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NPFL: Enyimba recall Wisdom from Kun Khalifat’s loan

NPFL: Enyimba recall Wisdom from Kun Khalifat’s loan

Naija News • 10h ago

Enyimba have recalled defender Obichere Wisdom from his loan spell with Kun Khalifat FC, DAILY POST reports. Wisdom joined the Owerri-based club at the start of the 2025-26 NPFL season. He made nine appearances for Kun Khalifat FC. Enyimba failed to give any reason for their decision to recall the player. He is expected to […] NPFL: Enyimba recall Wisdom f...

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APC National chairman hails Bisi Akande at 87, describes him as pillar of progressive politics

APC National chairman hails Bisi Akande at 87, describes him as pillar of progressive politics

Naija News • 10h ago

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has congratulated elder statesman and former National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, on his 87th birthday, describing him as a priceless asset to the APC and a towering figure in Nigeria’s progressive political tradition. The post APC National chairman hai...

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Court Orders Chief Judge To Ignore Rivers Assembly’s Impeachment Notice Against Fubara, Deputy For Seven Days

Court Orders Chief Judge To Ignore Rivers Assembly’s Impeachment Notice Against Fubara, Deputy For Seven Days

Gossip • 10h ago

A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an interim order preventing the Chief Judge of Rivers State from accepting an impeachment notice directed at Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu. The Rivers State House of Assembly had asked the Chief Judge of the state to constitute a panel to investigate allegations […] The post Cour...

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Anthony Joshua Returns To Training Weeks After Tragic Car Crash

Anthony Joshua Returns To Training Weeks After Tragic Car Crash

Naija News • 10h ago

Former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua has resumed light training less than three weeks after being involved in a tragic car crash that reportedly claimed the lives of two of his close friends. Joshua shared updates of his return to the gym on social media, posting a Snapchat video of himself hitting pads with... The post Anthony Joshua ...

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Adebayo hails Akwashiki as model of conscience, service in Nigerian politics

Adebayo hails Akwashiki as model of conscience, service in Nigerian politics

Naija News • 10h ago

Prince Adewole Adebayo, former presidential candidate of the SDP, has paid glowing tribute to the late Senator Godiya Akwashiki. The post Adebayo hails Akwashiki as model of conscience, service in Nigerian politics appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ....

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Group to train 1.1m Nigerian youth in ICT, EV technology

Group to train 1.1m Nigerian youth in ICT, EV technology

Naija News • 10h ago

The group said the training will be offered at no cost to participants, but called on state governments to support its implementation by mobilising youth through their respective ministries of youth affairs. The post Group to train 1.1m Nigerian youth in ICT, EV technology appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria ....

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Alleged N110bn fraud: Kogi board of internal revenue paid tax consultant N1.1bn in 8 months – Witness

Alleged N110bn fraud: Kogi board of internal revenue paid tax consultant N1.1bn in 8 months – Witness

Naija News • 10h ago

 An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness told an Abuja Court that the Kogi State Board of Internal Revenue (KSIRS) paid over ₦1.1 billion in commissions to a tax consultant, Bespoke Business The post Alleged N110bn fraud: Kogi board of internal revenue paid tax consultant N1.1bn in 8 months – Witness appeared first on The Nation Newsp...

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Trump threatens new tariffs on countries opposed to Greenland takeover

Trump threatens new tariffs on countries opposed to Greenland takeover

World • 10h ago

The president made the threat while a bipartisan group of US lawmakers were visiting Denmark in the hope of easing tensions over the territory....

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Bandits gun down seven, abduct others in Sokoto fresh attack

Bandits gun down seven, abduct others in Sokoto fresh attack

Naija News • 10h ago

No fewer than seven unsuspecting residents of Kyara village, a remote border community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State have been killed by bandits terrorizing the area. A security expert Zagazola Makama, who disclosed this in a post on X, said the sad incident occurred early hours of Thursday. The attack, according […] Bandits gun down...

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Kogi tax agency transferred N1.1bn to firm in eight months during Gov Bello’s administration – Witness

Kogi tax agency transferred N1.1bn to firm in eight months during Gov Bello’s administration – Witness

Naija News • 10h ago

The witness continued his testimony from where he stopped on Thursday, detailing transfers, which the EFCC described as suspicious, from Kogi State’s tax agency to a private firm, during former Governor Yahaya Bello’s administration. The post Kogi tax agency transferred N1.1bn to firm in eight months during Gov Bello’s administration – Witness appeared f...

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Bodija explosion: Residents seek more intervention, justice two years after

Bodija explosion: Residents seek more intervention, justice two years after

Naija News • 10h ago

The Bodija Estate Residents Association (BERA) has renewed calls for increased intervention and justice for victims of the Jan. 16, 2024, explosion. The association’s president, Pastor Muyiwa Bamgbose, appealed on The post Bodija explosion: Residents seek more intervention, justice two years after appeared first on The Nation Newspaper ....

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Benue PLWD seek implementation of disability act

Benue PLWD seek implementation of disability act

Naija News • 10h ago

The chairman of People Living With Disabilities, Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, Mr Tersoo Abụ, has called on the state government to operationalise the Nigerian Disability Act 2018. He made the appeal during the recent celebration of United Nations World Disability Day. Nigeria’s key disability legislation, the Prohibition of Discrimination Agai...

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Supreme Court upholds forfeiture of Lamido’s undeclared $40,000 to Nigerian govt

Supreme Court upholds forfeiture of Lamido’s undeclared $40,000 to Nigerian govt

Naija News • 10h ago

The Supreme Court on Friday, January 16, 2026, upheld the judgments of the Federal High Court, Kano and that of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division which convicted and respectively held that Aminu Sule Lamido, son of former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido should forfeit the sum of $40,000 (Forty Thousand Dollars) undeclared at the […] Supreme Court uph...

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FG inaugurates committees to implement national intellectual property policy

FG inaugurates committees to implement national intellectual property policy

Naija News • 10h ago

The Federal Government has formally commenced the implementation of Nigeria’s National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (NIPPS) with the inauguration of its Implementation Committees, marking a significant step towards strengthening the country’s innovation and creative economy. Speaking at the inauguration The post FG inaugurates committees to i...

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Oyo civil society groups reject rotational council of Obas

Oyo civil society groups reject rotational council of Obas

Naija News • 10h ago

Two civil society groups representing scholars, professionals, and community leaders of Oyo extraction across the world, Oyo Scholars Congress (OSC) and the Oyo Global Forum (OGF) have rejected the inauguration The post Oyo civil society groups reject rotational council of Obas appeared first on The Nation Newspaper ....

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Ondo police nabbed over 2,500 suspects, recovered 105 firearms in 2025

Ondo police nabbed over 2,500 suspects, recovered 105 firearms in 2025

Naija News • 10h ago

The Ondo State Police Command arrested more than 2,500 suspects in 2025 for offences ranging from murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, vandalism and drug-related crimes. The Commissioner of Police, Adebowale The post Ondo police nabbed over 2,500 suspects, recovered 105 firearms in 2025 appeared first on The Nation Newspaper ....

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DSS Rescues Two Kidnapped Kaduna Pastors, Arrests Three Suspects

DSS Rescues Two Kidnapped Kaduna Pastors, Arrests Three Suspects

Naija News • 10h ago

The suspects are also involved in arms and ammunition courier, and they operate along the Kwara–Niger–Katsina–Kaduna axis. The post DSS Rescues Two Kidnapped Kaduna Pastors, Arrests Three Suspects appeared first on Channels Television ....

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Machado vows to be Venezuela president ‘when the right time comes’

Machado vows to be Venezuela president ‘when the right time comes’

Naija News • 10h ago

President Donald Trump has backed Maduro's former vice president Delcy Rodriguez as interim leader of the oil-rich country following the January 3 US military operation to seize Maduro. The post Machado vows to be Venezuela president ‘when the right time comes’ appeared first on Vanguard News ....

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Ugandan opposition MP says security forces stormed home killing 10 people

Ugandan opposition MP says security forces stormed home killing 10 people

World • 10h ago

Muwanga Kivumbi says campaign staff shot dead after elections expected to extend President Yoweri Museveni’s rule A senior member of the Ugandan opposition has said security forces stormed his house early on Friday morning and shot dead 10 members of his campaign team after a general election that was expected to result in President Yoweri Museveni extendi...

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Sardauna Memorial Day: Our position on 2027 will be revealed after national convention – RAID

Sardauna Memorial Day: Our position on 2027 will be revealed after national convention – RAID

Naija News • 10h ago

A group,  Rebuild Arewa Initiative for Development (RAID) has alleged that some Nigerians and foreign collaborators are working to cause division in Northern Nigeria, adding [...]...

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