Month: February 2026

The Federal Government has disbursed ₦2.45 trillion to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between March 2024 and August 2025 to support infrastructure development and security initiatives nationwide. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, said the funds are being used to repair roads […]

Spain will ban social media access for children under 16 and require platforms to implement robust age-verification systems, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced today. The move is part of a broader plan to protect minors from hate speech and other harmful content online.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has temporarily suspended the selection of examination towns for candidates registering for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Ekiti State. According to the board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the suspension is aimed at restructuring exam towns to bring them closer to candidates […]

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to sue Harvard University for $1 billion in damages, signaling a new chapter in his ongoing legal dispute with the Ivy League institution. The announcement was made via his Truth Social account on Monday, though he did not specify the exact basis for […]

The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Hadiza Akpoti-Uduaghan, has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal filed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio over her suspension from the Senate. In a counter-affidavit filed at the apex court, Akpoti-Uduaghan described Akpabio’s application as lacking merit and constituting an abuse of court […]

Former US President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify before the US House of Representatives as part of an investigation into the handling of cases linked to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a spokesperson for the ex-president. Their decision […]

A Bangladesh court has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her niece, UK lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to prison terms over corruption linked to a government land project in Dhaka. In a ruling delivered on Monday, the Special Judge’s Court-4 sentenced Hasina, who is currently in exile, to 10 years […]

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested ten individuals suspected of engaging in illegal mining along the Ilorin–Ogbomosho axis. The arrests, made on February 1, 2026, followed credible intelligence on unlawful excavation and transportation of minerals in parts of Kwara and […]