Leading diplomats and international law experts have commended Nigeria’s recent successful bid to host the $5 billion Africa Energy Bank as a landmark achievement that reinforces the importance of capacity development on international law and diplomacy as a recipe for sustaining the country’s growing diplomatic influence and leadership in Africa and globally. The recommendation was made at the high-level opening ceremony kickstarting the one-week 2026 Certificate of Advanced Studies in International Law and Diplomacy course organised by the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, NIALS, in partnership with the International Law Association (Nigerian Branch). With focus on leveraging international diplomacy…
Author: Funke
The Osun State Police Command has arrested the Secretary to the Osun State Government, SSG, Teslim Igbalaye, and five other persons over the alleged possession of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, ₦4,810,500 in cash, a laptop, a voters’ register and other items suspected to be linked to electoral offences. The command said the arrests followed a lawful operation by its operatives after receiving actionable intelligence that a criminal gang was hiding around the Oroki Estate area of Osogbo. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Osogbo by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, the command disclosed that one of the…
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2, AIG Olohundare Jimoh, has been named the most outstanding anti-crime police chief in West and Central Africa for 2025, in recognition of crime prevention strategies he introduced during his tenure as Commissioner of Police in Lagos State. The award, presented by the Security Watch Africa Initiatives Network at the 19th edition of the African Security Watch Awards in Banjul, The Gambia, was formally handed to Jimoh in his Lagos office by the organisation’s International Coordinator, Patrick Agbambu, and National Coordinator, Elizabeth Ndanku. Jimoh could not attend the Gambia ceremony…
Public health advocates from across Africa, 2026, have converged in Lagos for the third edition of the Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research, ATIM, Tobacco Industry Monitoring, TIM training course, aimed at strengthening Africa’s capacity to monitor, expose and counter tobacco industry interference in public health policy. The five-day event, being held in Nigeria for the first time, brings together carefully selected participants from 12 countries: Kenya, Nigeria, Benin, Botswana, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal and Zimbabwe. Led by an internationally renowned tobacco control expert, Professor Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, the team of facilitators…
In every newsroom, reporters are taught to pursue facts, verify information, and tell compelling stories. Yet one crucial element often determines whether those stories will ever be read: the headline. The difference between a good story and a great story is not always the quality of the reporting. More often than not, it is the headline. A well-written headline is the story’s first impression. It is the invitation that persuades readers to stop, pay attention, and read further. A headline is more than a label; it is a promise. It must capture the essence of the story, provoke interest without…
Allegations by social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse alias VeryDarkMan, VDM, that Assistant Inspector General, AIG Olohundare Moshood Jimoh framed businessman Hammed Tajudeen Akanbi for double murders in order to takeover a land in Victoria Garden City, VGC area, are untrue, concocted and baseless. Documents obtained at the weekend showed that policemen deployed to the said property where on lawful enforcement of law and order following series of petitions to the Inspector General of Police, IGP and the Lagos State Police Commissioner written by the Developers (names withheld) who are the owners of the properties. In January they sent petitions…
The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has called on staff of the Federal Ministry of Finance to uphold respect for Nigeria’s national symbols, describing patriotism and adherence to the National Values Charter as essential duties of every citizen. Issa-Onilu made the call during a sensitisation and training workshop on the promotion of Nigeria’s national symbols and the National Identity Project held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. He said the NOA, as custodian of the nation’s national symbols, has the responsibility of ensuring that Nigerians understand their significance, respect them, and use them appropriately…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for their roles in the Oyo school kidnap of school children and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of the State after finding them guilty of concealing information about the masterminds of the attack. The convicts; Abdulrazak Umar, ak.a Abu Khalifa or Abu Khalid, Yunusa Musa, a.k.a Yunusa bin Musa, and Shamsu Adamu Sani, a.k.a Abu Itisar, were convicted after pleading guilty to the charges filed against them by the Federal Government. Justice Salem Ibrahim handed down the life sentences after the defendants admitted their involvement during…
Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as Africa’s Best Bank and Nigeria’s Best Bank at the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026, reaffirming its leadership in the continent’s banking industry. The bank received the two top honours at the awards ceremony held on July 16, 2026, at The Peninsula London Hotel in London, with the Nigerian lender retaining the Nigeria’s Best Bank title for the second consecutive year while also clinching the coveted continental award. According to the bank, the awards recognise excellence in financial performance, customer service, digital innovation, risk management, profitability and overall impact on stakeholders. This year’s competition…
A coalition of civil society organisations has petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, AIG Olohundare Moshood Jimoh, demanding the immediate arrest, investigation, and prosecution of social media personality Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, over alleged cyberstalking, criminal defamation, and incitement. In a petition dated July 21, 2026, the Coalition of Civil Society Groups for Peace, Security, Good Governance, Equity, and Justice alleged that Otse had, in recent weeks, used his social media platforms to publish what it described as “false, malicious, and defamatory” content aimed at discrediting the AIG and…