The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, disclosed this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Tinubu. He listed the five airports as Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, and Enugu airports. ...
The United States has imposed sanctions on Rwanda’s Ministry of Defence and a financial institution over alleged involvement in supporting armed rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. The measures were announced on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, as ...
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking to establish state police following weeks of legislative review. The Speaker, Haruna Aliyu Dangyatin, expressed hope that the proposed security system would help Nigeria tackle its growing security challenges. ...
Several supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were reportedly injured, while their vehicles were damaged in attacks ahead of Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s 2027 re-election campaign flag-off in Katsina State on Wednesday. The incident occurred as supporters travelled to ...
The wife of Adamawa State Governor, Hajiya Lami Fintiri, has canvassed a collective approach to the challenge of illegal use of hard drugs, to protect youths who are most affected. Mrs Fintiri who is currently leading a state-wide campaign by ...
Troops of Operation Enduring Peace, OPEP, have arrested a suspected Mwaghavul militia member identified as Karfe over the killing of a Fulani herder in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The arrest was disclosed by counter-terrorism expert Zagazola Makama, ...
Doris Ogala, Nollywood actress and African Action Congress, AAC, governorship candidate for Abia State in the 2027 election, was caught in a clash in a Lagos Federal High Court courtroom shortly before she was remanded at Ikoyi Prison. In a ...
A Magistrate Court sitting in Kafin Maiyaki, Kano State, has sentenced a young man simply identified as Ashiru, from Kofa village in Bebeji Local Government Area, to one year in prison without an option of fine for stealing soybeans. Ashiru ...
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old man, Samuel Ogochukwu, from Imo State, for allegedly using a nine-year-old boy to transport illicit drugs in an attempt to evade security operatives. The command disclosed this in a statement issued ...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, says it has arrested more than 30 people suspected of vandalising electricity transmission infrastructure as it steps up efforts to protect power facilities across the country. The company is also increasing public awareness campaigns ...
The Rivers State chapter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, of deceiving members of the Labour Party, LP, and other opposition parties into joining the Rainbow Coalition he ...
The Kano State Police Command has arrested two suspects over an alleged threat to kidnap the Village Head of Bangare, Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, identified as Aliyu Naziru Garba and Bashir Alhasan, both 20, were ...
The bill, sponsored by Benjamin Olabinjo, who represents Ifako/Ijaiye Federal Constituency in Lagos State, was considered during plenary on Wednesday. The proposed legislation seeks to create a specialised institution for training, research and continuing education in nursing, midwifery and related ...
The Presidency has lashed out at the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his recent comments on the state of the nation. The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in ...
Doris Ogala, the African Action Congress, AAC, governorship candidate for Abia State in the 2027 election, has reportedly been remanded at Ikoyi Prison in Lagos pending the scheduling of her bail hearing. The development was disclosed by comedian DeeOne in ...