The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has secured the conviction and life imprisonment of two security guards for the prolonged sexual abuse of a minor in Abuja, in what authorities described as a major breakthrough in the fight against sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria. The convicts: James Sule, 30, and Adamu Yau, 25, were sentenced to life imprisonment without the option of fine by Hon. Justice S.M. Mayana of the Federal Capital Territory High Court after they were prosecuted under the provisions of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act. The judgment followed years of…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Justice Forum, Apapa Constituency II, on Wednesday, 14 May, 2026, formally declared its support for the re-election of Hon. Olumuyiwa Wahab Jimoh to the Lagos State House of Assembly. The specially convened meeting was attended by leaders, executives, and members of the Forum, who gathered in solidarity to endorse Hon. Muyiwa Jimoh’s return to the Assembly. Speaking at the meeting, the Chairman of the Forum and Coordinator of Renewed Hope Apapa LG, Hon. Femi Otunla, emphasized the importance of having Hon. Muyiwa back in the House. According to him, while in office, Hon. Muyiwa invested significantly in education, empowerment…
The International Finance Corporation would immediately send a mission to Nigeria to explore scalable investment structures that could unlock private capital into the sector. Managing director of the Corporation, Diop Makhtar, announced this in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday, 14 May, 2026, during a meeting with Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on the sidelines of the 13th Africa CEO Summit. Makhtar led an IFC delegation that included Ethiopis Tafara, Regional Vice President, Africa, and Dahlia Khalifa, Director, Central Africa and Nigeria, IFC. Makhtar said IFC is interested in discussing modalities for collaboration with Nigeria in energy, housing, and livestock production. He lauded…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Friday, 15 May, 2026 after a three-nation visit to France, Kenya and Rwanda. The President, whose plane touched down around 7:12 pm at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, was received by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Deputy Governor, Femi Hamzat; Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila; Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa; along with other government functionaries. President Tinubu, while in France, met with global investors, emphasising transparency and fiscal discipline and explaining the rationale for the swift implementation…
The Lead Visioner of the Lagos4Lagos Movement Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran JANDOR, has directed leaders and members of his political structure across Lagos State to actively participate in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries scheduled to commence on Saturday, 16 May, 2026. JANDOR gave the directive during a strategic meeting with leaders of the Lagos4Lagos Movement held on Friday, 15 May, 2026, at his campaign office in Ikeja. Addressing the gathering, he emphasized the importance of grassroots participation, party unity and commitment to the growth and strengthening of the APC across Lagos State. He urged members of the structure to…
By Tanimu Yakubu Those who speak glibly about deficits, debt and fiscal expansion often reveal not economic sophistication, but economic illiteracy disguised as moral outrage. Much of today’s opposition rhetoric confuses accounting identities with ideological slogans and mistakes macroeconomic intervention for recklessness. A modern economy is not managed through market romanticism. It is managed through theory, evidence, history and context. The loudest critics of the Tinubu administration speak as though government borrowing is inherently immoral, as though deficits emerge from vice rather than economic necessity, and as though Nigeria’s economic difficulties suddenly materialized on 29 May 2023. Such arguments are…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the composition of the Primary Election Committees and Primary Election Appeal Committees for the upcoming National Assembly Primary Elections, reports thegazellenews.com A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Felix Morka, on Friday, 15 May, 2026, confirmed the development. The Party urges all members and stakeholders to uphold transparency and fairness, and remain peaceful during the exercise,” the party said. Below is the full list of the primary election and appeal committees members for the 36 states of the federation and the FCT
Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) recently hosted a Business and Investment Forum in Port Harcourt, bringing together key industry stakeholders to explore opportunities to reduce operating costs, enhance productivity, unlock investment returns, and strengthen competitiveness through the adoption of natural gas. The forum coincided with the onboarding of two new industrial customers in Agbara, Ogun State—Intercontinental Distillers Limited II (IDL) and Rumbu Industries Limited—into SNG’s expanding gas distribution network. These additions bring the total number of companies leveraging SNG’s cleaner and more cost-effective energy solutions to over 150, many of whom are already experiencing improved operational efficiency and financial performance. The…
The fixtures for the men’s and women’s competition of this year’s President Federation Cup national competition have been released following the draw ceremony held today at the NFF Secretariat, Abuja. Speaking during the ceremony, NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, stated that this year’s draw process was consistent with previous editions, while noting that the competition structure would be more straightforward as no team received a bye into the next round. Dr. Sanusi assured participating teams, officials, and football stakeholders that the country’s oldest and most prestigious football competition would be maintained on a level-playing ground for all the teams,…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello, has congratulated Professor Olufemi Adebowale Abass on his appointment as the incoming Director-General and Head of Mission of the West African Insurance Institute. The congratulatory message was conveyed on behalf of the management, staff and entire university community following the appointment of Professor Abass, who currently serves as Acting Director of LASU Ventures Limited. The appointment to the regional institute, based in Banjul, The Gambia, was described by the university as a recognition of his years of dedication to academia, research and professional practice within the…