The Federal Government has announced that repair work on the damaged expansion joints on the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will begin on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, and is expected to last for two weeks. The Federal Ministry of Works disclosed this on Saturday, September 5, explaining that the rehabilitation became necessary after…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued two abandoned babies found in separate locations in Kurudu and Gwagwalada, Abuja, and appealed to the public for information that could help trace their mothers and other relatives. The Command disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday by its Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh,…
A genetically edited pig kidney has functioned successfully inside a living human patient for 271 days, enabling a 66-year-old American man with end-stage kidney disease to stay off dialysis for about nine months before he eventually received a human donor kidney. The achievement, described by Doctors as the longest recorded dialysis-free survival after a pig-kidney…
A suspected cultist identified simply as Damola has reportedly died after he allegedly slumped while attempting to flee from Police operatives in the Kajola area of Ikenne Local Government Area, Ogun State. Global Mirror News gathered that the incident occurred after the Police received intelligence concerning an alleged attack in which a man was reportedly…
Three women have been killed while 10 others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a vehicle plunged from the Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and landed in a ditch. The fatal crash occurred at about 5:24pm on Friday, September 4, 2026, near Mikano on the Long Bridge, inward Lagos, according to the Ogun State…
Nollywood actress Lizzy Anjorin has reacted defiantly to an interim injunction reportedly obtained by actress Priscilla Ojo Mkambala, dismissing the legal action as “dead on arrival” and challenging the manner in which the order was served. The controversy erupted after Priscilla made the court documents public online, revealing an interim injunction reportedly granted by the…
China is moving aggressively to position itself at the forefront of the emerging Brain-computer Interface (BCI) industry, with several domestic companies reportedly securing regulatory approval for devices that could compete with technologies being developed by Elon Musk’s Neuralink. The approvals mark a significant step in China’s efforts to move brain-computer interface technology from laboratories and…
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has raised fresh concerns over the integrity of Nigeria’s examination system, alleging that National Examinations Council (NECO) examination questions were previously obtained and sold to candidates for as little as N3,000 before the examinations. Alausa made the disclosure on Thursday, September 3, 2026, during a meeting with the…
The Director-General of the Department of State Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, has directed operatives of the agency to stop arresting individuals over matters that are purely civil in nature, stressing that the use of force must not be applied to settle civil disputes. Ajayi disclosed the directive during a media interview on Thursday, September 3, 2026,…
The Federal Workers Forum has asked President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to urgently review the salaries of Federal Civil Servants, demanding that the National minimum wage be increased from N70,000 to N300,000. The demand was contained in a letter dated September 2, 2026, signed by the National Coordinator of the Federal Workers Forum,…
