By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has appointed Mr Moshood Jimoh as the new Commissioner of Police for the Lagos State Command. The Commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, announced this in a statement issued on Monday. Prior to this appointment,...
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The Air Component of Operation FASAN YANMA, has eliminated several bandits in a successful airstrike at Yauni Hill, Zakka Ward of Safana Local Government Area, Katsina State. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), AVM Olusola Akinboyewa, on Monday...
Suspected thugs inside buses and on motorcycles on Monday invaded Olorunda Local Government Secretariat, Igbona, in Osogbo wielding machetes and other dangerous weapons The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development is coming barely days to Saturday’s local government election coming up across the state. NAN gathered...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have faulted the presence of armed personnel of Department of State Security (DSS) at the assembly complex in Ikeja on Monday. The House, at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, called on the state’s Director of DSS to...
Nigeria’s badminton star, Anuoluwapo Opeyori, has secured his seventh African title after a 2-0 (21-7, 23-21) victory over Egypt’s Adham Elgamal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Opeyori achieved the victory at the just concluded men’s singles final of the All-Africa Senior Badminton Championship in Douala, Cameroon....
Nigerian Afrobeats sensational superstar, Adedamola Adefolahan, popularly known as Fireboy DML, has expressed a strong desire to be closer to God in order to improve his relationship with Him. The talented and creative music sensation took to his social media platforms to speak about himself having serious relationship with...
Katsina State Government has spent approximately N5.4 billion to support 3,610 women across the 361 wards in the state, providing each with four goats. Governor Dikko Radda disclosed this during the launch of the support distribution under the goat-rearing initiative at Dan-Nakolo in Daura Local Government Area (LGA). The...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) has partnered Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF) to enhance healthcare infrastructure and access to quality care in the country. Chief Upstream Investment Officer, NNPC, Mr Oluwaseyi Omotowa, said this during the handover of medical equipment to the foundation on Monday in Lagos. Omotowa...
There were pockets of violence in some local governments on Monday as members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) engaged in skirmishes over control of local government secretariats. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who was at Ife East Local Government...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday, arraigned Adam Yusuf, a Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), over alleged N1.1 billion money laundering offences. Yusuf was arraigned alongside a company, Ummays Hummayd Energy Ltd, allegedly operated by him, before...
Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said it would close the 2023/2024 student loan application cycle on Feb. 21. Managing Director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, said the 2024/2025 application cycle would commence on Feb. 22. Sawyerr said that...
Anambra security outfit has declared its intention to arrest women seen in public without bras or panties. The announcement, made via a public address system, was captured in a viral video shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. In the footage, an official of the security outfit, speaking in...
European leaders gathered on Monday for an emergency summit to discuss plans by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine. There are fears that they might be frozen out of the negotiations. The goal is to agree on a common strategy for dealing with Trump, including...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, granted an application by former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to amend her suit challenging the order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for final forfeiture of her seized assets. Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the request after the...
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan Chapter, has said it would embark on an indefinite strike, if power was not restored to the residential areas of the hospital. This contained in a communiqué from its emergency meeting held on on Feb. 14, which was...
The U.S. military announced the killing of a senior operative from the terrorist group Hurras al-Din, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, in north-western Syria. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed in a statement that its forces conducted a “precision airstrike” targeting and killing a senior finance and logistics official from Hurras...
Mr John Nwosu an aspirant in the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra has said he would support any coalition that will stop the reelection of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo. Nwosu, who is aspiring on the platform of the Labour Party said this while speaking to newsmen in Awka on...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has expressed his heartfelt condolences over the passing of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a renowned leader of the Afenifere group, who died on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, at the age of 96. In a condolence message issued on Monday in Abuja, Shettima described Pa Adebanjo as a...
The Defence Headquarters has urged Nigerians to disregard “the malicious allegations” and support the efforts of the armed forces to enhance national security and promote the welfare of servicemen and women. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, in a statement on Monday, faulted the allegations regarding Nigerian...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has faulted the recent comments by Dr Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, regarding the 2027 Presidential ambitions of President Bola Tinubu This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Information and...