By Favour Ulebor, Abuja The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has deployed 2,500 personnel and 50 operational vehicles, including seven heavy-duty tow trucks and six ambulances, to ensure effective traffic management and emergency response during the Osun State governorship election scheduled for Saturday, August 15, 2026. In a press statement signed by the Corps Public […]

By Matthew Johnson The Nigerian Navy has provided three solar-powered borehole facilities for residents of Ward F2, Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State, as part of efforts to strengthen civil-military cooperation and support community development. The project, comprising three solar-powered boreholes, three 1,200-litre storage tanks, structural steel stands and filtration units, was executed under […]

According to him, Nigeria is already on track to becoming a net exporter of petroleum products as local refining capacity continues to grow.

The sighting was recorded on Thursday, which corresponded with the 29th day of Safar 1448 AH, thereby signalling the end of Safar and the commencement of the new Islamic month.

By Rosemary Iwunze The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has threatened to sanction  Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) that fail to meet prescribed targets under the ongoing Retirement Savings Account (RSA) data recapture exercise. PenCom, in its first-quarter 2026 report, disclosed that only 17.03 per cent of the industry’s legacy RSA holders had completed the mandatory data recapture […]

By Dayo Johnson Akure The Ondo State Government has unveiled a new healthcare reform agenda focused on medicines security, local pharmaceutical production, improved diagnosis, clinical nutrition and increased private-sector participation. Senior Consultant on Pharmaceutical and Medical Investments to the state government, Dr. Samuel Adekola, disclosed this during a familiarisation visit to the University of Medical […]

Two governorship candidates in Saturday’s Osun State election, Adebayo Simon Adewale of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Adedamola Adebayo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have withdrawn from the race and endorsed the incumbent governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. Adewale announced his withdrawal at a press conference in Osogbo on Thursday, saying the decision followed […]

By Henry ObettaAhead of the 2027 general elections, Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, and members of the National Association of Bloggers have mobilised support for the second-term bid of Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, and his Deputy, Mr Peter Odey, staging a one-million-man march in Calabar […]

By Jimoh Babatunde Founder of the Initiative for Peace, Forgiveness and Love for One Another (IPFLOA), Ambassador Kingsley Atoe, has appealed to Nigerian music stars, Peter and Paul Okoye of the defunct P-Square duo, to forgive one another and reconcile their differences. Atoe made the appeal in a message addressed to the two brothers, urging […]

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has defended the use of public funds to support marriage arrangements in states operating under Shariah law, describing the practice as a legitimate responsibility of government. Gumi made the position known in a statement shared on Facebook on Thursday, arguing that governments in Shariah-governed societies have a duty to address […]