Court grants Sowore N200m bail over alleged defamation
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday admitted Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), to a N200 million bail with two sureties. Justice Mohammed Umar, in a ruling on Sowore’s application for stay of execution of the order for his bail revocation, directed that one of the sureties must […]
LUTH receives equipment donation to support newborn babies
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, has received a donation of equipment and educational materials from the Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360) Programme. In a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, the hospital said the donation aimed to support neonatal care, clinical education, and data management within the Department of Paediatrics. […]
Abuja can grow without sacrificing green spaces, Association tells Wike
The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) has urged the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to review the Abuja Master Plan without compromising designated parks and green areas. The President of REDAN, Oba Akintoye Adeoye, made the appeal in an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
Court remands two men over alleged kidnapping
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of two men, Danladi Usman, 23 and Nasir Ahmed, 26, in a correctional facility over alleged kidnapping. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, are facing trial over alleged conspiracy and kidnapping. The Magistrate, Mr Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the defendants’ plea because […]
Terrorism: Nigerian Army strengthening cyber capabilities, says COAS
The Nigerian Army is spearheading a radical overhaul to counter complex, asymmetric, and cyber-based security threats effectively. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, stated this at the 2026 Nigerian Army Cyber Warfare School Seminar held on Tuesday in Abuja. Shaibu, represented by the Deputy Chief of Special Services and Programmes, […]
We must maintain effective air power to stamp out terrorism, CAS declares
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, says the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), must maintain high level of professionalism, mission readiness, and decisive air power effectiveness to defeat terrorism in the country. He said this on Tuesday in Abuja, at the first Nigerian air force Safety Review Board (SRB) meeting […]
Official links 60% of malaria cases to environmental factors
Dr Oluwatosin Fakayode, the Director of Public Health at the Kwara Ministry of Health, has said that about 60 per cent of malaria cases are linked to environmental factors. He said this on Tuesday in Ilorin at the Kwara State Malaria Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation (ACSM) Quarterly Meeting and inauguration of the Malaria […]
Tinubu swears in revenue mobilization, population commission commissioners
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, administered the Oath of Office to eight Federal Commissioners, two for the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and six for the National Population Commission (NPC). The two RMAFC Commissioners are Hajiya Amina Ibrahim Gamawa and Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad. The six National Population Commission members are: Nasiru […]
Tinubu lauds veteran journalist, administrator Tunji Bello at 65
President bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised journalist and administrator Tunji Bello who turns 65 on July 1. In a personally signed tribute, the president describes him as a “dependable friend, brother and long-standing ally in the progressive movement.” He remembered their days as members in the progressive movement for the country. He lauded him […]
