The House of Representatives has withdrawn its own constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish State Police, opting instead to consider the executive-sponsored version submitted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as part of ongoing efforts to reform Nigeria’s policing system. Global Mirror News gathered that the decision was announced during Tuesday’s plenary session, a move that…
Anxiety has spread across several motor parks in Lagos State following the reported death of the Organising Secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Toba Ajiboye, after he was allegedly shot by unidentified gunmen. Global Mirror News gathered that Ajiboye, a well-known transport Union official and socialite,…
Residents of Omupo in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State have rescued a newborn baby boy found abandoned along a farm path in the community. The infant, reportedly discovered with his placenta still attached, was first spotted by a passerby who immediately alerted other residents, prompting a swift rescue and transfer to a medical…
Commercial and economic activities were disrupted across several parts of Lagos on Monday July 13 after a torrential rainfall triggered widespread flooding, leaving motorists, commuters and residents stranded while causing severe traffic congestion on major roads across the state. Global Mirror News gathered that the worst-hit locations included Ikoyi, Lekki, Victoria Island and Oworonshoki, where…
The Principal of Community Grammar School, Ahoro-Esiele, Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs. Rachael Alamu, has narrated the terrifying 56 days she, teachers and schoolchildren spent in the hands of kidnappers, describing the experience as one of hunger, brutality, fear and endless movement through forests. Speaking days after their rescue by security operatives,…
The Ondo State Government has suspended 27 students from three Public Secondary Schools in Akure over alleged acts of gross misconduct and indiscipline. Global Mirror News gathered that the affected students are from Oyemekun Grammar School, Aquinas College and CAC Grammar School. According to the state Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the suspension takes…
Suspected gunmen have abducted a 60-year-old Headmaster of Nomadic Basic School, Igbojaye, Budo Aare, in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mr. Kolawale Mathew Owoade, popularly known as Onaiye, and are demanding a ransom of N30 million for his release. The victim was reportedly kidnapped on Saturday, July 11, 2026, between 5 p.m. and…
The Federal Government has suspended the proposed increase in registration fees for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), pending wider consultations with stakeholders. The Federal Ministry of Education announced on Monday that it had withdrawn its June 18, 2026 letter conveying the proposed…
World football Governing Body, the FIFA, is considering a groundbreaking proposal to expand the 2030 FIFA World Cup to an unprecedented 64 teams, a move that could allow nearly one-third of its member Nations to participate in football’s biggest tournament. FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, disclosed that the proposal, initially championed by South American football administrators,…
No fewer than three persons lost their lives while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a tragic lone-vehicle accident that occurred in the early hours of Monday July 13 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The fatal crash happened at about 12:30 a.m. at Alabebe, along the Iwo Road–Bank Oloso axis of the…
