Explosive materials kept inside a warehouse triggered the fire that engulfed sections of the Amuwo-Odofin Industrial Estate in Mile 2, Lagos, on Saturday night, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed. The Controller General of the agency, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, said firefighters received a distress call at 9:29 p.m. and were on site…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, has named Mr Sani Daura as his Senior Special Assistant on Protocol Matters. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the minister’s spokesman, Mr Lere Olayinka, said Daura brings more than three decades of experience in protocol and ceremonial duties within the FCT Administration….
Annalena Baerbock, President of the UN General Assembly, has brushed aside speculation that US President Donald Trump intends to undermine the United Nations by creating a rival international body. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Baerbock said the United Nations existed to safeguard global peace and security, and that its inclusive structure was…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has heard that Chioma Okoli did not directly call on the public to stop purchasing or using Erisco Foods’ tomato paste, despite claims that her social media post damaged the company’s reputation. The admission was made on Wednesday by Mr Nnamdi Nwokolo, a representative of Erisco Foods, during cross-examination…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has inaugurated the Laderin–Wole Soyinka train station road in Abeokuta, announcing that 20 additional roads will be commissioned across the state as part of celebrations for Ogun’s 50th anniversary. At the inauguration on Tuesday, Abiodun described the train station as a major hub connecting Ogun with Lagos, Oyo, and…
Seven people were injured on Tuesday when a two-storey building under construction in Akure suddenly collapsed. An eyewitness speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said workers at the site were among those injured and were immediately taken to hospital for treatment. The Ondo State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Sunday…
The prolonged legal battle over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary position ended on Tuesday as Senator Samuel Anyanwu voluntarily withdrew a fresh suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, prompting Justice Mohammed Umar to dismiss the case. Anyanwu’s counsel, U.C. Njemanze-Aku, told the court that the case had been overtaken by events…
Former Education Minister Obiageli Oby Ezekwesili has accused authorities of carrying out a “class cleansing” in Makoko, Lagos, and has called on President Bola Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to provide immediate humanitarian support to residents displaced by ongoing demolitions. In an open memorandum to the President and the Lagos State Governor, Ezekwesili described the…
Catholic bishops in the Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have urged the Federal Government to ensure that ongoing tax reforms are implemented with fairness, transparency and accountability, warning that the poor and vulnerable must not be overburdened. In a communiqué released after their meeting in Ibadan on Tuesday, the bishops called on the government to adopt a…
President Bola Tinubu has awarded Gilbert Chagoury, the Lebanese-Nigerian entrepreneur and philanthropist, the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). The conferment, formalised in an Instrument of National Honour dated 8 January 2026, recognised Chagoury’s exceptional contributions to Nigeria. The President, acting under the National Honours Act, granted him the…
