•Benjamin Okezie Kalu Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has revealed that he unknowingly granted an audience to the self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, after receiving what appeared to be an official correspondence bearing the presidency’s ...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting at Maitama has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay a fine of N10million for defaming a former Minister of Power, Dr. Olu Agunloye, through a libelous publication on its social media handles. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Peter […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed for second reading a bill seeking stiffer penalties for offenders involved in counterfeit medicines and unsafe food products, including a proposed 15-year jail term for medicine hawkers. The proposed Counterfeit Medical Products, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods (Prohibition and Control) Bill,...
•Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State Northern governors and traditional rulers have reaffirmed their commitment to tackling insecurity through stronger regional collaboration and support for federal security efforts. The resolution followed their joint meeting on Wednesday at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, where they reviewed the region’s ...
•Defence minister, Christopher Musa The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has directed security personnel not to hesitate in confronting armed bandits and terrorists, declaring that any operative who fails to neutralise criminals under the excuse of awaiting orders would be treated as collaborating with them. Musa gave the...
•Adeyemi Adeniyi The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s directive for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) controversy, insisting that only an independent investigation should do so. Accor...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has resolved to await the outcome of an investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before taking action on the controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and its inclusion in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The decision fol...
The father of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the promoter of the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), has recounted how security operatives allegedly stormed his residence, searched his home and later took him to a police station while searching for his son. Speaking during an interview with BBC Yoruba published today,...
•FULafia main gate The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) from their off-campus hostel along Awe Road, near the university’s temporary campus in Akunza, Lafia. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Ramhan Nansel, said the distress call was received ...
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 68-year-old man and his 36-year-old son for alleged unlawful possession of four single-barrel guns. In a statement, Musa Mohammed, a superintendent and the Bayelsa Police Command’s image maker, said operatives of the Anti-Vice Unit made the arrest on Monday, July, 2026, at about 10:30 a.m. The su...

