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Osun LG Crisis: Civil Society Group Urges Supreme Court to Fast-Track Judgment
An Osun-based civil society organisation, Insight Initiative for Community and Social Development (IICSD), has appealed to the Supreme Court of Nigeria to expedite judgment on the lingering suit between the Attorney-General of Osun State and the Attorney-General of the Federation over the withholding of local government funds. The suit, marked SC/CV/773/2025, was heard on October […]
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Tinubu Submits Ambassadorial Nominees to Senate
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has transmitted a fresh list of ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary, which was streamed via the National Assembly’s official YouTube channel. According to the communication from the President, the nominees are: Kayode Are – […]
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Sanwo-Olu Presents N4.2tn 2026 Budget To Lagos Assembly
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday laid before the state House of Assembly a proposed N4.237 trillion budget for the 2026 financial year. The budget would be the state’s largest spending plan yet. Security presence around the Assembly complex in Alausa was noticeably heightened as officers of the police, Civil Defence, and the Lagos […]
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DSS, Military Contacted Bandits to Free 38 Kwara Church Worshippers — Onanuga
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says a non-kinetic operation involving the Department of State Services (DSS) and the military led to the release of the 38 worshippers abducted from the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, in Kwara State. The victims were seized on November 18 during an […]
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NAPTIP Places Speed Darlington on Watchlist Over Alleged Rape, Cybercrime
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has placed Nigerian entertainer Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, on its watchlist after he failed to honour an official summons. The agency’s Director of Legal and Prosecution, Ijeoma Mary Amugo, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday. She explained […]
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Prime Suspect in Killing of FRSC Officer, Daughter Extradited From Ghana
The manhunt for the prime suspect in the abduction and alleged murder of a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer, SRC Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, and her daughter has taken a major turn as the Nigeria Police Force has taken custody of the accused, Victor Benjamin Fejemirokun. Fejemirokun, who fled Nigeria after the incident, was handed […]
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Lamido Accuses PDP Governors of Blocking His National Chairmanship Bid
Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has alleged that governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are deliberately preventing him from contesting for the national chairmanship of the party. Lamido made the claim during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, where he said the governors refused to release a nomination […]
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Tinubu Orders Withdrawal of Police From VIP Escorts, Approves 30,000 Fresh Recruits
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country, a move aimed at strengthening community policing and tackling rising insecurity in many parts of Nigeria. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the development in a statement […]
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Kwara Govt Confirms Release of 38 Eruku Church Abductees
Kwara State Government on Sunday confirmed the release of the 38 worshippers abducted during the recent attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun, Eruku, in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON), who announced the development, described the rescue operation as “a major relief” and credited the freed abductees’ safe […]
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50 Children Abducted From Catholic School In Niger State Have Escaped – CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has announced that 50 of the hundreds of children kidnapped from a Catholic school in Niger State have successfully escaped from their abductors. In a statement released on Sunday, the Christian body said the children regained their freedom between Friday and Saturday and have since reunited with their families. […]