The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) from traffic control and enforcement duties across the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, stated that the directive was part […]
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Senate has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately restore Ukum II and Konshisha II (Shangev-Tiev) state constituencies of Benue state in compliance with the judgement of the Court of Appeal. Also to be restored is Gboko 1 . The Court of Appeal had ruled that […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday met with top security and intelligence chiefs over the deteriorating security situation in Plateau State and summoned Governor Caleb Mutfwang to Abuja for urgent consultations. The move follows the recent attack in Angwan Rukuba district of Jos, where gunmen reportedly killed at least twenty eight persons and left several […]
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai is currently at the Federal High Court in Kaduna, where his bail application is expected to be heard. The court had on Tuesday, adjourned ruling on the bail application filed by former governor till today. El-Rufai is facing a 10-count charge bordering on alleged conversion and possession of public […]
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has called for increased budgetary allocation to the health sector, particularly for HIV/AIDS and TB treatment, amid significant reductions in international donor funding. Senior Advocacy and Marketing Manager, AHF-Nigeria, Steve Aborisade, made the call during an advocacy meeting with the Kogi State House of Assembly on Wednesday in Lokoja. Aborisade highlighted […]
Security officials and peacebuilding actors from Benue, Kaduna, Katsina, and Plateau states have pledged to strengthen inter-state collaboration to tackle insecurity during a high-level consultative dialogue held in Jos, Plateau State. The event, convened on March 17, 2026, by the Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience in partnership with the UK-funded Strengthening Peace and Resilience […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has adjourned the hearing of the bail application filed by former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to March 31. El-Rufai was arraigned before the court on Tuesday on a 10-count charge bordering on alleged conversion of public property and money laundering brought against him by the Independent Corrupt […]
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed his administration’s commitment to deepening a stronger collaboration with the Japanese government to fast-track the transformation of Abuja in line with its master plan. He gave the assurance in Abuja during the courtesy visit of the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Suzuki Hideo, alongside officials […]
The ambitious deal between the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is facing challenges, as the refinery experienced a crude oil supply shortfall of approximately 79.53 million barrels between October 2025 and mid-March 2026, according to findings by The PUNCH. Data obtained from an impeccable senior management source within the refinery indicated […]
Gulf countries called for Iran to immediately halt its strikes on their territory and provide full reparations, in a rare, urgent debate at the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday. The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Jordan called the session at the UN’s top rights body, which focused exclusively on Iran’s strikes on […]
