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2027: Badagry declares support for Tinubu, Hamzat as Ajose withdraws from governorship race

2027: Badagry declares support for Tinubu, Hamzat as Ajose withdraws from governorship race

By Esther Onyegbula Residents of Badagry division in Lagos State on Tuesday declared total support for President Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, ahead of the 2027 general elections. The endorsement came during a massive gathering attended by thousands of residents, traditional chiefs, political stakeholders and supporters of the All Progressives Congress, […]

Oyome retains Ikoyi Club Ladies Championship title

Oyome retains Ikoyi Club Ladies Championship title

By Esther Onyegbula Evelyn Oyome has successfully defended her crown as Overall Gross Winner at the 2026 Ikoyi Club Ladies Championship after returning a combined gross score of 170 at the end of the two-day tournament held at Ikoyi Club 1938, Lagos. Oyome, who carded 85 on both days of the championship, finished ahead of […]

Ex-Commissioner Tarpaya defeats incumbent in Borno APC rerun election

Ex-Commissioner Tarpaya defeats incumbent in Borno APC rerun election

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Hon. Asarya Tarpaya, immediate past Commissioner for Inter-Governmental Affairs and Special Duties in Borno State, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Askira-Uba/Hawul Federal Constituency in the 2027 National Assembly election. Tarpaya secured a landslide victory in the direct primary conducted on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, across […]

NSITF enrols 7.6m workers, police join compensation scheme

NSITF enrols 7.6m workers, police join compensation scheme

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund has enrolled over 7.6 million employees into the Employees Compensation Scheme (ECS), recording what it described as a historic breakthrough with the inclusion of the Nigeria Police Force in the scheme. Managing Director of the fund, Oluwaseun Faleye, disclosed this during the 2026 International Civil Service […]

Kogi East APC leaders defend primary outcome, ask Echocho to accept result

Kogi East APC leaders defend primary outcome, ask Echocho to accept result

By Gift ChapiOdekina Leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi East Senatorial District have defended the outcome of the party’s senatorial primary election held on May 20, 2026, insisting that the exercise was free, fair and credible, while urging aggrieved aspirants, particularly incumbent Senator Jibrin Isah Echocho, to accept the outcome […]

Surulere APC Assembly primaries peaceful, transparent — Gbajabiamila

Surulere APC Assembly primaries peaceful, transparent — Gbajabiamila

By Mathew Johnson Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday, expressed satisfaction with the House of Assembly primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Surulere constituency I, describing the exercise as peaceful, transparent and orderly. Speaking after casting his vote at Ward G2, Gbajabiamila said he was impressed by […]

Awosika reconvenes African market place in Dubai

Awosika reconvenes African market place in Dubai

Leading reformer and founder of the Ibukun Awosika Leadership Academy, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, has concluded plans to reconvene global investors for the 2026 African Marketplace in Dubai. Speaking on the event, Awosika said that ” Africa and the Caribbean are not waiting to be discovered. We are here. We are globally ready.” According to her, […]

UNILAG medical lecturers demand equity in pay, begin strike over CONMESS

UNILAG medical lecturers demand equity in pay, begin strike over CONMESS

By Chioma Obinna Medical and dental academics at the University of Lagos, under the aegis of the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics, have demanded full implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, CONMESS, insisting that the refusal of the university management to comply with Federal Government directives has deepened the crisis in medical […]

Islamic group petitions police, DSS over online hate campaign against Islam

Islamic group petitions police, DSS over online hate campaign against Islam

The Islamic Training Organization of Nigeria (ITOON) has petitioned the Commissioners of Police in Lagos and Ogun State, as well as the State Directors of the Department of State Services in both states, over what it described as an escalating wave of cyberbullying, hate speech and religious intolerance targeted at Muslims on social media. The […]

Lagos APC primaries: Group, Elliot bicker over planned violence in Surulere

Lagos APC primaries: Group, Elliot bicker over planned violence in Surulere

A political pressure group, Surulere Accountability Front, SAF, has alleged a plot by supporters of the lawmaker representing Surulere Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot, to cause chaos during Wednesday’s All Progressives Congress, APC, assembly primaries in the constituency.