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The Abia State Government says it is processing another batch of Abians returning from South Africa following cases of xenophobic attacks. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this after the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti. He said the Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection was working with leaders of the Abia community in South Africa to identify and verify other stranded residents. Kanu […]

Six opposition political parties have agreed to pursue a coalition aimed at defeating President Bola Tinubu and the APC in the 2027 presidential election. The agreement was reached at a G-100 summit in Abuja involving the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP). Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, […]

A two-storey residential building has collapsed in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, with no casualty recorded. The building, located at Inyaba-Umudim, Nnewi, reportedly collapsed on Sunday. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Chijioke Ojukwu, confirmed the incident during an inspection of the scene. Ojukwu said the building was constructed without the required approval and described the incident as unfortunate. He said occupants of a nearby […]

A rescued NYSC member, David Ayodele, has recounted how kidnappers threatened to kill him and other abductees after holding them captive for one month in a forest in Kogi State. Ayodele was among 15 NYSC members and six other Nigerians rescued from a kidnappers’ den in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. He said the victims were abducted while travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja after completing their NYSC […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has asked former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, to make himself available for questioning over an alleged $14.86 million fraud. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, made this known on Monday while responding to Sylva’s allegation that the commission had become an organ of the All Progressives Congress, APC. “He has been declared wanted; he should make himself available to the commission,” Oyewale said. Sylva […]

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has dismissed allegations of financial misappropriation within the agency, saying there is no evidence to support the claims. Sawyerr, who spoke in an interview with ARISE NEWS, also defended NELFUND’s financial processes, saying payments to institutions and students are made electronically and can be traced. He said NELFUND recently transferred more than N1 billion to the University of […]

The Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service has arrested a woman, Iyabo Sowunmi, for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta, for her son, Dare Sowunmi, who is on death row. She was arrested during routine screening at the prison entrance on Friday, August 28, 2026. The substance, suspected to be the psychoactive synthetic drug known as “Colos,” was allegedly […]