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January 18, 2026 No Responses

NDLEA Nabs Drug Kingpin After 12-Year Manhunt

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a long-wanted drug kingpin, Lekan Jimoh, popularly known as “Kanmo-kanmo,” bringing to an end a 12-year manhunt over his alleged involvement in the killing of three NDLEA officers.Jimoh, notorious...

January 17, 2026 No Responses

Madubuko Joins United Nigeria Airlines Board

By ebosele@hotmail.com United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) has announced the appointment of Prof. Madubuko Tochukwu Victor as a Director on its Board, effective January 1, 2026.City Business News reports that the appointment approved at the Extraordinary General Mee...

January 17, 2026 No Responses

UBTH Honours Agenmonmen With Humanitarian Excellence Award

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), led by the Chief Medical Director, Prof. (Mrs.) Idia Nibokun Ize-Iyamu, on Wednesday, 14 January 2026, paid a courtesy visit to the Managing Director of Agen Lonspan Ind...

January 15, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Tenders More Bank Records In Trial Of Yahaya Bello

The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja continued on Thursday, January 15, 2026 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, tender...

January 15, 2026 No Responses

Peter Obi Attends Burial of Three Brothers Killed In Lagos Building Fire

Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, on Wednesday attended the burial of three siblings—Stephen Onyeka Omatu, Casmir Nnabuike Omatu, and Collins Kenechukwu Omatu—whose lives were lost in the tragic fire inci...

January 13, 2026 No Responses

Nigeria, UAE To Co-Host Investopia, Tinubu Signs Trade Deal

President Bola Tinubu has announced that Nigeria will co-host the global investment platform, Investopia, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Lagos this February, in a major move to attract international investors and accelerate sustainable investment inflo...

January 13, 2026 No Responses

Delta, BoI Sign N1b MSME Revolving Fund MoU

The Delta State Government, on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of Industry (BoI) for the management of a ₦1 billion revolving fund established to provide affordable loans to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in...

January 13, 2026 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Orders Suspension Of Port Charges Review

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has directed all shipping companies, shipping agents and terminal operators in Nigerian ports to immediately suspend and refrain from implementing any review or upward adjustment of their charges until full stakeholder en...

January 13, 2026 No Responses

United Capital Boosts Infrastructure Fund With Four Senior Professionals

United Capital Plc has appointed four seasoned infrastructure investment professionals as independent members of the Investment Committee of the United Capital Infrastructure Fund (UCIF), in a move aimed at repositioning the fund to seize emerging infrastructu...

January 13, 2026 No Responses

MultiChoice Nigeria Appoints Kemi Omotosho As New CEO

MultiChoice Nigeria has appointed Ms Kemi Omotosho as its new Chief Executive Officer, with effect from January 2026, following the retirement of Mr John Ugbe.The pay-TV company announced the appointment in a statement issued on Monday, noting that Omotosho wi...

January 9, 2026 No Responses

Lagos Security Trust Fund Donates Vehicle To FRSC

The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), has reaffirmed its commitment to road safety and emergency response with the donation of an operational vehicle to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command.The v...

January 8, 2026 No Responses

Tinubu Sympathises With Chimamanda Adichie Over Son’s Death

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Nkanu Nnamdi, son of renowned Nigerian author, Ms Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and her husband, Dr Ivara Esege.In a condolence message issued on January 8, 2026, President Tinubu said...

January 8, 2026 No Responses

Tinubu Applauds NGX N100trillion Milestone

President Bola Tinubu has praised corporate Nigeria, citizens, and other stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market for surpassing the N100 trillion milestone on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX).President Tinubu described this record achievement as an inspiration ...

January 8, 2026 No Responses

Kidnappers Kill Abuja-Based Lawyer

THE family of Princess Nwamaka Mediatrix Chigbo, an Abuja-based lawyer, is saddened to announce her brutal death at the hands of still-to-be-identified kidnappers in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory on Monday, 5th January 2026.Before her abduction, Barri...