Saudi Arabia has quietly begun allowing wealthy foreign residents to buy alcohol, marking a major shift after a 73-year ban, with commentators expecting the policy to eventually extend to tourists.

Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, has dismissed speculations of a political rift between himself and elder statesman, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retd.), insisting that their relationship remains cordial and unshaken.

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has condemned what it described as a “cowardly” terrorist attack on Woro and neighbouring communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, which led to the loss of innocent lives.

The Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of recognising an unauthorised leadership group, warning that it will pursue legal remedies as the dispute over the party’s leadership remains before the courts.

Aare OnaKakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Thursday, condemned the tragic killing of over 200 innocent civilians in Kwara State late on Tuesday.

A group of senators has insisted that the National Assembly remains committed to making electronic transmission of election results mandatory under the proposed amendments to the Electoral Act, dismissing reports that the Senate rejected the provision.

Senators from the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the aegis of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), have strongly condemned the recent violent attacks in Kwara, Katsina and Benue states, describing them as unacceptable and deeply disturbing.

In the shadows of Nigeria’s security architecture lies a once-critical but now severely neglected arm of the Nigeria Police Force — the Veterinary Section.

The Ogun State Government has sealed two fuel stations in Abeokuta—Conoil Fuel Station, Ibara, and Moore Fuel Station, Asero—for failing to provide functional public toilet facilities, in violation of the Environmental Management (Miscellaneous Provisions) Law, 2006, and the Ogun State Public Health Law, 2020.

An Osun State High Court on Thursday sentenced a commercial motorcyclist, Muyideen Tunji, 47, alongside his friends, Yusuf Muslim, 48, and Rabiu Fatai, 55, to death by hanging for the murder of a 53-year-old widow.