Author: Adeniyi Daniel

Governors from across the country, First Ladies and other dignitaries will converge on Ogun State on Tuesday for the zonal launch of the National Community Food Bank Programme, featuring the distribution of food items to vulnerable and indigent residents of the state. The programme, which will commence at Makun, Sagamu, is expected to attract major stakeholders from across the country as part of efforts to strengthen the Federal Government’s social intervention initiatives and provide support for vulnerable households. The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, will lead the distribution exercise and other activities scheduled for the visit. According to…

The Lagos State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Jamiu Tolani Ali-Balogun, has charged Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) evaluators to translate knowledge gained from professional training into practical actions that will raise education standards across the state. Ali-Balogun gave the charge on Monday while officially flagging off a 10-day capacity development training for OEQA evaluators in Lagos. The training, themed “Building a High-Performing Education Quality Assurance Workforce,” is being held at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Alausa, Ikeja, from August 17 to 26, 2026. In his keynote address, the Commissioner highlighted the critical role…

…First Lady to commission estate Tuesday Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has rescued the President Muhammadu Buhari Estate in Abeokuta from possible forfeiture and transformed the once-stalled project into a 108-unit modern residential community. The estate, located along the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway, is scheduled to be commissioned on Tuesday by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Inherited by the Abiodun administration in a largely undeveloped state, with only the infrastructure awarded and one show building completed, the project had become embroiled in a legal dispute over unpaid obligations to the contractor handling its development. The situation put the property at…

The Nigerian Army has rescued nine kidnap victims and disrupted suspected terrorist operations in Mariga and Rijau Local Government Areas of Niger State. The operations were carried out by troops of 18 Brigade as part of sustained offensive operations against terrorists and other criminal elements within the Brigade’s Area of Responsibility, according to the Army. In a statement issued on Friday, the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 18 Brigade, Bida, Cpt Adebayo Adewumi, said troops of the Nigerian Army Training Centre (NATRAC) Admin Battalion, deployed at Kotonkoro, rescued the nine kidnapped victims during an operation in Mariga LGA on…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Lawal Babale Musa before an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan over alleged forgery, uttering of documents and the conversion of N56.49 million said to have been paid for the 2023 Hajj pilgrimage. Musa was arraigned on Thursday, August 13, 2026, by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the EFCC before Justice Olusola Adetujoye on a 57-count charge bordering on forgery, uttering of documents and stealing. According to the EFCC, the alleged offences involved N56,491,000 paid by Ibrahim Shuaibu to facilitate the 2023 Hajj pilgrimage for 10 prospective pilgrims through the Kaduna…

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has urged governments and stakeholders to ensure that girls whose education is disrupted by poverty, early pregnancy and other challenges are given a second chance to rebuild their lives and realise their full potential. Tinubu made the call on Friday in Agboju, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State, while commissioning the rehabilitated First Alternative High School for Girls, established in 2007 to provide a second chance for girls whose education had been interrupted by various circumstances. Represented at the ceremony by the wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, the First Lady said no girl or woman should…

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has charged Nigerian youths to take ownership of the fight against corruption, urging members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to become a “new breed” committed to integrity, accountability and national development. Olukoyede gave the charge on Thursday while addressing Batch “B” Stream II corps members at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Ikare-Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The EFCC chairman, who spoke through an official of the Commission, DSE Emmanuel Onuminya, delivered a lecture titled, “New Breed Youths as Catalysts for National…

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has welcomed members of the political families of former Governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel and the late Senator Buruji Kashamu into the mainstream of the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing their decision as a significant boost to the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Abiodun received the groups at a meeting at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta, where he commended their decision to align with the APC and pledged to work with them for the success of the party and its candidates across Ogun East Senatorial District. The governor said political actors with common interests…

A Lagos State High Court has remanded a woman, Chinwendu Fidelia Ohanebo, in a correctional facility after she was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N42.345 million fraud. Ohanebo was arraigned on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC before Justice M.A. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja. She faced a two-count charge bordering on obtaining under false pretences and stealing by conversion involving N42,345,000. The EFCC alleged that Ohanebo, sometime in 2025, obtained the sum from one Musa Muhammed Jidda under the pretext of…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has challenged young Nigerians to stop waiting for opportunities and take the initiative to create value, overcome setbacks and build solutions that improve lives. Sanwo-Olu gave the charge on Wednesday at the fourth edition of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Generation Next Forum, held at the Queens Park Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The forum, with the theme, “Building Tomorrow Today: Youth as Catalysts of a Digital, Inclusive and Sustainable Economy,” brought together young Nigerians and key stakeholders in the banking, business and technology sectors. The Governor, who was represented by the…