The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has called on Nigerians to unite against insurgency and other security threats, while commending security agencies for the successful rescue of students and teachers abducted by suspected terrorists in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Agency’s Deputy Director of Communication and Media, Paul Odenyi, the Director-General of NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said Nigeria’s diversity remains one of its greatest strengths and should not be exploited by criminal elements seeking to create fear, division and instability. Issa-Onilu praised the professionalism, gallantry and dedication of the nation’s security…
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The National President of the Police Officers’ Wives Association, POWA, Chief (Mrs.) Olufunmilola Disu, has called on women to embrace vocational skills and Artificial Intelligence, AI, as essential tools for achieving economic empowerment and financial independence. Disu made the appeal during a visit to the POWA Skill Acquisition Centre at Dei-Dei Barracks, Abuja, where she inspected facilities and interacted with trainees, instructors and management staff. During the visit, she toured several departments, including Adult Education, Baking and Confectionery, Tailoring, Hairdressing, and Information and Communication Technology, ICT, applauding participants for their dedication to learning and self-improvement. Speaking to the trainees, the…
The Lagos State High Court will commence its 2026 annual long vacation on Monday, July 20, 2026, with the exercise ending on Friday, September 11, 2026, according to a notice issued by the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Olanrewaju Alogba. The notice stated that the vacation was approved pursuant to Order 49 Rule 4(d) of the High Court of Lagos State (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2019. During the vacation period, designated vacation judges have been assigned to sit across the state’s judicial divisions to attend to urgent civil matters. The judicial divisions covered include Ikeja, Lagos, Badagry, Epe, Ikorodu,…
The Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has commenced the evacuation of occupants and the controlled demolition of a highly distressed building at Akinyele Bus Stop in Abesan Estate, Lagos, after structural experts declared the property unsafe for habitation. The emergency action followed a report from a concerned resident through the Agency’s toll-free line, alerting officials to visible signs of severe structural defects and expressing fears over the safety of occupants and nearby residents. According to a statement made available by Adu Ademuyiwa, the Director, Public Affairs, LASBCA, a team of structural experts and enforcement officers was immediately deployed to…
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, and the Defence Correspondents Association of Nigeria, DECAN, have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening collaboration to combat fake news, misinformation and disinformation while promoting accurate defence reporting in Nigeria. The commitment was made on Friday during a courtesy visit by the newly elected DECAN executives, led by the association’s President, Odita Sunday, to the Director of Defence Information, DDI, Major General Samaila Uba, at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. Speaking during the visit, Odita described the relationship between the Defence Headquarters and defence correspondents as a strategic partnership that contributes to national security through responsible journalism.…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed delight over the successful rescue of the abducted students and teachers from Oriire community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, commending the military, the Department of State Services, DSS, and the Nigeria Police Force for securing their freedom after 56 days in captivity. According to a statement issued on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President praised the security agencies for conducting a coordinated military and intelligence-led operation that led to the safe rescue of the victims, the arrest of eight suspected abductors, and the neutralisation of others without collateral…
All pupils and teachers kidnapped from Oriire in Oyo state have been rescued after 50 days in captivity. This development was communicated by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter. According to him, “All the abducted pupils and teachers from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been rescued safely. Onanuga said:“I can confirm that all the pupils and teachers abducted from Oriire in Oyo State have been rescued.” He added that the successful rescue followed sustained, intelligence-led security operations ordered by President Bola Tinubu and commended…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arraigned an alleged drug baron, 63-year-old Anochili Innocent, alongside three Mexican nationals and six defendants before the Federal High Court, Lagos over an alleged N480 billion methamphetamine manufacturing operation uncovered in Ogun State. The 10 defendants appeared before Justice Musa Kakaki on Friday on an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy, operation of a clandestine drug laboratory, production of methamphetamine, possession of precursor chemicals and financing a drug trafficking organisation. Those arraigned include; Mexican nationals Juan Carlos Meza Torrero, Nemecio Martinez Felix and Jesus López Valles; as well as Nwankwo Sunday Christian, Egwuonwu…
Mr. Raymond Olugbenga Tedunjaye is a practising journalist and also the Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Chairman of Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area, Hon. Jimoh Olawale Saliu (fondly known as Olugbani). In this close-up chat with Juliana Francis, he reveals the secrets to Saliu’s success, especially in the area of security. What’s the difference between your normal journalism work and now as Chief Press Secretary? As a practising journalist, I go out to source news, process it, write it as a report, and send it to our news editor for refinement and perfection. But as Chief Press Secretary to…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday, admitted extra-judicial statements made by embattled former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele into evidence in his ongoing trial over alleged abuse of office and fraud. The court ruled that the statements made on October 27, October 30, November 1 and November 2, 2023 are admitted in evidence and marked as exhibit K31. The judge’s decision followed objection to the admissibility of the extra-judicial statements the prosecution sought to tender, contending that they were not made voluntarily. Delivering the ruling, “First defendant statement…