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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep concern over the low voter turnout recorded during Saturday’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area council elections, describing it as a troubling reflection of Nigeria’s democratic health under President Bola Tinubu. Reacting to the polls on Sunday, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain pointed to turnout figures that…
LAGOS — The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a massive illicit warehouse containing banned, fake, and unregistered cosmetic products valued at over ₦3 billion. The facility was concealed within an uncompleted building at the APT Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, Lagos. In a surgical enforcement operation concluded on…
ILORIN — Violence and chaos overshadowed a major philanthropic exercise in Oke-Onigbin, Irepodun Local Government Area, as organized thugs disrupted a high-value empowerment programme. Chief Adejoke Mistura Adeyemi, a United Kingdom-based philanthropist and House of Representatives hopeful, organized the event for All Progressives Congress (APC) members. The intervention targeted 1,500 beneficiaries drawn from Isin, Oke-Ero,…
OGUN — A fatal lone accident at the Railway Crossing along the Abeokuta–Lagos Expressway has claimed three lives and left one person severely injured. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command, confirmed the tragedy occurred during the early hours of Sunday morning. A white Volvo commercial truck, bearing registration number AYE 977 XA,…
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his trade offensive, announcing a 15% global tariff on all imports just 24 hours after a stinging legal defeat. The move follows a landmark 6-3 Supreme Court ruling on Friday, February 20, 2026, which struck down the President’s previous tariff regime as an unconstitutional overreach of…
PALM BEACH — United States Secret Service agents shot and killed an armed intruder at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort early Sunday morning. The suspect, a North Carolina man in his 20s, reportedly breached a secure perimeter carrying a shotgun and a fuel can. Communications chief Anthony Guglielmi confirmed the encounter occurred at approximately 1:30…
ABUJA — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disrupted a sophisticated web of drug trafficking operations spanning from the Seme land border to the high-brow Safe Court Apartments in Lekki. Femi Babafemi, the Agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, confirmed on Sunday that operatives foiled a bizarre attempt by 35-year-old Rabi Muhammad to…
The Peoples Democratic Party has formed a specialized legal committee to address disputes emerging from the Federal Capital Territory’s area council elections held on February 21, 2026, as it celebrates its victors while raising concerns over alleged manipulations that undermined the process across the six councils. In a statement released Sunday by the party’s…
Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo has lambasted opposition parties for their criticisms of the Federal Capital Territory area council election outcomes, asserting that they only deem polls credible when victorious and accusing them of fabricating irregularities to incite unrest among Nigerians. In a statement posted on his X account on Sunday, Keyamo dismissed the opposition’s…
Joshua Ishaku of the All Progressives Congress has secured the chairmanship position in Bwari Area Council during the Federal Capital Territory’s area council elections, outpolling candidates from 15 other parties in a race that saw a notable pre-poll endorsement from a former rival. The Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer for Bwari, Mohammed Nurudeen,…
