•Flood The Lagos State government has warned that some parts of the state may experience heavy rainfall, rising water levels, riverbank overflows and flash floods between June 14 and June 21, 2026. The State Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, Mahamood Adegbite, citing a flood prediction update issued by the F...
•Sunday Igboho and Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Following recent kidnapping of over forty pupils, a principal, and vice principal in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as ‘Sunday Igboho’ and Founder of Iru Ekun Security Network, has written to the Oyo State government, requesting comprehensi...
Major General Abubakar Rabe (rtd) and his wife who were abducted along the Karaduwa–Matazu Road in Katsina State exactly a week ago have begged the government to come to their aid. Their abductors released a video showing the couple in captivity, reports Sunday Trust. In the four-minute, two-second video circulated on social media, the couple ...
•School children Civil society organisations and activists have condemned the federal government over the continued captivity of 81 Nigerian schoolchildren abducted by terrorists, declaring that any government unable to protect children has failed in its primary responsibility. The groups, in a statement after the 2026 Children’s Day celebrati...
•Brain experts International brain health experts have called on the Nigerian government to increase funding for dementia care and introduce a national policy to address the growing burden of neurological disorders among the ageing population. Speaking at a one-day interactive workshop organised by the International Dementia Academy Africa in ...
•Violence in Jos Tension has erupted in Jos just hours after the Plateau State Government eased the 48-hour curfew imposed following the deadly Sunday night attack in Anguwan Rukuba. Reports indicate that sporadic violence broke out in parts of the city, with unconfirmed claims of fresh casualties. The situation has triggered panic among resid...
•Janet Ayegbubusi The Nigerian fashion industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the nation’s economy and employs millions of Nigerians, especially young people. The sector has gained world-wide recognition for its creativity and style and innovation. One of the people that are making the sector thick is Janet Ayegbubusi, the CEO of Ra...
•Abideen Akande The Special Adviser to the Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Abideen Akande, in this interview, speaks on why filing an annual tax return is compulsory for every Lagos resident, penalties for defaulters and the intent of the tax reform, reports The Guardian. Excerpts: Why does the Lagos Stat...
•US, Iran and Israel war Escalating hostilities in the Middle East have sent shockwaves through Nigeria, grounding pilgrimages, disrupting travel plans, rattling the oil market and prompting anxious calls from Nigerians abroad. Besides, some members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) – the Iran-inspired Shiite organisation founded in the...
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the current government will be held accountable if anything happens to former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. Atiku said this following a report that El-Rufai suffered a nosebleed in detention, describing it as deeply troubling and unacceptable in a democracy, repor...

