•Nigerian Senate The Senate has passed a bill to repeal and re-enact the law establishing the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), paving the way for the regulatory agency to be renamed the Insurance Regulatory Commission (IRC). The legislation, titled the Insurance Regulatory Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2026, was passed after the Sena...
•The fire incident The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says a suspected electrical surge caused a fire that destroyed 17 shops at Sabo Market in Ikorodu early today. The agency disclosed this in a statement issued by its Head of Public Affairs, Mr Afolabi Olawale, and made available to our correspondent in Lagos. LASEMA [&hell...
•The accident scene Two persons have died following a road traffic crash at Leme along the Abeokuta–Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attributed the crash to a speed violation, reports Channels TV. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Afolabi Odunsin, confirmed this in a [&h...
•The deceased children A thunderstorm has killed six children from the same family and injured four others in Dadiri-Tirgali village, Garum District of Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The incident occurred at about 4:00 p.m. on Sunday during a heavy downpour, it was gathered. The victims, according to family members, were harvest...
•Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya (SAN) Confusion has continued to trail the just concluded national poll of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), with a new twist as a group of lawyers yesterday, asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop the swearing in of the President-elect, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya (SAN), and other newly elected na...
•Mary Habila and David Umahi The Interfaith Youth Council of Nigeria (IYCN) has called on relevant authorities to conduct a thorough, independent and transparent investigation into the death of Miss Mary Habila, urging Nigerians to avoid speculation and allow the rule of law to take its course. The leader of the group, Comrade Moses Moses, [&h...
A 67-year-old tenant, Pastor Bolaji Olukotun, has died after he was allegedly assaulted and forcefully evicted from his residence at Admiralty Homes Estate, Lekki, Lagos, by suspected agents of a landlord during a disputed property takeover. It was learnt on Saturday that the incident occurred on Saturday, July 11, while the victim died in the...
The embattled Executive Secretary of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA), Dr Dakorinama Alabo George, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to appointees, who aspired for elective positions, to resign ahead of primaries, “does not stand.” Tinubu had directed all his appointees, who intended to contest elective offi...
•Protest Youths Off The Street Initiative (YOTSI), a youth-led non-governmental and civil society organisation, has formally notified the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) of its intention to stage a peaceful protest in Abuja over what it describes as growing political hostility and undemocratic practices in Enugu...
•Road safety officials The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kano Sector Command, has said it will appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court in Kano which barred its personnel from operating on state and local government roads, restricting their jurisdiction strictly to federal highways. The ruling, delivered on Thursday by Justice M. S....
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