The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has deregistered over 400,000 companies in 2025 over prolonged inactivity and failure to meet statutory requirements, in a move to sanitise the country’s corporate register. Registrar-General of the commission, Mr Hussaini Magaji, who disclosed this during activities marking the CAC’s 35th anniversary in Abuja at the weekend, said the exercise…
At least 30 people have been killed in a fatal road accident that occurred in Kano State on Sunday morning. A statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, confirmed the tragedy and said that the accident occurred at Kwanar Barde in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. He explained that the…
A gospel musician has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with the death of four persons inside a music studio in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The incident occurred at a studio located within the HFP Shopping Complex, Abraham Adesanya area of Ajah. Three of the deceased were reportedly members…
The police in Ekiti State have launched an investigation into the circumstances that led a middle-aged man, identified simply as Segun, to take his life by hanging on a tree at Ise Ekiti in the Ise/Orun Local Government Area. Sources said the man had attempted to slit the throat of his elder daughter before hanging…
A Nigerian mini bus driver has gone viral after revealing he borrowed money from Opay to brand his vehicle in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Ekiti state Governor, Biodun Oyebanji’s 2027 re-election campaign. The driver said branding the bus has been a long-time dream, but he couldn’t afford it until now. He explained…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, while heading to China with 95 jumbo-sized wraps of cocaine weighing 1.589 kilograms buried in his stomach. NDLEA said Nwabueze was arrested on Saturday, 31st January 2026, at…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced the permanent cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home directive across the South-East, effective Monday, February 9, 2026. The directive comes directly from IPOB leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who emphasized that the people should return to schools, workplaces, and markets without fear or intimidation. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful,…
Suspected kidnappers who abducted a medical doctor in Auchi, Edo State, and killed his younger brother have been arrested after they were allegedly identified by their victim at the hospital where he works. Sources revealed that the suspects were apprehended after they took their children to the same hospital for medical treatment, only for the…
When the senate passed the 2022 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday, many Nigerians expected it to close the gaps exposed in the 2023 general election. A major reform Nigerians had looked forward to was the legal backing for compulsory real-time electronic transmission of election results. The senate, however, rejected the proposal, extinguishing expectations of…
CLARIFICATION ON BUDGETARY PROVISIONS FOR THE LAGOS LIAISON OFFICE IN THE 2026 APPROPRIATION LAW The attention of the Abia State Ministry of Budget and Planning has been drawn to commentaries regarding specific line items for the Lagos Liaison Office in the published 2026 Fiscal Year Budget. We wish to state the following verifiable facts for…
