Seven Weeks After Oriire Raid, Oyo Denies Secret Ransom Deal
The Oyo State Government has firmly pushed back against fresh allegations that it secretly…
Seven Weeks After Oriire Raid, Oyo Denies Secret Ransom Deal
The Oyo State Government has firmly pushed back against fresh allegations that it secretly paid money to the armed group holding dozens of pupils and teachers seized from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area, insisting that no ransom has changed hands as the ordeal enters its seventh week. The rebuttal came on Friday…
Akpabio Declares PDP His ‘Wrong Party’ As He Reaffirms APC Home
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has offered one of his most candid political self-assessments yet, describing his years in the Peoples Democratic Party as time spent in the “wrong party” and insisting that his true political home has always been with the All Progressives Congress. The remark, delivered in Abuja on Friday, adds another layer…
Appeal Court Bars Hijab At UI International School In Split Verdict
A long-running dispute over religious dress in one of Nigeria’s oldest secondary schools has taken a decisive turn, with the Court of Appeal in Ibadan ruling that female Muslim pupils of the International School, University of Ibadan, cannot wear the hijab as part of their uniform. The three-member appellate panel delivered the verdict on…
PFIPC Scandal: ADC Wants Judicial Inquiry, Names 10 Institutions For Probe
A fresh political storm has gathered around the Presidency as the African Democratic Congress pressed for an independent judicial commission of inquiry into the controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, insisting that the affair has grown far beyond the fate of a single official and now touches the credibility of the Nigerian…
Presidency Vows To Prosecute Insiders Behind Fake PFIPC Agency
The Presidency has widened the net in the unfolding controversy over a bogus presidential agency, vowing on Friday to hunt down and prosecute the government insiders who allegedly allowed Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew to run a fictitious body for months without detection. What began as a forgery case has now hardened into a public…
Former Benue State SSG Dies After Bandit Ambush
A former Secretary to the Benue State Government, Professor David Salifu, has died after sustaining severe gunshot wounds during a highway ambush by suspected bandits. The academic and politician succumbed to his injuries early Friday morning at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital in Makurdi. The attack occurred on Thursday along the notorious Wukari-Zaki Biam…
FG Evacuates 593 Citizens from South Africa
The federal government has successfully evacuated 593 Nigerians from South Africa following a severe spike in xenophobic hostilities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos aboard two chartered aircraft. Officials revealed that three additional emergency flights will return to Johannesburg next week to rescue…
Okonkwo Defends Amaechi Pick, Accuses Obi Of Betrayal
Barely a day after accepting a fresh role at the heart of Atiku Abubakar’s 2027 campaign, Kenneth Okonkwo has moved to douse the controversy that trailed his earlier rejection of Rotimi Amaechi as running mate, insisting that his objection was never personal and that the country’s electoral law, not internal politics, narrowed the field…
SEC Admits Seven Fintech Firms Into Regulatory Sandbox
The Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared seven new fintech companies for admission into its Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme. The capital market regulator announced that the newly admitted entities received an Approval-in-Principle on Thursday. The cohort includes prominent digital asset firms such as Bitbarter Technologies, Luno Fintech Nigeria, GetEquity, Koinkoin Global Network, Wrapped CBDC, Trovotech,…
Supreme Court Scraps Paper, Enforces Mandatory E-Filing
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has officially banned manual case filings in a bid to modernise judicial administration. Chief Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun unveiled the Nigerian Case Management System alongside strict new Practice Directions on Wednesday in Abuja. The digital infrastructure replaces archaic, paper-based workflows with an integrated electronic platform designed to handle the entire lifecycle…