The Nigerian government has charged opposition politician Omoyele Sowore with cybercrime after he referred to President Bola Tinubu as “a criminal” in a social media post. Court documents filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday indicate that Sowore faces five counts under the Cybercrimes Amendment Act, 2024. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/484/2025, also…
The debate over President Bola Tinubu’s prospects for a second term has intensified after the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) claimed that recent waves of endorsements show his 2027 re-election is effectively assured. Lagos APC spokesperson Seye Oladejo issued the statement on Tuesday in response to criticism from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The…
No fewer than six rooms in a private residential building were in the early hours of Tuesday gutted by fire at Akinsoji Zone, Ogbere Moradeyo, Oremeji Area of Ibadan. The Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Maroof Akinwande confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. Akinwande…
he Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by an Estate Surveyor and Valuer, Philip Ojo, against SDV Nigeria Limited and another over dispute arising from the sale of an estate in Lagos State. The apex court, in the lead judgment delivered by Justice Obande Ogbuinya and unanimously upheld by other justices, held that the…
Nigeria’s Health Minister Ali Pate on Monday praised Dr Bello Suleiman, outgoing Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, for steering the institution to what he called “one of the best among its contemporaries.” Speaking through a representative at a reception organised by the Hambali Family Union, Pate said Suleiman’s eight-year tenure…
Nigeria’s Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said President Bola Tinubu’s reforms are reshaping the economy and opening new doors for global partnerships. Shettima spoke on Monday in Abuja during a meeting with a VISA delegation led by Tareq Muhmood, the company’s Regional President for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). He described…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has recorded more than 4.4 million online registrations and over half a million in-person registrations since the launch of its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise last month. Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, said in a statement on Monday that the online…
The Nigerian government says work on the 387km Kano–Maradi railway line has reached 60 per cent completion, with the project now extended to Dutse in Jigawa State. Transport Minister Said Alkali, addressing delegates at the International Railway Conference in Abuja on Monday, said the project had made rapid progress since the start of President Bola…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will arrive in Abuja on Tuesday, 16 September, after bringing his overseas vacation to an early close, his office has confirmed. Tinubu, who began his annual holiday on 4 September in France, had originally planned to divide the period between Paris and London. His media adviser, Bayo Onanuga, said the president…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has confirmed federal approval for the establishment of a Court of Appeal division in the state capital, Abeokuta. The governor made the disclosure during a church service at St. Peter’s Cathedral, Ake, on Monday, to inaugurate the 2025/2026 legal year. He said the court would ease access to justice…
