The Kano State Police Command has recovered a Hyundai car stolen from a church premises in the state and returned it to its owner, three days after the incident. The gold-coloured vehicle, with registration number LAGOS AA 444 BL, was stolen on October 25 while its owner, Uchenna Emmanuel, was attending a service at St Thomas Church, Airport Road, Kano. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this […]
The Nigeria Police Force has rescued a 21-year-old Nigerian woman who was trafficked to Mali and forced into prostitution, while arresting three suspected members of an international human trafficking syndicate. The operation was carried out by operatives of the Special Tactical Squad, Force Intelligence Department, following an intelligence-led investigation. The suspects were arrested between October 1 and 27, 2026. The suspects were identified as Daniel Aondofa, 26; Orgba Solomon, 28, […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has disowned a discharge certificate allegedly presented by former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Geoffrey Nnaji, during his screening at the National Assembly. An NYSC Assistant Director in the Department of Certification, Yusuf Abubakar Jumare, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the organisation did not issue the certificate. Jumare, who testified as the second prosecution witness in the case instituted by […]
The Lagos State Government is planning to establish between 50 and 100 small food-processing plants around its proposed food systems and logistics hub to promote local processing, add value to agricultural produce and strengthen food supply. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this at an Executive Business Breakfast organised by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, where he outlined plans for an integrated system for food storage, processing and distribution. He said the […]
Lawyers in Osun State have called on Governor Ademola Adeleke to urgently rehabilitate deteriorating court buildings across the state, warning that their poor condition is disrupting judicial proceedings and hindering access to justice. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), through its five branches in Osogbo, Ikirun, Iwo, Ile-Ife and Ilesa, made the appeal in a letter dated October 29, 2026, and received at the Governor’s Office on November 2. The association […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has kept the venue of its presidential campaign flag-off in Sokoto State secret over security concerns and alleged attempts to disrupt the event scheduled for Wednesday. The party said it had secured a venue but was taking precautionary measures following reports of a possible plot to frustrate the rally ahead of the 2027 general elections. ADC Presidential Campaign Committee spokesman, Dahiru Maishanu, said the party […]
The crisis at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has intensified following allegations that its Director-General, Professor John Oladapo Obafunwa, is proceeding with plans to retire some research professors after eight years in director positions, despite opposition from the Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI). The union has faulted the move, insisting that research professors and Chief Research Fellows are exempted from the eight-year tenure policy applicable to […]
Southwest leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to mobilise voters across the six states in the region to secure overwhelming support for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. The resolution was reached at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos, convened by the APC Presidential Campaign Council’s Directorate of Mobilisation and Stakeholders Engagement for the Southwest, led by former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola. The meeting was […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, has unveiled his seven-pillar ‘Oyo Ahead’ Agenda, outlining his vision and priorities ahead of the 2027 governorship election. Alli presented the manifesto on Tuesday, where he identified the key areas of his proposed administration as local government autonomy, infrastructure development, healthcare, education and human capital development, economy and investment, agriculture and solid minerals, as well as security. […]
