2027 Bende fed constituency: Anyaso signs 2-term pact, promises accountability
By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — The Labour Party (LP) candidate for Bende Federal Constituency, Dr Chima Anyaso, has pledged to serve only two terms in the House of Representatives if elected in 2027, promising to support a successor from Ikwuisii zone in line with the political understanding between the Ikwuisii and Umunna blocs. Anyaso who […]
2027: Bayelsa PDP unveils campaign timetable, pledges issue-based campaigns
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has released its campaign timetable for the 2027 general elections, with the party scheduling senatorial district flag-offs, an eight-local-government campaign tour and mobilisation across the state’s 105 wards.
Major Nigerian military aircraft crashes, 2018 to date
October 5, 2026 — ATR-42, Igbokoda, OndoCasualties: 25 killedThe Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, while on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos. The NAF later said 25 people — 20 passengers and five crew members — were on board and that […]
Lagos Police arrest 80 suspects in one week; recover guns, vehicles
By Evelyn Usman Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, yesterday, disclosed that 80 suspects were arrested in a series of operations across the state in one week, with two suspects neutralised, while firearms, vehicles, ammunition, suspected illicit drugs and other exhibits were recovered. Among those arrested were 29 suspects allegedly involved in […]
World Bank: Fuel price to slow Nigeria’s poverty reduction
•Says rising pre-election spending may derail reforms •Raises Nigeria’s 2026 growth forecast to 4.3% •Projects 15.7% inflation rate for 2026 •44% of firms in Nigeria, Kenya adopt AI, power constraints threaten gains By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor The World Bank has warned that elevated fuel prices could slow Nigeria’s poverty reduction efforts despite an expected […]
NICOT mourns NAF crash victims, condoles Tinubu
By Femi BolajiJALINGO The President of the Nigerian Community in Turkey, NICOT, Amb. Prince Emre Magboh, has expressed grief over the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, which claimed the lives of personnel on board. Magboh, in a condolence message signed by his media aide, Acho Righteous, and made available to […]
