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The armed people suspected of being bandits on Wednesday kidnapped two members of the council and an Islamic cleric in the Tsauni community in Gusau, the state of Zamfara. Spokesman for the State Police Command, Yazid Abubakar, confirmed the incident to journalists on Thursday at Gusau. The board members represent the Gidan Gona and Tsibiri ward in the Maradun Regional …

Nigerian currency, Naira, appreciated the US dollar in an official window on Thursday. Nigerian central bank data (CBN) shows that Naira is closed at N1.455.23/$ 1, compared to N1.475.34/$ 1 which is traded on Tuesday. This represents the appreciation of the N20.11 for local currencies against American Greenback. Naira obtained an N5 against the dollar to trade at N1.480/$ 1, …

The Senator of the Minister of Petrolled Resource (oil) Heineken Lokpobiri, reiterated Nigeria’s commitment in the creation of a transparent, stable and investor oil sector. Lokpobiri, who declared him in a main speech to the Africa Energy Week in Cape Cape, in South Africa, added that the country is “open to businesses” and actively pursuing policies that give priority to …

The troops deployed to the Operations Theater have killed a number of terrorist suspects in coordinated attacks throughout the country. They also arrested 25 suspects and rescued 16 kidnappings in the operation. Credible sources at the Nigerian Army headquarters in Abuja told reporters on Thursday that weapons, explosives, ammunition, petroleum products, motorbikes and various drugs were found by troops. He …

The Lagos state government has introduced new certification and training initiatives for construction craftsmen in a brave step to curb development problems that have been going on for a long time in the city. This scheme, called the CSIP Structural Integrated Program (CSI), was launched by the Labos Laboratory of Lagos Material Testing (LSMTL) during the stakeholder forum held in …

Police Thursday, a 29 -year -old loan officer, Ayomide Lamidi appeared before a court of the magistrates of Ogudu, Lagos, for presumably stolen n11.6 million belonging to his employer, FCMB MICROFINANCE Bank. The prosecutor, Sunday Bassey, told the Court that the accused committed the crime between January and July 2025 in the bank branch located along Ikorodu Road, Ketu. Bassey …

Former vice -presidents Atiku Abubakar has dispelled the speculations that intends to resign for another aspiring presidential in view of the 2027 elections. Atiku, who recently launched his tent with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), said that the media relations that suggest that they mentioned to withdraw from the tender were a distortion of his observations during a recent interview …

Nigerians’ dozens of Nigerians are still jailed in Ethiopia because of diplomatic efforts to secure their transfer houses continue to face setbacks, after delay in ratifying the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) about the transfer of people who are convicted between the two countries. The agreement, which was designed to enable Nigerians to be convicted to serve the remaining prison sentences …

Shutdown of the United States government getting deeper on Wednesday after the last negotiations collapsed, with Democrats leaving Washington without an agreement of funds and the White House that threatened the deduction of the work of the sweeping public sector. Federal funding ended at midnight after failure by President Donald Trump and parliamentary members to reach an agreement, forcing agents …

Manchester United obtained the signature of the young Colombian Cristian Orozco from Fortaleza, according to the transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. Romano confirmed the agreement in a post on his account x Thursday, revealing that the Premier League giants paid $ 1 million to land the 17 -year -old midfielder. The contract, already approved by the United Legal Team, will enter …