The spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, has stated that police officers have the right to search people’s pockets and bags without a warrant if there is reasonable suspicion. Edafe stated this in a post on X on Saturday, while sharing the arrest of a suspected thief caught with a firearm….
Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brig. Gen. Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, has said that he’s set to reform the scheme for more effectiveness and enhance productivity in order to boost national development. ‎ ‎The DG said this in Jos, the Plateau State capital at its 2026 Annual Management Conference, with the theme,…
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), says it has completed the latest disbursement of N8.6 billion in pension arrears as part of the N32,000 increment approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2024. According to a statement released on Monday by PTAD’s Head of Corporate Communications, Olugbenga Ajayi, the funds…
The Adamawa State Government reportedly revoked the prestigious traditional title of Waziri Adamawa previously held by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, citing a new indigeneship policy affecting emirate council leadership. The decision was communicated in a circular dated June 20, 2025, and signed by Mrs. Adama Felicity Mamman, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Chieftaincy…
The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has threatened a nationwide naked protest on November 24, if government fails to pay their outstanding pension increment arrears and palliative allowances. The coalition’s National Chairman, Mr Mukaila Ogunbote, announced this while briefing newsmen in Lagos, yesterday. Ogunbote, who is also the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NIPOST…
Feyisayo Ogedengbe, the auxiliary nurse who treated Mohbad, has revealed that the late singer had a severe reaction to a tetanus injection she administered. According to her testimony before Justice C.A. Shotobi at the Coroner’s Court in Ikorodu, Lagos, Mohbad started vomiting and developed goosebumps after the injection. Ogedengbe explained that she was contacted by…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday brought a Chinese, Zhengjia Jin, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged bribery and N301 million fraud. Jin, was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on retention of stolen property, bribery and stealing. The EFCC counsel, Mr Ahmad Usman, told the court that the defendant…
South Africa’s Minister of Sports, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has said he would prefer that Nigeria’s Super Eagles do not qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, citing tensions between the two countries during the qualification campaign. McKenzie made the remarks during an interview with Radio 947 in Johannesburg, where he accused Nigerian football…
The Lagos State government has confirmed the death of eight persons in the Christmas Eve fire incident that gutted the 25-storey building of Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) in Lagos. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the update on Friday, during an inspection of the affected building, where pockets of fire were still visible nine days after the…
Armed bandits have abducted the traditional ruler of Yankuzo, Alhaji Babangida Kogo, in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, barely hours after a devastating Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrike killed dozens of bandits in a forest enclave near the area. The monarch was reportedly abducted on Tuesday evening along the Mararraba axis as he…
