three tiers of government has increased by 530 per cent in three years, rising from about N700 billion monthly in 2023 to N4.5 trillion currently, Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Zacch Adedeji, has disclosed. Adedeji made the disclosure during an interview on Sunday Politics Today monitored by Vanguard, while defending the... Read more

MAKURDI — The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State has suffered another setback ahead of the 2027 general elections following the defection of the Majority Leader of the Benue State House of Assembly, Thomas Dugeri, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Dugeri, who represents Kwande West State Constituency in the Assembly, was formally presented to the immediate past governor... Read more

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has completed the coupling and examination of a seized arms shipment at the Tin Can Island Port Command, uncovering 399 fully assembled Jojef firearms and several additional rifle components. The development followed an earlier disclosure by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, that the Service had intercepted a container containing concealed crates of knocked-down components... Read more

ABUJA — The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has concluded a two-week capacity-building programme for personnel of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Command, Abuja, as part of a new training initiative for airport formations across the country. The Service Public Relations Officer, DCI Akinsola Akinlabi, disclosed this in a statement posted on the NIS X handle on Sunday. The training, held... Read more