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A 31-year-old woman, Funke Femiloba, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Lagos over alleged impersonation of OPay Digital Services Limited and obtaining money from members of the public under false pretence. Femiloba was arraigned on September 24, 2026, on a four-count charge filed as case number MIK/P/53/26. The police alleged that the defendant conspired with others now at large to obtain money by false pretence and falsely represented herself as a staff member of OPay Digital Services Limited. Following her arraignment, the court ordered that Femiloba be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service. The case…
Public sector unions, under the aegis of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), have directed all federal, state and local government employees to begin a three-day warning strike from today over the failure of the government to address their demands. The industrial action, scheduled to commence today, October 2, and end on Sunday, October 4, follows the council’s earlier call on the federal government for measures to cushion the effects of rising living costs. Their demands include a reduction in petrol price to N500 per litre, a wage award for workers and the commencement of negotiations for a…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has appealed to Nigerians to keep hope in the country alive. This is as he congratulated Nigerians on the country’s 66th Independence anniversary, calling for love, unity and faith in the nation’s future. In a goodwill message issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio described Nigeria as “our destiny, our duty, our future.” He said Nigeria’s journey has seen both triumphs and challenges, times of confidence and moments of doubt. He noted, however, that Nigerians have continued to work hard, create, serve and keep faith. According to him, “Nigeria lives in…
The alleged fake Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, has been remanded in Kuje Prison after his arraignment before the Federal High Court in Abuja. He was put on trial by the police on behalf of the Federal Government on allegations bordering on conspiracy, forgery and impersonation. The police filed an eight-count charge against Adeyemi in November 2025, alleging he conspired with two others still at large to forge presidential appointment letters, State House documents and other official correspondences linked to the fictitious agency. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of…
Vice-Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has told leaders of the opposition party that many of them will be retired from politics if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is re-elected. Amaechi said this while addressing ADC-National Women League Conference in Abuja, on Wednesday. Citing example of how the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the center in 2015, Amaechi charged the women to go to their states and wards and bring in votes, saying that is the only way ADC will be able to defeat APC.…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1st, 2026, as a public holiday to mark the nation’s 66th Independence Anniversary celebration. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians at home and abroad on this year’s celebration of the 66th Independence anniversary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Tunji-Ojo stated that peace and stability are necessary conditions for the development of any nation, calling on Nigerians to emulate the nation’s founding fathers in their love for the fatherland and build a Nigeria of “our dreams that our children will be…
At least three people have lost their lives while several others were injured following a stampede at the Niger State Government House in Minna. The injured victims are currently receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday night when youths reportedly linked to a planned protest over the recent deaths of 37 artisanal miners were allegedly invited to the Government House to shelve their protest. Among those who lost their lives were a woman, Dije, and her daughter, Hurairat, both internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Allawa community in Shiroro Local Government Area.…
Cross River State House of Assembly has commenced consideration of the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish State Police Services across the 36 states of the federation. The bill was transmitted to the state Houses of Assembly by the National Assembly. It was titled: “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to Provide for the Establishment of State Police Services and for Related Matters in the 36 States of the Federation”. The proposed amendment seeks to provide a constitutional framework for the establishment of State Police Services while retaining the Nigeria…
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after spending four weeks in Europe on a working holiday. he presidential aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday evening. Recall that the president departed Paris, France, for Nigeria earlier in the afternoon. According to his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu chose to fly to Lagos first to honour the memory of Chief MKO Abiola, the martyr of Nigeria’s democratic struggle. On Independence Day, the President will attend the premiere of a movie honouring Abiola, the winner of the June…
For the second consecutive year, the Kano State Government has celebrated what it described as a first-place finish in the National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). Reacting to the results from this year’s examination, Governor Abba Yusuf said Kano had again emerged as the leading state after 74,413 candidates obtained at least five credits, including in English Language and Mathematics. Candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions are generally required to obtain at least five credits in the SSCE, including English Language and Mathematics. This makes the five-credit benchmark a useful measure of candidates who meet the…