The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has begun questioning officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over alleged financial breaches exceeding ₦802.19 billion. The audit queries are contained in reports of the Auditor-General for the Federation covering the 2021, 2022 and 2023 financial years. The…
FBI Director Kash Patel has announced his engagement to country singer and political commentator Alexis Wilkins. Wilkins, 27, announced the engagement on October 4, 2026, by sharing a black-and-white photograph of herself with Patel on X, displaying her engagement ring. “Went and got the law involved,” Wilkins wrote alongside the photograph, adding heart and engagement-ring…
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have strengthened health and sanitary controls following reports of a possible pneumonic plague case in Russia’s Irkutsk region. The precautionary measures were introduced after the death of a 28-year-old employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia. Russian authorities have said she died from pneumonia of undetermined origin and have…
A Nigerian military aircraft has crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State, killing all 32 people on board, according to an update from President Bola Tinubu. The aircraft, operated by the Nigerian Air Force, was carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members when it crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, in the Ilaje Local Government Area…
Elon Musk has once again crossed the $1 trillion mark in estimated net worth, returning to trillionaire status after strong gains in the shares of his companies SpaceX and Tesla. According to Forbes, Musk’s fortune surpassed $1 trillion after U.S. markets opened on Monday, October 5, as shares in SpaceX and Tesla climbed. The increase…
Russian authorities have said the situation in the Siberian region of Irkutsk is under control following concerns over a possible pneumonic plague infection after a worker at an anti-plague research institute died. The 28-year-old woman, identified in Russian media as Darya Shipilova, worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East….
Nigeria’s crude oil production has increased by more than 80 per cent since 2023, reaching 1.824 million barrels per day including condensate, according to Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri. Lokpobiri disclosed the figure during an interaction with selected media organisations in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, where he discussed developments in Nigeria’s oil…
