Former president of Centre for Committee of Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Malachy Ugwumadu has said that the electorate should decide the leadership recruitment at the polling booths and not at the courts. Ugwumadu stated this on Arise TV yesterday when he gave reasons why the call for electoral and judicial reforms should be supported ahead of the 2027 general elections. He said, “Leadership recruitment process must be a function of the direct participation of the...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has sought urgent intervention over the onslaught by bandits in parts of Kwara State, leading to the kidnapping of a monarch’s family members and the sacking of about 16 communities, as well as the kidnapping of Pastor Ayodeji Akesinro from his home in Upenme, Owo, Ondo State, on Thursday. The organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, in a release yesterday, lamented over the kidnap of a 7-year-old boy in...

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has launched a firm campaign to curtail what it terms extreme and indecent “sign-out” ceremonies among graduating students in Nigerian tertiary institutions. This announcement was made by the Director-General of NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, represented at the event by Deputy Director-General Anita Ukamaka, during the flag-off of a nationwide drive to promote government policies, programmes, and national values. Issa-Onilu expressed deep concern over growing tendencies among students to deface their...

Adamawa State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has assented to a new Bill to be cited as “A Bill For A Law To Create The Seal Of Adamawa And Regulate Its Use 2025.” The Governor, while signing the bill, warned against wrongful use of the Seal for commercial advertisements, political campaigns, or any purpose that may bring the Government into disrepute, adding that the unauthorized imitation, reproduction, or distribution of the Seal is forbidden....

The Osun State Government has filed a suit at the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) over the alleged unlawful withholding of statutory allocations meant for local government councils since March 2025. The originating summons is supported by a 35-paragraph affidavit deposed to by the state commissioner for finance, Ogungbile Adeola Olusola. In the originating summons filed on its behalf by a team of lawyers led by Mike Ozekhome...

Following the derailment of a train on August 26, 2025, near Jerre, while en route from Abuja to Kaduna, the Federal Government has set up an investigation committee to ascertain the cause of the incident. The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Ahmed Alkali, who disclosed this in a statement signed by Janet McDickson Noah, Director of Press and Information in the ministry the said the committee will propose measures to prevent a recurrence. According to...