Month: August 2026

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has accused the Bola Tinubu administration of worsening Nigeria’s refinery problems, saying the President can no longer blame previous governments for challenges in the petroleum sector. Atiku made the allegation in a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu. […]

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a fresh N10 billion lawsuit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission over alleged restrictions on his family members visiting him in custody. The suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeks to enforce what El-Rufai says […]

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election after polling 511,067 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815 votes. The State Returning Officer, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Professor Joshua Ogunwole, announced the result at about 7:24 a.m. […]

The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has urged eligible voters in Osun State to come out and exercise their constitutional right to vote in Saturday’s governorship election without fear or intimidation. Issa-Onilu called on voters to remain peaceful and responsible before, during and after the election, […]

The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could become the deadliest on record, as the virus continues to spread faster than health authorities can contain it. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave the warning on Wednesday, saying more than 2,000 […]

Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested one Muhamodu Sanni, a suspected member of a kidnapping syndicate operating around the Obudu/Woru axis of Ilorin East Local Government Area. Sanni was reportedly intercepted at a Point-of-Sale location while allegedly attempting to withdraw ransom proceeds linked to the abduction of […]

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has alleged a plot to arrest its National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. In a statement issued on Wednesday night, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the ADC had received credible reports of plans to arrest the […]

The Nigerian Law Society has rejected a directive by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, asking lawyers to stop using the title “Barrister” and adopt “Esquire” instead. The society argues that the directive has no clear basis in the Legal Practitioners Act, 1962, which recognises “Barrister” and “Solicitor […]