…were ongoing to track down and apprehend the fleeing suspects. Troops foil Fulani bandits kidnap attempt in Kaduna

…as heard in the background. ‎ ‎ However, Jarvis fired back, noting that despite her husband’s Islamic background, he attended a church. ‎ ‎In the video, the TikToker disclosed that she has a Muslim background, claiming that it allows her to marry up to ten men. ‎ ‎”If I don’t use you, let me bend. You will sleep in pri…

…have rejected accusations of betrayal, insisting that it was the former governor who abandoned the political understanding that brought them together. The position, signed by former Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Mukhtar Isa Hazo and other associates, was made available to journalists in Kaduna o…

…arrests. It would have been considered somewhat usual to bust labs and cartels in suburban neighbourhoods. Babafemi says it was unusual to discover a meth lab in “highbrow VGC,” Victoria Garden City, in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. This reveals that the drug problem in West Africa is both ‘close to home’ as it is imported an…

…from projects such as borehole rehabilitation, sanitation infrastructure and riverbank restoration efforts, with more than 2.6 million people reportedly impacted. The assessment concluded that the Coca-Cola System’s impact extends beyond beverage production, with contributions spanning job creation, local sourcing, env…

…the NDIC boss emphasised that safeguarding individual savings and ensuring a stable banking climate are fundamental to achieving the Federal Government’s target of a $1tn economy by 2030. Addressing participants and key business stakeholders at the event, Sunday made a direct appeal to the public to avoid high-yield fi…

The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested a suspected bandit allegedly involved in livestock theft in Gidan Madi, Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was arrested at a market while allegedly in possession of a goat later identified by its owner as one of the animals stolen from the community. The…

…in Africa’s Great Lakes region, is the world’s poorest country, according to the World Bank ranking from 2024, and suffers recurring fuel shortages. Mutoni said “meticulous preparations” were underway to take in the deportees and no date had been set to put the deal into effect. “We need to arrange a place to accommoda…

…Retracts Specific Claims Against NAICOMAmong the claims the group formally abandoned were allegations that NAICOM made unlawful demands on insurers, forced companies to transfer capital into Central Bank of Nigeria escrow accounts, or collected fees for consultants who were never engaged. The Coalition also retracted i…

…the outcome of the meeting. The development came days after the Kano State Government banned Durbar processions and horse-riding activities across the metropolis until further notice. The government said the decision followed an emergency meeting of the State Security Council, which raised concerns about the large mobi…

…an emotional statement about how she believes she would cope with the loss of a husband. The woman, who said she is neither married nor a mother, admitted that she struggles to understand how some women manage to continue living after losing their husbands. “I do not understand how women function after losing their hus…

…raising suspicion that he may have been injected with a harmful substance before being abandoned. "All that is left for the police to uncover in the course of their investigation, because this is a sad development in the state," the friend said.Benue NDC condemns Igbu Terhemen's killingThe Benue state chapter of the ND…

…plans by some individuals to exploit scheduled political activities to cause disturbances and threaten public peace, and in the overriding interest of public safety and security, all approvals earlier granted for political rallies, meetings, processions and other related public political activities scheduled to hold on…

…Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan. Speaking on the theme “Dealing Decisively with Insecurity, Banditry and Terrorism Through Community Participation, Awareness and Policing,” Governor Makinde, represented by the Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal, noted that Nigeria’s independence in 1960 was earned through the sacrifices and rele…

GistReel California has officially banned child marriage after Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation setting 18 as the minimum age for marriage in the state. The new law, AB 1267, was signed by Newsom on Wednesday, September 30, and will take effect on January 1, 2027. It removes previous provisions that allowed min…

…and forced them to retreat, according to the military. The fleeing attackers also abandoned a large herd of rustled livestock, which was later returned to its rightful owners during a ceremony facilitated by the Shagari Local Government chairman and the local District Head. The military said troops are maintaining “agg…

…Nigeria marks 66 years of nationhood, attention turns to the housing, infrastructure, urban renewal and homeownership initiatives advanced across the country under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. Since the beginning of the administration, development activity has extended across housing deliver…

…lifts people out of poverty while ensuring that those who remain vulnerable are not abandoned along the way,” he said. The President said this was why his administration was strengthening direct support for the poorest households and improving the National Social Register to ensure that assistance reached people who ge…

…them,” he said. “Now, as certain influential but regressive voices would have us abandon the treatment and return ourselves to the abuse of addictive subsidies, we must resist their siren song. We must remember why we began this journey and how far we have already come.” Economic recovery Tinubu said three and a half y…

…“Why should moving money digitally – and getting access to money just-in-time from the bank be so hard in Nigeria?” Back in 2002, our founder who remains Group CEO today, Mitchell Elegbe, saw firsthand how fragmented, cash-heavy and exclusionary the payment landscape was. People wasted hours in queues, businesses strug…

…but said there were signs of macroeconomic stabilisation. According to him, World Bank figures showed that Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product grew by 4.2 per cent in the first half of 2026, while gross foreign reserves stood at $51.9 billion at the end of July. He also pointed to developments in the energy sector, d…

Liquidity in Nigeria’s banking system climbed sharply to N8.84tn ahead of the settlement of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s latest Open Market Operation bills, raising expectations of a substantial cash withdrawal from the financial system. The latest liquidity position represents a 37.01 per cent increase from N6.45tn,…

…property in Ikorodu into an industrial factory and fraudulently secure a loan from the Bank of Industry. Braide, who appeared as a prosecution witness, gave evidence before Justice Hakeem Oshodi while being led in testimony by the prosecutor, Emmanuel Jackson. The defendant, Onuoha, alongside others said to be at large…

…Go” campaign. The police said the five suspects were arrested over alleged public disturbance, thuggery and possession of suspected illicit drugs, while the ADC accused the command of giving a false account of the incident. The controversy followed the arrest of the youths in Maiduguri and the subsequent discovery of t…

…this point, we can’t afford to stagnate where we are.” On his part, a representative of Bank of Agriculture, Mr. Nurudeen Olusiji, said the bank was focusing on aggregation by onboarding farmers and aggregation companies to ensure farm produce are available in large volumes for industrial use and export. He said this w…