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  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly condemned the reported capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the United States, describing the action as a serious violation of international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty. Ramaphosa made his position known on Tuesday in a statement shared on his official social media platform, where he expressed solidarity with the Venezuelan people and criticised the actions of the United States. […]

  More than five million electricity consumers across Nigeria remain without prepaid meters, forcing them to rely on estimated billing by electricity distribution companies, despite ongoing efforts to close the metering gap in the power sector. Recent regulatory data show that as of September 30, 2025, only 6,661,564 customers out of 12,030,315 registered electricity users across the country’s 12 electricity distribution companies were metered. This translates to a national metering […]

The Operation Enduring Peace force has appointed a Senior Officer in Retreat of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Ajanaku (retd.), deployed by armed men in Bassa Local Government Area of ​​Plateau State. The Nigerian Army said in a statement released on Tuesday through its communications officials. The notice states that Colonel Ajanaku was kidnapped on January 5, 2026, version 12:45 a.m., in small hours, at his residence in front of the […]

  The Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria has clarified that its members are not legally required to register with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) before operating Point of Sale (POS) businesses across the country. According to the association, POS operators are permitted under Nigerian law to function as individuals or non-entities, and existing regulatory and identification frameworks already provide sufficient oversight and security for their operations. […]

The Minister of Information and Guidance, Mohammed Idris, explained that the 2026 federal budget was structured to consolidate the acquis of the reform program under President Bola Tinubu, noting that the policy did not yield positive results. Idris made these remarks in an official editorial post, “A defining moment for Nigeria: Maintaining the cap matters,” on Monday. The budget proposal has been described as a strategic tool to approve reforms […]

    Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has formally signed into law the 2026 Appropriation Bill, approving a total budget of N1,584,271,856,630 for the fiscal year. The budget is structured to prioritise development and service delivery, with N416,594,925,850 allocated to recurrent expenditure, covering personnel costs and overheads, while a significantly larger sum of N1,167,676,930,780 is set aside for capital expenditure to fund infrastructure, economic expansion, and social development […]

The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), Osun State, condemned the arrest of suspected local officials across the state, calling for immediate relief and averting possible syndicate action if the situation persisted. The President of the Osun State NLC, Christopher Arapasopo, on Sunday evening, said he was tired that the workers who wanted to represent their function were vengeful 11 ​​months ago and were being arrested and arrested in various secretariats of […]

  Barely 48 hours after deadly attacks claimed the lives of more than 40 people in Agwara and Borgu Local Government Areas of Niger State, suspected terrorists have again struck, this time targeting travellers along a major highway in neighbouring Kwara State. In the early hours of yesterday, armed assailants attacked motorists on the busy Isanlu–Isin–Omu Aran road, abducting at least four passengers and throwing the area into fresh panic. […]