Security agencies in Kwara State have announced a successful military operation along Babanla Road and a temporary restriction on cattle transactions at the popular Kwara Ajasepo (Kaara) Market, the Joint Security Watch Kwara South said on Wednesday. According to the Joint Security Watch, troops of the Nigerian Army repelled an attempt by suspected bandits to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will deploy about 1.4 million ad hoc personnel across more than 176,000 polling units nationwide for the 2027 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this in Abuja when he received a Pre-Election Assessment Mission delegation from the International Republican Institute (IRI), led by former United…
Operatives of the Kebbi State Police Command have arrested a 19-year-old woman, Khadija Ibrahim, for allegedly stealing a newborn baby in Zuru LGA to pass off as her own. The suspect, a resident of Rikoto in Zuru Local Government Area, was apprehended on August 14, 2026, following a targeted police investigation. According to Police Public…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, winner of the 2026 Osun State governorship election. Adeleke, who contested the election on the platform of the Accord Party, defeated his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, to secure a second term in office. The returning…
Tension briefly gripped Osogbo, Osun State, on Saturday night after sporadic gunshots were heard around a ward collation centre as the collation of results from the state governorship election was underway. The incident occurred at the premises of Union Baptist Primary School, which serves as the collation centre for Ataoja D Ward 4 in Osogbo….
Voting has ended in several polling units across Osun State following Saturday’s governorship election, with electoral officials moving into the sorting, counting and collation of ballots. The conclusion of voting has shifted attention to the announcement of results at polling units and their subsequent collation at ward and local government levels. In several locations, presiding…
There is a sense beyond the usual political talk as Nigeria moves toward the 2027 general elections. It’s an ambiguous feeling. In homes, offices, markets, churches, mosques, campuses and social gatherings, many Nigerians are asking the same question: what will happen in 2027? It is a question born not only of politics, but of economic…
Mr Ekundare Gbenga Micheal and his wife, Mrs Ekundare Grace Adesola, are set to commence a community-based drug prevention initiative aimed at helping young people make healthier choices and contributing to safer and stronger communities. The initiative, which will be carried out through the newly established Grace & Myke Global Impact Foundation, is built around…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos Operations Office, in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), has received 178 Nigerian returnees from Tripoli, Libya. The returnees arrived at about 4 p.m. on Monday, August 10, aboard an Air Buraq Airlines flight that landed at the Cargo Terminal of…
Scores of passengers were stranded at the Lagos and Abuja airports on Tuesday following the picketing of domestic airline operators by aviation unions over the alleged non-remittance of the statutory five per cent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) and the denial of workers’ rights to unionise. The industrial action was led by the Air Transport Services…
