The Lagos State Government has mandated e-hailing operators to present their vehicles for inspection to improve safety, service quality, and regulatory compliance across the transportation sector. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Osiyemi…
Banga village in Kauran Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State is facing one of the bleakest moments in its history. The residents said for years, the once-peaceful community has been under siege by armed groups, leaving residents trapped in a cycle of fear and violence. In a statement on Monday, community representative Abdulrahman Zakaria…
In a move aligned with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda, the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle, has urged DICON-D7G Nigeria Limited to uphold the highest standards of quality, ethics, and sustainability in defence manufacturing. Speaking on Thursday at the commissioning of the company’s new headquarters in Asokoro, Abuja, Matawalle…
The minister of foreign affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said that Nigeria is committed to prioritising identity verification on consular services to bolster its new visa regime. Mr Tuggar disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during a pitch presentation by ASFAAR, a visa and tour company, aimed at easing visa processing for Nigerians. President Bola Tinubu…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has alleged that most abandoned estates in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are owned by corrupt civil servants who embezzled public funds and later abandoned the properties to avoid detection. Speaking at a policy dialogue organised by Law Corridor in Abuja on Wednesday, themed…
Human rights activist and #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, has been detained by the Nigeria Police Force at its headquarters in Abuja following an invitation from the Inspector General of Police’s Monitoring Unit. Sowore, who arrived at the Force Headquarters around 12:13 p.m. on Wednesday, was accompanied by his lawyers, Barristers A.K. Musa and Marshal Abubakar,…
A new book has revealed that former President Goodluck Jonathan was overruled by powerful state governors within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), thwarting critical reform efforts aimed at ending the party’s reliance on wealthy sponsors. The book, “Wadata Wonders: Memoirs of a Partisan Journalist”, written by Ike Abonyi, a former media adviser to two PDP…
The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that only the commission has the constitutional mandate to issue birth, death, and attestation certificates in Nigeria. Mrs Blessyn Brume-Ataguba, Federal Commissioner representing Delta State in NPC, made the clarification on Wednesday in Asaba while addressing journalists. She said, ”As a way of reaching out to the audience,…
A suspected ritualist, Obi-Levi Obieze, 40, was on Wednesday arraigned before the Enugu North Magistrates’ Court over alleged kidnapping and ritual killings in Enugu State. Obieze, popularly known as “E dey play, E dey show,” was arraigned alongside Sebastine Offor, 64, and Ejike Odinwamkpa, 38. The trio faces a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, kidnapping,…
A hearing-impaired woman, Hauwa’u Bello, on Wednesday approached a Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking the dissolution of her marriage to Usman Shuaibu over alleged neglect and failure to provide for the family. Bello, who communicated through sign language interpreted by Aisha Sulaiman, told the court that her husband gives her only…
