Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa has queried the vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) in Imo state, Ikechukwu Dozie, over the alleged irregular appointment of 24 aides in his office. In a memo dated June 25, 2026, and signed by the acting Director of University Education...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja
An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced two men, Ibrahim Abubakar and Abdullahi Abubakar, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of kidnapping a staff member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The judgment was delivered by the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, at...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 23 and Wednesday, 24 June, 2026 presented two prosecution witnesses, PW1, Babatunde Adebayo, and PW2, Paul Olufemi, in the trial of Ifoma Immanuel, who is facing charges an alleged $1.5 million fraud before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State...
Justice S. S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, June 25, 2026, adjourned proceedings in the ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and Nadabo Energy Limited for a ruling on a motion challenging an amended charge filed by the prosecution. At the...
Trial of the former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, continued on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, before Justice M.A. Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court, Gwarinpa, Abuja with two prosecution witnesses affirming that the defendant transferred the functions of the procurement department of Nigeria Social Insurance...
The absence of the National Coordinator of Multi-Sectional Crisis Recovery Projects, MCRP, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Danjuma Mohammed on Thursday, June 25, 2026 stalled his trial before Justice K. N. Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court, Zuba, Abuja. Mohammed, the first defendant, is facing prosecution by...
As the rainy season peaks, with its torrential downpour, the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has directed the activation of the Fusion and Trigger Room concept for the coordination and early action to combat flooding in Nigeria. Accordingly, he asked the Anticipatory Action Task Force (AATF), National Emergency Management...
Andre Onana is heading back to Trabzonspor after the Turkish club reached an agreement with Manchester United for the goalkeeper’s loan move. The Cameroon international is not in United’s plans for next season and is expected to leave Old Trafford before the start of the campaign. Trabzonspor have moved...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed deep concern over what he described as poor management and a lack of commitment by the current leadership of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Gwoza, to ensure the full take-off of academic activities in the institution. Zulum noted that...
Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), representing millions of youth across northern Nigeria, has commended the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, for his leadership of the Commission and the marked improvement in the conduct of recent elections, pledging the Forum’s full support and active...
Two police officers were killed by suspected bandits after security operatives successfully rescued nine kidnapped victims during a joint operation in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The victims were rescued on June 24, 2026, following a swift response by security personnel to intelligence reports that armed...
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, alongside his former adviser, Jimi Lawal, and five others over an alleged N8.68 billion CCTV surveillance contract. The defendants were brought before the Federal High Court in Kaduna on an amended...
A three-storey building collapsed at Road B, Federal Housing Estate, along Dr. Peter Odili Road in Port Harcourt, leaving one person dead and several others feared trapped beneath the rubble. Rescue teams, including emergency responders, security agencies, and disaster management officials, rushed to the scene to search for survivors....
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has deployed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 4 Headquarters, Makurdi, AIG Dankombo F. Morris, to Plateau State on an operational assessment visit following recent attacks in Bokkos Local Government Area of the State. The IGP gave the directive...
National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the release of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results, with a total of 186,291 candidates having registered for the examination across 12 subjects. In a statement issued on Thursday, NECO’s Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, said the...
Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed September 29, 2026, to deliver judgment in a suit seeking a fresh police investigation into the death of Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Justice James Omotosho scheduled the date after hearing arguments from Break the Silence Foundation, the group...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has ordered the immediate closure of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Bama, the largest displacement facility outside the state capital, Maiduguri, while also hinting that the Gwoza camp would follow suit. The Governor announced this on Thursday in Gwoza shortly after an...
Bloodbath was averted Wednesday at T.A Gardens Estate, Warewa, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ogun state, near Lagos, following violent attack on residents who were protesting one month of power outage. The upscale estate owned by former CEO of GTBank, Tayo Aderinokun, according to residents, has been without electricity for over...
Vinicius Junior continued his impressive form at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday, scoring twice as Brazil defeated Scotland 3-0 to finish top of Group C with a perfect record. The Real Madrid forward opened the scoring in the seventh minute before adding his second in first-half stoppage...