The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, has reiterated his commitment to sustained engagement aimed at advancing mutually beneficial development between Grenada and Taraba State in Nigeria. Mitchell made the remarks during a courtesy visit to the Aku Uka of Wukari, Dr Ishaku Adda Ali, alongside other traditional rulers in Taraba State. His visit took…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted suspected logistics couriers and recovered ammunition during operations carried out in parts of Kogi State. The development was disclosed in a statement shared on April 20, 2026, on the official page of the Army. According to the statement, the operation followed a series of intelligence-led efforts conducted over…
Value Rebirth/Human Rights Advocate, VRHRA, has decried the plight of the people of Okuama community. The Coordinator of VRHRA, Amb. Edewor Egedegbe, stated this while speaking on the situation in Okuama during a TV programme, ‘Niger Delta Today,’ on Advocate Broadcasting Network (ADBN). Speaking on concerns that Okuama community leaders and others have remained in…
The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has urged residents to comply with the reintroduced monthly environmental sanitation exercise, set to resume on Saturday, April 25, 2026. In a statement shared on its official X platform on Monday, the agency announced that the exercise would take place statewide between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. LAWMA emphasised…
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has said that solving banditry in the state could help address the wider security crisis across Nigeria. He made the comment while hosting the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, at the Government House in Gusau. Lawal said he believes the Nigerian military has what it takes to…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kano on Monday issued an order to the Nigerian Correctional Service to produce Sheikh Abduljabar Kabara before the court for the hearing of his appeal. The Islamic scholar is in custody following a judgment by a lower court, an Upper Shari’a Court, which sentenced him to death by hanging…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has appointed Mr Sunday Adebayo as the new Sector Commander for Osun State. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Osogbo by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi. Ogungbemi described Adebayo as a seasoned officer with extensive experience in road safety administration, traffic management, and stakeholder…
Adedayo Oketola, the Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said that the X account attributed to the Commission’s Chairman is fake and part of a coordinated disinformation campaign. In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, Oketola disclosed that a comprehensive, multi-layered forensic…
The People’s Republic of China, the Nigerian government and the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ have called on Nigerians to take advantage of the Chinese language, being among the six international languages recognised by the United Nations, UN. Mr Yang Jianxing, the Cultural Counselor of Chinese Embassy and Director of CCCIN, stated this at the…
John Arum, the abducted University of Jos graduate has dispelled rumours making the rounds about his death in the kidnappers den. In a fresh video released on April 20, today, the terrorists said the rumour flying online about the death of their victim is fake. In the video, the victim could also be heard saying…
