Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Dr. Sulaimon Olagoke Ogunmuyiwa as the new Director-General of the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), signaling a renewed push to strengthen oversight and elevate learning standards across the State. The appointment letter was formally presented to Ogunmuyiwa on Thursday by the Lagos State Head…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence handed to Maryam Sanda, overturning the Presidential clemency earlier granted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and bringing a dramatic end to one of the Country’s most widely followed homicide cases. Sanda, daughter-in-law to a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, had been convicted on January…
Comrade Wale Olanrewaju has secured a decisive return as Chairman of the Ogun State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), earning a second three-year mandate after emerging unopposed in a tightly supervised election held at the Inion’s Secretariat in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta. The election, which was conducted under heavy security presence from the Nigeria…
The Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebu-Ode has rejected the lineage claim submitted by Fuji maestro, Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, popularly known as KWAM1, ruling him ineligible to participate in the ongoing selection process for the next Awujale of Ijebuland. In an official letter dated December 11, 2025, the ruling house declared the musician’s lineage form “null,…
Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, was on Thursday rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa, after collapsing suddenly in his office at the Government House. The incident reportedly occurred in the early afternoon, causing panic among aides, security personnel, and staff within the administrative wing. According to sources at the Government House,…
Eight male students of the University of Jos have been confirmed dead following a fatal road crash involving a trailer and a commercial bus in the early hours of Thursday along Zaria Road, opposite Unity Bank in Jos, Plateau State. The accident occurred around 2:30 a.m., with eyewitnesses reporting that the bus—which had eleven occupants—was…
…commends Fusengbuwa ruling house for upholding history The Baamofin of Ijebuland and Ogun State, Barrister AbdulWasiu Oduwole, a respected legal luminary in Ijebu-Ode, has appealed to all levels of Government to remain neutral in the selection of the next Awujale of Ijebuland. He also warned the kingmakers to avoid any form of corruption as the…
In a sweeping operation against International narcotics crime, Indian authorities have deported 32 Nigerian Nationals allegedly linked to a sprawling transnational drug-trafficking and money-laundering network. The crackdown, spearheaded by the Delhi Police in collaboration with the Telangana Police EAGLE unit, also resulted in the arrest of 50 other Nigerians suspected of orchestrating the syndicate across…
In a decisive escalation of Nigeria’s Security Strategy, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate training, arming, and Nationwide deployment of Forest Guards in a bid to crush the growing wave of kidnapping, banditry, and terrorist activity that have plagued rural and forested areas across the Country. The directive, issued through a statement by…
Journalists, Activists, and Civil Society Groups in Nigeria are facing escalating harassment and intimidation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) warned on Tuesday, urging President Bola Tinubu, State Governors, and Security Agencies to stop the crackdown. The warning came during a joint press conference in Lagos marking…
