By NINI NDUONOFIT-AKOH TWO 17-year-old boys in Shanghai have been ordered to pay 2.2 million yuan ($309,000) after urinating into a pot of broth at a Haidilao hotpot restaurant and posting the act online. The February incident sparked public outrage, though no diners consumed the contaminated soup. Haidilao compensated more than 4,000 customers with refunds […]
By SANI BATURE THE Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has killed more than 20 terrorists and destroyed a key meeting point in the Bula Madibale area of Sambisa Forest, Borno State. Military sources said the September 15 airstrike followed intelligence from the Watchkeeper platform, which revealed a terrorist gathering in the area. On arrival, […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers stormed Kpaduma 3, Asokoro Extension in Abuja on Monday night, killing a vigilante, raping two girls, and injuring several residents during a prolonged attack. Witnesses said the attackers, believed to have come from nearby Kobi village, exchanged fire with local vigilantes. The victim, identified as “Bako,” was […]
By OBIOMA TORI THE Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has threatened a nationwide naked protest on the 6th of October if the government fails to pay arrears, increments, and palliatives. National Chairman Mukaila Ogunbote said pensioners were excluded from benefits approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2023, including a ₦25,000 palliative and a ₦13,000 […]
THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has confirmed the suspension of the 4% Free-on-Board (FOB) charge on imported goods following a directive from the Federal Ministry of Finance. In a statement issued on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, by the Service’s National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, the NCS said it had commenced consultations with its supervisory […]
BY STEPHEN CHUKS THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Port Harcourt Operations Office, has trained members of the NYSC Emergency Management Vanguards (EMVs) in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, on disaster preparedness and response. The training, held on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at the council secretariat, was designed to equip corps members under the […]
THE Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Mustapha Ibn Mustapha before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court over alleged N5.5 million land fraud. He was docked on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and criminal […]
By MELVIN KOFFA NIGERIA’S vast natural gas reserves will play a central role in powering the country’s ambitious 4,000km high-speed rail project, capable of reaching speeds up to 350 km/h, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Dr. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has said. Speaking at the International Railway Conference 2025 in Abuja, Ekpo described the […]
By TINA TOLUTOPE THE Federal Government says over 126 million Nigerians have now secured their National Identification Number (NIN), with the national identity database expanded to accommodate 250 million records. President Bola Tinubu, represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, announced this on Tuesday at the 2025 National Day of […]
By PAULINA NZERUBE THE National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued eight children, suspected to have been stolen from Kano State between 2017 and 2022, from an orphanage in Asaba, Delta State. The operation, carried out in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police Force, the […]