Five girls have regained their freedom in Zamfara, seven months after being kidnapped by bandits in the North-Western state.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday in Abuja threatened to shut down the Area I Shopping Complex and Market over alleged unwholesome activities by traders.

The Federal Government’s expenditure in the first six months of 2022 exceeded revenue by N6.23tn, latest figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed.

The Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning is among 207 Ministries, Agencies, and Departments (MDAs) of the Federal Government and security agencies being probed over how they spent N4,94 trillion disbursed to them from the Service Wide Votes (SWV) in the last five years.

The Chief Justice of the Federation, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has sworn in members of the Election Petition Tribunal for the 2023 general elections.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport with eight kilograms of cocaine concealed in a public address system.

An international environmentalist and rights activist, Musa Saidu has reiterated his appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to provide assistance to Bayelsa state to help cushion the effect of the devastating flood in the state.

The 13-year-old Nigerian-born Emmanuella Mayaki has set a new record as one of the youngest persons to be accepted into a University in the U.S.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to remove Hamza Al-Mustapha’s name as the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) for the 2023 general elections.

In continuation with a series of air strikes aimed at fracturing the will of remnants of terrorists to fight as well as denying them their freedom of movement, the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has conducted air interdiction missions at Belowa, near Lake Chad, killing top insurgents kingpins.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), says it has uncovered plans by some drug cartels to introduce a lethal synthetic opioid, Fentanyl, into the Nigerian market.

The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have eliminated a notorious bandit kingpin identified as Mr. Bada at Yar Tashar village in Maru Local Government Area, Zamfara.

Alhaji Mamman Ahmadu, Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), has emphasised the urgent need to revise Nigeria’s procurement documents to address inadequacies observed by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

Nigeria’s Anti-graft Agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, is to investigate fraudulent procurement practices in the award of 712 government-funded projects in 20 states across the 6 geo-political zones.