The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, says re-election of President Bola Tinubu and other All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates will be crucial to achieving the prosperity Nigerians desire. Hamzat, who is also the APC governorship candidate in Lagos State for the 2027 general elections, spoke during the …
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Ibom Air has appointed Mr Mfon Udomah and Dr Eno Udoma-Eniang as Executive Directors, Finance and Legal and Corporate Affairs, respectively. The appointments were announced in a statement issued in Uyo on Monday by Mrs Aniekan Essienette, the airline’s Group Manager, Marketing and Communication. Essienette said the appointments were aimed …
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has received 105 Nigerians rescued in a coordinated operation against cybercrime syndicates in Ghana. A statement issued on Monday by the agency Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, Mr Vincent Adekoye, says the rescue operation was …
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The Lagos State High Court has dismissed an application by a hospital seeking to stop an inquest into the death of Nkanu Esege, the 21-month-old son of renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The decision allows proceedings to continue as authorities seek to establish the circumstances surrounding the child’s death. …
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Kaduna North Federal Constituency lawmaker Mohammed Bello El-Rufai have called for urgent action following the abduction of Ahmed Abubakar Zakka, his wife and their infant daughter in Kaduna State. The abducted man has appealed to Nigerians for assistance in securing the family’s release after …
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said he will lead President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign in the FCT and Rivers State ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wike disclosed this on Monday at a stakeholders’ meeting of the Rainbow Coalition in Abuja, where he announced …
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The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over the announced rerouting of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway amid uncertainty surrounding a planned $20 billion loan. Atiku spoke in a statement on Monday. Newsextra24 reports that the Minister of Works, …
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The Air Component of the Joint Task Force, Northeast, Operation HADIN KAI, says it has neutralised more than 40 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in a precision air strike in Borno. The operation, conducted on Oct. 10, targeted a terrorist enclave at Badu Village, south of Gudumbali in …
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The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 8, 2026, arraigned a Nigerian-American, Oluwatobi Adegoke, before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court, Lagos State, sitting in Ikeja, on a one-count charge bordering on stealing. Adegoke’s journey to the dock started in …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, October 12, 2026, arraigned Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, plc, and its Director, Zavyalov Dmitry, before Justice O. A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for alleged money laundering offenses involving N582,430,250.00 (Five Hundred and Eighty-Two Million, Four Hundred …
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