Politics

The Ogun I Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted contraband items with a customs-cleared value of N6.77 billion in a major anti-smuggling operation across the state’s border corridors. The Acting Controller of the Customs Area, Deputy Controller Olukayode Afeni, disclosed this during a press conference in Idiroko, Ogun State on Tuesday, stressing that the seizures were recorded …

APC stakeholders in Kano Senatorial District have rejected the emergence of former governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, as the consensus candidate for the Kano Central seat. The refusal is contained in a petition addressed to the APC National Chairman and copied to the Kano State APC Chairman among others. The petition, signed by Prof. Ibrahim A.Sani, an academic/political analyst of the group, …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded a case involving eight Chinese nationals and two other defendants over allegations of illegal mining. The court will deliver its ruling on July 13, 2026. Justice James Omotosho set the date after both the prosecuting counsel, Adeola Adedipe, SAN, and the defendants’ counsel, Oladimeji Ekengba, submitted their written closing submissions and made …

Post views: 22 The Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has said that the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) will be incomplete without taking into account Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The Acting Director of the CCD, Godwin Unumeri, said this at an advocacy workshop on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in PIA care facilities in the …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s security approach following the death of former member of parliament Abba Adamu while in the custody of kidnappers. Adamu was reportedly kidnapped by armed bandits along the Abuja-Kaduna highway on May 3 and is said to have died nine days later despite efforts by his family to negotiate his …

The National Emergency Management Agency and the International Organization for Migration on Monday received 170 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Libya under the Assisted Voluntary Return Programme. The returnees arrived at the cargo terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at around 3.36pm on board an Air Buraq Airlines flight from Tripoli. Speaking to journalists, the Head of NEMA Lagos Operations …

By Ayo Kehinde Miatta Fahnbulleh resigned from the British government on Tuesday and told Prime Minister Keir Starmer to prepare an exit timeline after saying he had lost the trust of the British public. In a resignation letter, Fahnbulleh said the public no longer believed Starmer could deliver the change the Labor Party promised and urged him to initiate an …

A two-term member of the House of Representatives for Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II, Hon. Jaiyeola Ajatta, has thrown her weight behind the aspiration of frontliner Kehinde Bamigbetan.Hon Ajatta, who made the statement during a courtesy visit by Bamigbetan, promised to mobilize party members in Ajao estate and the entire constituency to vote Bamigbetan in the next primaries, adding that Bamigbetan deserved …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised fresh concerns over what it described as the “distorted and uncoordinated” implementation of the December 2025 agreement with the federal government, warning that growing frustration among faculty could trigger another round of industrial crisis at the nation’s universities. The union, in a statement issued at the end of the National Executive …

By Victor Osula, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has carried out a major reshuffle of the portfolios of its deputy governors as the apex bank steps up efforts to strengthen monetary policy coordination, banking sector supervision and institutional governance. The reorganization follows the Senate’s nomination and confirmation of Lamido Yuguda as deputy governor responsible for the Financial System …