President Donald Trump’s sweeping new travel ban came into effect early Monday immediately after midnight, barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States and reviving a divisive measure from his first term. The move is expected to disrupt refugee pathways and further restrict immigration as the Trump administration expands its crackdown on […]

Thirty-four embassies in Abuja risk being closed down by the Federal Capital Territory Administration over unpaid ground rents spanning 11 years, The PUNCH reports. The PUNCH, however, learnt that the opposition Peoples Democratic, Federal Inland Revenue Service and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, who were also listed as defaulters, had […]

The Lagos State Judiciary has launched its electronic affidavit system, now making it mandatory for all general affidavits to be processed exclusively online via the Lagos Comis Platform. The new policy took effect on June 1 following a directive from the Honourable Chief Judge of Lagos State. The new system applies to all non-litigation affidavits, […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Ogun II Office, Ota, has sealed the facilities of 39 illegal packaged water producers in the state between February and June. Mr Mawo Benu, Ogun II State Coordinator, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ota, […]

The Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, has revealed that Nigeria is steadily moving from dependence on foreign military procurement to local production. In a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday by Mati Ali, the Personal Assistant on Media and Publicity to the minister, Badaru stated that “this aims to facilitate local production, repairs, refurbishment, […]

Elon Musk has publicly condemned President Donald Trump’s proposed spending bill, calling it an “outrageous, pork-filled, disgusting abomination” just days after his departure from a White House advisory role, The Independent UK reported. The billionaire entrepreneur, who recently completed a 130-day stint as a special government employee leading the Department of Government Efficiency, voiced his […]

Customs Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Joseph Adelaja, has stated that the command generated N25,777,379, 328.17 covering the period of March to May 2025. Adelaja said the generated revenue represents an increase of 36.67 per cent when compared to the sum of N18,168, 204,255.04 collected in the same period […]

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected five new non-permanent members to the UN Security Council. Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Latvia, and Liberia secured two-year terms starting in January 2026. Their tenure will run through the end of 2027 on the Council, which bears primary responsibility for maintaining international […]

Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has expressed sorrow over the twin tragedies that struck Kano and Niger states, claiming many lives. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Press Secretary, Abubakar Bawa, the governor described the death of 22 Kano athletes in a recent road accident as a “national tragedy” that has cast […]

The Federal Government is set to construct 100 houses in each of the 774 local government areas of the country. The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Atta, disclosed this in Kano on Tuesday evening, when the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, received hundreds of supporters of the New Nigeria […]

The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has warned Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education across the country, declaring that any satellite campus established without prior approval through their respective regulatory agencies, the National Universities Commission, the National Board for Technical Education and the National Colleges of Education will face strict sanctions. This directive […]

A former governor of Rivers State who served between 2007 and 2015, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed sadness over the state of the schools built and commissioned by his administration while he was governor. While speaking on Arise News on Tuesday, Amaechi revealed that the schools he built have now been abandoned and vandalised. “People building […]