•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has signed the 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, authorising an aggregate expenditure of ₦68.32 trillion for the current fiscal year. He also signed a separate bill extending the implementation period of the 2025 budget from March 31 to June 30, 2026, reports The PUNCH. The budget allocates ₦4.799 trillion for sta...
An unidentified Lagos driver stripped himself naked on Thursday in protest against arrest by officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority along the Ogudu axis area of the state. The video captured by our correspondent showed the driver trying to attend to his bus by the road side whilst resisting arrest by the officials after [&hellip...
•Ohanaeze Ndigbo The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Movement has welcomed the recent ruling of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja, which upheld the renewal of the nation’s pipeline surveillance contract, describing it as a major boost for Nigeria’s economic stability and the federal government’s Renewed Hope Agenda. In a statement ...
•Anthony Joshua The Ogun Magistrate’s Court 1, sitting in Sagamu, Sagamu Local Government Area of the state, and presided over by Magistrate Olufunilayo Somefun, has adjourned the trial of the driver of the Lexus SUV involved in former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua’s road crash to June 2, 2026. This is about the fourth time [&hell...
•Late Dr Ere Ogbachi A medical doctor, Dr Ere Ogbachi, has died following complications after delivering triplets in Bayelsa State. The death was confirmed in a Facebook statement today by the deceased’s brother, Meshack Sintei, who said she was later rushed to the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, where she died [&he...
United Nigeria Airlines (UNA), has recorded another bird strike incident involving one of its aircraft. This is the fifth time the airline would experience such an occurrence since January 2026, thereby raising concerns over aviation safety hazards at Nigerian airports, reports The Guardian. A statement today by the Public Relations Officer (P...
Protesters today stormed the Osun State High Court in Osogbo, marching from the Government House over the lingering dispute surrounding local government funds. The demonstration followed a legal tussle in which a Magistrate Court issued a bench warrant for the arrest of executives of a new-generation bank in a suit filed by the Osun State [&he...
•Tinubu The federal government is set to unveil the 2026 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) as Nigeria braces for the new rainy season. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to officially launch the project at the Banquet Hall of the Aso Villa in Abuja. The event marks a critical moment in the nation’s disaster management calendar […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it will install Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered at container-clearing points in the nation’s seaports. The Comptroller-General of the Service (NCS), Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, broke the news yesterday at the opening of a training programme on AI-Revenue Generation, Remittance and Reconciliation for officia...
•Pensioners Teachers and local government workers in Edo State who retired in 2012 received their gratuity today, paid from the N1billion recently released by Governor Monday Okpebholo. Many of the beneficiaries, now feeble, wept as they collected their cheques, reports The Nation. Some pensioners who retired between 2009 and 2011 were include...

