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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has seized alcoholic beverages worth about N300 million packaged in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml during enforcement operations in Lagos State. NAFDAC said the operation was carried out at Ile-Epo Market, Ojuwoye Market in Mushin and Oke-Arin Market on Lagos Island. Some distributors and retailers were arrested during the exercise. The agency said the products were being hoarded amid […]

One person has died while several others sustained injuries after a commercial bus carrying 21 passengers somersaulted and caught fire along the Oko-Olowo Expressway in Ilorin, Kwara State. The accident occurred around Iye-Maja Junction on Sunday after the bus reportedly suffered a punctured tyre, causing the driver to lose control. The Kwara State Fire Service said firefighters rescued passengers from the burning vehicle and evacuated those injured to hospital for […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the abduction of prospective National Youth Service Corps members in Imo State and called for the urgent rescue of those still in captivity. Twenty prospective corps members travelling from Ibadan to NYSC orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom were abducted on October 1 along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. Atiku urged the Federal and Imo State […]

The Paramount Ruler of Ebem Ohafia Ancient Kingdom in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, Eze Ukoha Kalu Ukoha, has died at the age of 89. The monarch, who spent 35 years on the throne, died on Saturday, September 26, 2026. His death was confirmed by the Ebem Ohafia Development Union and the Ebem Ohafia Council of Chiefs and Elders. During his reign, Eze Ukoha was known for maintaining […]

The West African Examinations Council has officially appointed 56-year-old Suleiman Kum as the new Head of the Nigeria National Office. Kum, who previously served as Senior Deputy Registrar in charge of Test Administration, succeeds Dr Amos Dangut, whose three-year tenure ended on October 1, 2026. Dangut has since assumed office as Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of WAEC. Kum joined WAEC in 1998 and has held several positions, including Director […]

Two men have died while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain, while two women were hospitalised with burns, French authorities said on Monday. The incident occurred off the coast of Berck in northern France late Sunday. The two women, aged 20 and 26, suffered extensive burns but were reported to be in stable condition. According to French reports, a boat carrying about 120 migrants set off on Sunday […]

Kidnappers holding 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State have reduced their ransom demand from N50m to N5m per victim, bringing the total demand down from N1bn to N100m. The victims’ parents said the abducted graduates were being beaten by their captors and appealed to the government to urgently secure their release. The prospective corps members were travelling from Ibadan to orientation […]

Sixty-six years after independence, Nigeria stands at a familiar crossroads, one foot in genuine progress, the other still mired in the same questions that have trailed the nation since 1960: security, poverty, unemployment, and the shape democracy should ultimately take. In his address to the nation, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reflected on Nigeria's 66-year journey, acknowledging the historical weight of military rule, economic crises, and political upheaval that have shaped […]