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Post views: 20 The Young Progressives Party (YPP), Imo State chapter, strongly condemns the attack on its State Secretariat located at Ama Wire, Orji, along Okigwe Road, Owerri. According to security personnel on duty, the incident occurred at around 3:30 am on Sunday, July 19, 2026, when an unmarked Toyota Sienna vehicle stopped at the entrance of the party …

Senior Lawyer of Nigeria, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, has been elected as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association after achieving a decisive victory in the association’s national elections conducted electronically. Badejo-Okusanya polled 12,317 votes, accounting for 47.18% of the total votes cast, defeating his closest rival, Lateef Akangbe (SAN), who garnered 7,934 votes, while Olumuyiwa Akinboro (SAN) came third …

By Joseph Amedu, Lokoja The Kogi Police Command has recorded another operational success in its sustained offensive against kidnapping and other violent crimes with the neutralization of a suspected kidnapper and recovery of an Italian-made pump action gun during a joint security operation in Ayegunle Gbede, Ijumu Local Government Area. Spokesperson for the command, ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat, said that …

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested three public servants for allegedly stealing government equipment worth about $500 million. The command’s spokesperson, Musa Mohammed, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Bayelsa on Saturday. Mohammed said the suspects allegedly conspired to steal several government-owned assets from the Ministry of Labour, Empowerment and Productivity in Bayelsa. The …

‎ ‎ BEDC Electricity Plc has approached the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, seeking an urgent order to halt the planned auction of three of its operational Toyota Hilux vehicles seized in execution of a ₦20 million judgment, insisting that the sale would nullify its pending appeal. ‎The company’s senior legal officer, Victor Mukoro, in an affidavit said the company …

Post views: 12 Ikorodu City FC president Sanmi Doherty says Nigeria’s football reforms will only succeed if clubs are allowed to invest in academies before being saddled with unsustainable wage demands. Sanmi Doherty, has weighed in on the debate over the NPFL’s reform agenda, calling for a development-focused approach rather than pushing clubs into heavy financial obligations they cannot …

The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has informed stakeholders of a planned outage on the 330 kV Jos-Bauchi-Gombe transmission line, scheduled to begin from Saturday to Sunday. According to the statement from the management of the system operator, the planned attack is to enable it to make the connection of the optical ground cable (OPGW) on the 330 kV line. …

.. Says trillions saved vanished into ‘fake ministries, fake agencies’ .. FG challenges to account for the trillions made from removing subsidies Daud Olatunji Former Labor Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has defended the removal of fuel subsidies, insisting that the problem was not the policy itself, but the federal government’s management of the trillions of naira saved by its …

By Victor Osula, Abuja Former Vice President of Nigeria and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said the shocking revelation of over ₦210 billion in overlapping and duplicative allocations in the 2026 federal budget, coming in the wake of Nigeria’s dismal performance on nearly 90% of globally recognized prosperity indicators, has exposed the Tinubu administration as one …

MTN Nigeria and Entertainment Company, Ultima Studios, have unveiled the second season of the Next Afrobeats Star Talent Competition and increased the winner’s recording contract prize from N150 million to N225 million. Organizers said while speaking to the media on Saturday in Lagos that the winner will also receive a brand new Mercedes-Benz SUV. The organizers added that the first, …