Metro

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Disu, has approved the deployment of new Police Public Relations Officers and Public Relations Liaison Officers to selected Commands and Formations in the Nigeria Police Force. According to a statement posted on the police’s social media accounts, this move is “part of ongoing efforts to strengthen strategic communications, increase public access to credible …

QThe Lagos Zone 1 Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned Ali Bala (aka Lawyer Ahmed) and Yusuf Umar Anka before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offenses Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, for alleged theft and money laundering amounting to £110,000.00 (One Hundred and Ten Thousand Pounds Sterling). The duo is being tried on …

Daud Olatunji Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has mourned the death of renowned communications scholar, veteran journalist and former Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Professor Idowu Sobowale, describing his demise as a great loss to Nigeria’s media, academia and education sector. Sobowale reportedly died on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at the age of 85. Amosun, in a condolence …

Elders of Ohaisu autonomous community in Afikpo local government area of ​​Ebonyi state, on Thursday staged a peaceful protest demanding the immediate removal of Dr. Francis Okoro as their traditional ruler. Okoro along with three others were on October 1, 2026 given staff of office by the state governor, Francis Nwifuru to act as traditional rulers of their respective autonomous …

The younger brother of the 2027 Bauchi South senatorial candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, Shehu Aliyu Musa, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu Musa, has lost three of his children to floods in Abuja. The victims, identified as Maryam, Umar and Hanifah, were overwhelmed by floodwaters in the Federal Capital Territory. According to the party, the tragedy occurred four days before its …

Claims by security agencies, particularly the police that no ransom was paid for the release of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) recruits, who were abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha expressway last Thursday have been punctured by the mother of one of the victims. The woman, Alirat Wahab, said contrary to police claims, N6 million was paid to secure the release of …

...The Chief Justice warns judges of invented authorities capable of distorting judicial proceedings ….Bailiffs are advised to use technology responsibly and verify sources ...CJN warns judges against partisan political conduct ahead of 2027 polls Daud Olatunji The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has raised the alarm over the growing use of artificial intelligence in legal research, warning that AI …

Twenty National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) recruits and a civilian kidnapped in Imo State have been rescued in a coordinated security operation involving the military, Department of Foreign Service, police and other security agencies. The victims were abducted while traveling through the state, triggering a joint intelligence-driven search and rescue operation by security agencies. The 20 corps recruits and civilians …

Senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, died after reportedly collapsing in a hotel room in Mosco area in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of ​​Edo State. The incident which occurred on Sunday involved a 21-year-old lecturer and commercial sex worker identified as Angela Defa Jacob, according to the Edo State Police Command. Police said …

Toyyibat Qasim The federal government-appointed commission investigating the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps has sought and been granted a two-week extension to complete its investigations. The 10-member independent committee, which was originally due to submit its report on Wednesday, October 7, said it needed more time to review …