Category: Politics

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday convicted and sentenced Chidera Chibuzor to 18 years’ imprisonment for attempting to sexually assault eight-year-old twin sisters. Justice Rahman Oshodi delivered the judgment following a plea bargain agreement between the convict and the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, which prosecuted the case. The amended charges…

By Tracy Ohovwore The NEPL/Seplat Energy Joint Venture has commissioned three new Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) laboratories in Benin City, Edo State. The newly inaugurated laboratories, located at Niger College, Army Day Secondary School, and Oba Akenzua Secondary School, were officially handed over to the Edo State Ministry of Education. These additions…

The federal government has moved to combat the perennial flood disasters in the country with the development of the National Flood Insurance Policy and Implementation Framework. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Mahmud Kambari said the government took the step in the light of the reoccurring flood disasters experienced almost yearly in the country, and…

Civil society activist and renowned media specialist, Mac Imoni Amarere, has been re-elected into the International Board of ActionAid for a second three-year term. Professor Eze Nwokocha of the University of Ibadan and a member of the Board of ActionAid Nigeria was also elected to the 2026 General Assembly Organising Committee of ActionAid International for…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth Development and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has begun training selected Corps members to facilitate the National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment across all wards in the country. According to a statement by the Head of Corporate Communications at NIMC, Dr. Kayode…

As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary, President of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Philemon Yang, has reflected on the organisation’s achievements and urged Member States to recommit to multilateralism in the face of global crises. In a statement commemorating the milestone, Yang described the UN as a symbol of…

Special Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will host an advanced-level course for 35 law enforcement, prosecutors, magistrates, and training personnel from Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Togo. According to a statement by the U.S. Embassy, the training addresses the growing threat of transnational drug trafficking across West and…

Special Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will host an advanced-level course for 35 law enforcement, prosecutors, magistrates, and training personnel from Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Togo. According to a statement by the U.S. Embassy, the training addresses the growing threat of transnational drug trafficking across West and…

The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of a National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, having killed and dismembered the victim. The judge stated that the prosecution proved its…

By Emamuzo Iboma President Bola Tinubu has signed into law four significant tax reform bills, marking a major step in the transformation of Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue systems. A statement from the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed that the bills—namely the Nigeria Tax Bill, Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service…