Author: Adeniyi Daniel

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has arrested a Togolese motorist who recklessly knocked down a pedestrian at the Adeniji Adele intersection, inward Ilubirin, Lagos Island, earlier today. According to LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, preliminary investigations revealed that the driver of a Mazda vehicle with registration number EPE 749 GS, was speeding unlawfully when he lost control and brutally struck a pedestrian attempting to cross the road. “The impact left the victim badly injured and lying helplessly in a pool of blood,” Adebayo stated. He disclosed that the driver attempted to flee the…

FIFA has sanctioned the South African Football Association (SAFA) for fielding an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, during their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Lesotho in March. This was contained in a statement on Monday, where FIFA announced that the disciplinary committee has found SAFA guilty of breaching its competition framework and will forfeit the match to Lesotho by 3-0. In addition, SAFA has been fined CHF 10,000, while Mokoena himself has received an official warning.FIFA also disclosed that the parties affected by the decision have formally been informed today (Monday). The statement reads, “The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Nigerian Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to address ongoing issues affecting university lecturers. According to their union’s national president, Prof. Chris Piwuna, the decision followed a National Executive Council meeting held on Sunday at the University of Abuja. Piwuna, in a copy of strike action he personally signed and made available to newsmen said, “At the National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Abuja on the 28th of September, 2025, the Union decried the neglect of the University system and the government’s consistent refusal to heed to its…

United States President, Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting in the White House for a fourth time this year on Monday as a plan for future governance of a Gaza decimated by Israel’s nearly two-year genocidal war circulates, and the ironclad relationship between the two countries could be tested. Trump promised “greatness in the Middle East” and “something special” in another all-caps post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. He has made repeated statements recently that it is time for the war to end. Netanyahu, for his part, told Fox News on Monday that Israel…

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has disclosed that the Federal Government will hold a low-key 65th Independence Day anniversary celebration. Speaking at the Pre-Independence World Press Conference on Monday in Abuja, Idris rolled out the activities planned for the celebration. He said, “The theme of the celebration is ‘All Hands on Deck’ Activities will be low-key. We started with the Jummat Prayers on Friday and the Thanksgiving Service on Sunday. “The National Value Charter, as championed by the National Orientation Agency, will also be unveiled.“The National Students’ debate is also another activity that will be held…

The Lagos State Government has announced the planned closure of all private and commercial jetties and terminals along the Five Cowries Creek with effect from Friday, 3rd October to Sunday, 5th October 2025. The State Government made this known in a statement signed by the Public Affairs Unit of the Lagos Waterways Authority (LASWA) in Lagos on Monday. According to the statement, the temporary closure was to facilitate the successful hosting of the E1 Championship, the world’s first all-electric powerboat racing tournament with the Lagos series scheduled to take place along the Five Cowries Creek during the period. “The waterways…

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Amos Kini, a security guard, for abducting a two-year-old child in the Elemoro area of Lagos. The incident occurred on 21st September 2025 at about 11:50 p.m., when the distraught mother of the victim reported at Elemoro Police Division that her security guard had fled with her son and mobile phone to an unknown location. The suspect later used the stolen phone to contact the child’s father, demanding a ransom of ₦5 million for the boy’s release. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Adebisi Abimbola, officers from Elemoro…

An Oyo State High Court on Friday ordered United Bank for Africa not to release funds from 30 accounts opened in the names of Osun State’s local governments by court-sacked APC chairmen and councillors. The interim injunction, in suit number 1/1149/25, was sought by the Attorney-General and Osun State Commissioner for Justice, Oluwole Jimi-Bada, after the Federal Government transferred seized statutory allocations for each of the 30 councils into the disputed accounts on Friday. The case, heard ex parte by Justice A.L. Akintola of Court 5, had Jimi-Bada as the claimant/plaintiff and UBA as the sole defendant/respondent. The order had…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred Professor Pat Utomi, and his associates from going ahead with their plan to set up a shadow government in Nigeria. Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday, Justice James Omotosho held that the creation of a shadow government or cabinet is unconstitutional and alien to the country’s presidential system of governance. The court order effectively restrained Utomi and his group from pursuing the initiative and upheld the arguments of the DSS that Utomi’s action portends danger to the peace and security of Nigeria. The…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday, September 29, 2025, conducted promotion examinations for 30 senior police officers, as part of its new policy requiring officers to undergo assessment before career advancement in the Nigeria Police Force. The officers who participated included one Assistant Inspector General of Police, two Commissioners, eleven Deputy Commissioners, and sixteen Assistant Commissioners, out of the 17 invited for the exercise. The examination was held at the Solomon Arase Chairman’s Conference Hall on the 6th floor of the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters in Abuja. Speaking at the event, the Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd)…