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The Ogun State House of Assembly has approved the Year 2026 Appropriation Bill amounting to N1,668,997,993,125.44, barely 26 days after it was presented by Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun. The passage marks a key milestone in the state’s fiscal planning for the coming year.The bill was adopted following the presentation of t...

The impending succession to the revered stool of the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland has triggered renewed historical and legal scrutiny, with growing consensus among historians, customary law experts, and prominent Ijebu stakeholders that the next monarch should emerge from the Bubiade section of the Fusengbuwa Royal House.According to respected voices, including Ba...

Authorities have confirmed that a serious road traffic accident involving a convoy linked to world-famous boxer Anthony Joshua occurred on Monday along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, near Makun, close to the Danco Filling Station before the Sagamu Interchange on the Ibadan-bound lane.The incident, which eyewitnesses say happened shortly after 11 a.m., involved a Lexus SUV with registration number ...

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has received the report and resolutions of a five-man committee set up to investigate the state’s stake in the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) and the Radisson Hotel projects.Receiving the report at Government House, Benin City, Governor Okpebholo assured that the findings would be fully implemented, d...

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has given Dr Anthony Aziegbemi a seven-day ultimatum to pay ₦25 billion in damages over alleged defamatory statements.In a letter by the governor’s counsel, Ray Okezie, and addressed to Aziegbemi, the PDP State Chairman was also requested to publish a public apology in three national dailies over the alle...

Femi Gbajabiamila has not been replaced as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, the presidency said on Thursday.The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, dismissed reports suggesting that Tinubu had replaced Gbajabiamila with his Principal Private Secretary, Hakeem Muri-Okunola....

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Kelvin Aneke, has charged troops of Nigerian Air Force not to leave any stone unturned in the quest to subdue terrorism, banditry and other forms of criminality within the Northwest Region.He also charge...

The Nigerian foreign ministry confirmed the United States had launched “precision hits on terrorist targets in Nigeria by air strikes” after US President Donald Trump announced the operation against Islamic State militants.“Nigerian authorities remain engaged in structured security cooperation with international partners, includin...

United States President Donald Trump said US forces conducted “powerful and deadly” strikes against Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday, after he warned the group to stop killing Christians in the country.The Department of Defense said “multiple ISIS terrorists” were killed in an attack conducted at t...

The Edo State Police Command has disclosed that cultism and kidnapping dominated the state’s crime profile in 2025, with a total of 821 suspects arrested for various criminal offences across the state.The Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Agbonika, made this known on Monday while briefing journalists in Benin City on the Command’s operational a...