The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old ex-convict, Mohammed Usman of Kofar Wambai Quarters, for allegedly deceiving and stealing mobile phones from women across the state under the guise of offering government assistance.   Usman was apprehended on July 14, 2025, after a woman from Ahmadiyya Brigade ...

    A Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mrs Funmi Ogun, has expressed confidence that new developments in the party will compel those who have left to return.   Ogun, a former Works Commissioner in the state, said that all hands were on deck to reposition the ...

  Stock market investors traded 17.498 billion shares worth N500.762 billion in 142,082 transactions this week on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange.   This contrasts with 5.390 billion shares valued at N107.811 billion traded last week across 134,390 transactions.   As a result, the transaction value on the Exchange ...

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, on Friday, paid tribute to late former President Muhammadu Buhari and personally conveyed the UN’s solidarity with the government and people of Nigeria.   Guterres, during his visit to Nigeria House in New York, described Buhari as a leader whose unwavering dedication to Nigeria, ...

  The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of four people who drowned in a blocked waterway at Zangon Kaya in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state.   This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Saminu ...

  Cuba had scrapped the maximum age limit of 60 for its presidential candidates as part of a constitutional reform approved on Friday by parliament.   The communist-ruled island’s restriction of two five-year presidential terms and minimum age of 35 for candidates were left unchanged.   The measure, approved by ...

  A legal practitioner, Funmi Adedoyin, has decried the “delayed trial” of some former domestic workers of ex-First Lady Patience Jonathan, who remain in detention at the Okaka Custodial Centre in Bayelsa State over stolen jewellery.   She said the case was recently adjourned twice—on 25 and 26 June—due to ...

  The digital age has brought incredible opportunities and new forms of danger.   One such threat is sextortion, a form of blackmail where someone threatens to release another person’s nude or explicit photos unless their demands are met, often involving money or more images.   In Nigeria, where laws ...

  Wema Bank’s Digital Bank, ALAT, Emerges Nigeria’s Best Digital Bank at Euromoney Awards 202     In recognition of its position as a digital pioneer in the African banking landscape, Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, a trailblazing digital platform pioneered by Nigeria’s oldest indigenous and most innovative bank, ...

  The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced the arrival of its new Consul General in Lagos, Rick Swart.   Swart, who arrived on Wednesday, will represent the US government across 17 states in southern Nigeria.   This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday ...