A bomb scare at the Bayelsa State Civil Service Secretariat on Wednesday caused panic and a swift evacuation of workers and visitors after an improvised explosive device (IED), suspected to be dynamite, went off in the complex.

“Something that is very peculiar to the kind of films that we make – we make films for the intellectual. We make films for people who can think. I don’t expect that everybody would like the film or understand the film. But I expect that the people that I am trying to appeal to would get it.”

Babale said unemployment and limited vocational opportunities had continued to expose many youths to traffickers who lured them with promises of better livelihoods.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja will on Thursday, hear a set of appeals challenging the legality of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo state, in November 2025, a development that could ultimately determine the validity of the party’s current national leadership.

Responding, Cubana Chief Priest confirmed his stance, writing, “yes oh hope say no be crime cuz I worked for Obi last election even as special adviser to an APC governor.”

The Federal Government has announced a comprehensive plan to strengthen security in schools across the country, pledging to overhaul the Safe Schools Initiative in collaboration with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa; and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Tayo Ayinde, on Wednesday led the inauguration of Local Government Coordinators of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors in support of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in the 2027 general election.

An angry mob on Tuesday set ablaze a 22-year-old man suspected of vandalising an electricity transformer in Calabar, Cross River State.

According to the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Yakubu Ahmed BK, the rally has been a traditional kick-off to the Fishing Festival.

For 19-year-old Chiamaka Onyia, a 200 level under graduate of the University of Lagos, mobile data isn’t just entertainment, its survival. Between online lectures, research for assignments, and managing several freelance graphic design gigs, she’s on the net every day just to keep up.