The Senate has called on the Federal Government to rethink its approach to the power sector by ending the indirect enrichment of private electricity distribution companies with public funds.   The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Environment, Senator Yunus Akintunde (APC – Oyo Central) said this at the plenary ...

  South Korea’s disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time Thursday over his declaration of martial law and held in a solitary cell as investigators widened their insurrection probe.   Yoon plunged South Korea into a political crisis when he sought to subvert civilian rule on ...

  The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Katsina State Command, have arrested three suspected members of an interstate Human Trafficking syndicate.   NAPTIP’s Chief Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Wednesday.   The statement was titled ‘NAPTIP Raids Popular Hotel ...

  The Senate had said it is set to begin probe of the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority , Farouk Ahmed, as the protest of public interest lawyers to the National Assembly enters day two.   The lawyers stormed the National Assembly, Tuesday, ...

  The Federal Government has expressed concern over the recent decision by the United States to impose tighter visa restrictions on Nigerian citizens.   The government described the move as disproportionate, calling for a “reconsideration in the spirit of mutual respect and cooperation.”   The US government had announced a ...

  A Spanish court on Wednesday sentenced former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to a year in jail for tax fraud committed in 2014, a punishment that will not oblige the Brazil coach to serve prison time.   Prosecutors alleged the Italian created a system of shell companies to hide ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that it will open its portal for online Continuous Voter Registration in Akwa Ibom State on August 18, 2025, ahead of the 2027 general elections.   The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Obo Effanga, made this known on Wednesday during his ...

  Panic gripped residents of Ekwulobia and Oko communities in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday after armed hoodlums invaded the area, killing at least four people and setting vehicles ablaze.   The attack, which began around 8 am, saw the gunmen shoot indiscriminately while mounting positions ...

  Billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was under fire again Wednesday, for antisemitic comments, praising Hitler and insulting Islam in separate posts on the X platform.   One series of comments, which included insults directed at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, led a court there to ban the ...

  The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, Dr. Olusola Odumosu, on Wednesday, warned newly trained officers against misconduct or irresponsible use of weapons.   Addressing the 200 personnel who completed the Corps’ basic arms training at the command headquarters in Abuja, Odumosu ...