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Africa has officially overtaken Asia as the continent with the highest number of hungry people for the first time in modern history. The United Nations’ annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report revealed on Tuesday that 309 million Africans suffered from undernourishment last year. While global hunger fell for a third…
Minister of Works David Umahi has petitioned the Inspector General of Police to transfer the investigation into the death of Mary Habila to Abuja. The nurse died on June 27 at the minister’s country home in Uburu, Ebonyi State. Public outrage and blackmail allegations forced the former governor to address the media. Umahi denies any…
Armed men disrupted a National Examinations Council exam in Kogi State on Tuesday, abducting a school principal, an exam official, and several candidates. The assailants stormed the Government Secondary School in Olowa, Dekina Local Government Area, firing weapons to scatter terrified bystanders before entering the examination hall. Local security forces launched an immediate search-and-rescue operation…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of three Mexican nationals and seven Nigerian accomplices following the discovery of an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arraigned the ten defendants on an 11-count charge bordering on illegal drug manufacturing, chemical diversion, and international narcotics trafficking. The anti-graft agency values…
A Lagos State Special Offences Court has admitted the extrajudicial statements of Godwin Emefiele as valid exhibits in his ongoing corruption trial. Justice Rahman Oshodi rejected defence arguments that anti-graft investigators extracted the documents under physical duress or procedural irregularities. The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria faces a 26-count charge detailing an…
The Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal Government to immediately halt the rehabilitation and reintegration of repentant Boko Haram fighters. Lawmakers unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that all captured or surrendered insurgents face criminal prosecution rather than state-sponsored social re-entry programmes. This legislative shift marks a major institutional pushback against Operation Safe Corridor, the…
British singer-songwriter Lauren Bennett, best known for her vocal feature on the global chart-topping track Party Rock Anthem, has died at the age of 37. Her former bandmates from the pop group G.R.L. confirmed her passing in a joint social media announcement. The sudden loss has triggered widespread mourning across the international music community. Representatives…
Trading on the Nigerian stock market closed heavily bullish this week, yielding a substantial 3.156 trillion Naira gain for equity investors. The weekly rally reversed a recent multi-trillion Naira correction that had wiped significant value off the local exchange. Strong corporate positioning by institutional investors drove the sharp market recovery, focusing heavily on core banking,…
The Oyo State Ministry of Education has formally rewritten its public academic calendar to absorb the shock of a recently suspended teachers’ strike. Public primary and secondary schools across the state will now officially resume a full teaching schedule on Monday, July 6. The permanent secretary of the ministry, Mrs B.T. Oyinloye, detailed the emergency…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized 2,530 kilogrammes of illicit drugs and arrested 382 suspects in Taraba State. State Commander Javanson Kwalma announced the cumulative results of the anti-narcotics campaign during a security briefing on Thursday. Operatives intercepted massive quantities of cannabis sativa, tramadol, codeine syrup, and methamphetamine over the first half of…
