Presidency Mocks PETER OBI Over 4-Year Single Term Vow
BAYO ONANUGA said OBI's past political decisions show a pattern of broken loyalty, hence his one-term promise should not be taken seriously.
BAYO ONANUGA said OBI's past political decisions show a pattern of broken loyalty, hence his one-term promise should not be taken seriously.
CP JIMOH invited the various groups to the meeting after the Take-It-Back-Movement revealed that it had sent a letter to the Lagos State Police Command to request protection for the June 12 protesters.
Police investigation trailed another victim of the syndicate, identified as twenty-six-year-old BLESSING BRIGHT, to a hospital in Mowe where she was receiving treatment after giving birth to a baby boy at the illegal maternity on August 20, 2026. However, she was found without the newborn.
The Police spokesman said Pastor PAUL ADEFARASIN was eventually granted bail after interrogation at the Command headquarters in Ikeja.
The suspects are Gafaru Adamu, ‘m’, aged 25, and Muhammed Sanni, ‘m’, aged 20. The PPRO said intelligence gathered by the Command indicates that they are members of a seven-man kidnapping syndicate linked to an incident under investigation in Edo State.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, BAYO ONANUGA, said under the new arrangement, which becomes effective from September 1, officers above the rank of colonel will enjoy a 30 percent salary increase.
During the arraignment, the prosecution counsel, JUBRIL KAREEM, told Justice OLAWALE ALEBIOSU that the defendant beat RAMON IMAM to death, and also attempted to murder one SAMUEL OMALE by beating him with fist blows.
The Acting Military Information Officer of Operation HADIN KAI, Captain MOHAMMED GONI, said the failed attack occurred at about 10:20p.m. on July 11, 2026.
At the time of her arrest on September 16, 2023, HAUWA’U MUKHTAR was found with four hundred and thirty-eight rounds of ammunition, which she was said to be taking to a notorious bandit leader who operates within the Dunburum Forest of Zamfara State.
The defendants are facing a thirteen-count charge bordering on treason, terrorism, and money laundering, alongside former Petroleum Minister, TIMIPRE SYLVA, who is currently at large.
BAYO ONANUGA said the Tinubu administration has never shied away from acknowledging that policy reforms have brought unintended consequences, impacting the most vulnerable.
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said the couple was first arrested with over two hundred and seventy-seven kilograms of Skunk on Friday, June 13, 2025, in the Ojo area of Lagos.
MATT WIEBE's presentation "Law as Business, Law as Justice: Profitability, Ethics and Human Rights in a Changing World" was the highlight of the opening ceremony of the 2026 Law Week celebration of the Nigerian Bar Association, Eti-Osa Branch, held in Victoria Island.
The APC screening committee cited various reasons for disqualifying several of the aspirants, including attempted inducement, conflicting dates of birth, failure to present voter cards or party membership slips, and not being financially up-to-date as members of the party.
President TINUBU says Nigerians deserve to see the numbers, just as they deserve to know what has changed and what these reforms for families, businesses and the country.
Other ADC members expelled from the party include Yagba Federal Constituency lawmaker from Kogi State, LEKE ABEJIDE; factional leader KINGSLEY TEMITOPE, as well as NOMAN OBINNA, KENNEDY ODION, STELLA CHUKWUMA, and four others.
Forty-one-year-old ABUGU OLIVER IKECHUKWU, who is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
The PPRO said "In line with standard operational procedures, the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, CP Bode Ojajuni, psc, FCSS, MNIPR, promptly ordered the deployment of tactical units and directed an intelligence-led rescue operation to safely locate and rescue the victims."
INEC’s Director of Information and Communication Technology, LAWRENCE BAYODE, said Professor JOASH AMUPITAN acted surprised when the information about an X account bearing his name, suggesting that he seemed to have no knowledge about Twitter.
EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said the suspected were arrested on Wednesday April 29, 2025 in Tamah Local Government Area of Nassarawa State.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent ABIMBOLA ADEBISI, who made this known in a statement, identified the suspects as KAREEM ABIODUN, ‘m’, 26; TANSIRU EMMANUEL, ‘m’, 29; LATEEF USMAN, ‘m’, 28; and ALASHE AZEEZ, ‘m’, 32.
Head of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the SGF, CHRIS UGWUEGBULAM, noted that Major General FADEWA was chosen for the role in recognition of exceptional record of service, strategic expertise, and outstanding contributions to Nigeria’s national security architecture.
Chairman of the Northern Christian Association, Reverend JOHN JOSEPH HAYAB, who spoke in a separate interview, said those who accuse Cardinal ONAIYEKAN of partisanship are either out of their mind or simply ignorant.
The declaration of the NBA election results is being overshadowed by complaints of delays in the online voting process and outright disenfranchisement of several lawyers, which have been attributed to technical glitches due to attempted hacking.
OMOYELE SOWORE says nothing has changed from when the Nigerian Prisons Service had its name changed to the Nigeria Correctional Service.
INFANTINO said critics should meditate, pray or watch a football match, instead of spreading hate and false rumours about his leadership.
In Casablanca on Sunday, Algeria, like Botswana before them, threw women behind the ball in numbers, and stymied the play of the Super Falcons.
Beginning from August 1, 2026, the United States Mission in Nigeria says visa applicants will have to schedule appointment with the US Consulate in Lagos.
"The Super Falcons remain the most decorated National Team in African football. We are proud of what they have achieved and what they intend to achieve in Morocco." NFF scribe.
The Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel OLABISI OLALEKAN AYENI, said one of the suspects volunteered to lead the soldiers to exhume the site where the traditional ruler was buried within Umudike forest.