The Lagos State Chief of Staff, Mr. Tayo Akinmade Ayinde, on Friday, 5 December, 2025, received the leadership of the South-West Arewa Community Renewed Hope Agenda for Asiwaju 2027 at the Lagos House, Alausa, where he expressed appreciation for their self-sponsored public engagement initiatives. He noted that the group’s consistency has enhanced civic awareness and strengthened community relations, particularly through activities that project government programmes and encourage constructive participation across the South-West region. During the meeting, Director-General, Alhaji Shehu Usman Jibrin ‘Sampam’ thanked the Chief of Staff for his long-standing support and highlighted the positive impact of the Lagos State…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
An international non-governmental organisation, Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France has revealed that no fewer than 82 female Nigerians are currently on death row in various correctional centres across the country even as it advocated for gender perspective in application of death penalty. The advocacy was made at the two-day workshop organised by ASF to champion the course of the female inmates who are on death row as the World Women’s Rights Organisation celebrates in Abuja the 16 Days Advocacy on Gender Based Violence. At the workshop themed: “Capacity-building Session on Mainstreaming Gender Perspective in the Use of the Death Penalty”…
Activists, who diligently participated in the arrest and subsequent prosecution and sentencing of a Lagos State-based medical doctor, Femi Olaleye in Nigeria have praised Justice Rahman Oshodi for the wonderful judgment delivered in October 2023, whereby he sentenced the pedophile to life imprisonment for sexual offences before the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division acquitted him on technical ground.. Reacting to the Friday, 5 December, 2025, arraignment of Dr Olaleye in the United Kingdom, the activists described it as a vindication of their stand on the crimes allegedly perpetrated by Dr Olaleye and hailed the Kent Police for the arrest and…
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) congratulates General Christopher Musa (Rtd) on his appointment and assumption of duty as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence. His emergence is not just a routine administrative transition; it symbolizes a renewed national resolve to decisively confront the security challenges that have tested our collective resilience as a nation. General Musa steps into this critical office with a popular mandate built on public confidence, a career steeped in operational experience, and a proven track record in overseeing some of the most complex theatres of security operations in recent history. Nigerians know…
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has undertaken an official visit to Gwoza and Askira-Uba local government areas in the southern part of Borno State. The visit followed coordinated attacks by Boko Haram insurgents over the past week which resulted in the loss of lives. Zulum’s first port of call was Warabe, a community in Gwoza where he met with bereaved families and community leaders. He offered his condolences and prayers for the repose of the souls of those that lost their lives. The Governor then proceeded to Askira-Uba where he spent Thursday night coordinating security responses and reviewing current…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the vandalization of a vital telecommunications tower in Yobe State. A statement on Friday, 5 December, 2025, by the spokesman of NSCDC, Afolabi Babawale said the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has achieved a major breakthrough with the arrest of three suspects allegedly involved in the vandalism of a vital telecommunications tower in Yobe State. He revealed that the operation was executed following a credible intelligence report that indicated unscrupulous elements were conniving with…
The maiden edition of the MOFI Excellence Awards to promote excellence in corporate governance and performance across Federal Government-owned and Linked Enterprises is scheduled for 2026. The Managing Director of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), Dr Amstrong Takang, who announced this at the formal unveiling in Abuja on Wednesday, 3 December, 2025, said the awards would deepen the culture of good corporate governance, transparency, and accountability in the public sector of the nation’s economy. Takang said the awards initiative, which follows the MOFI Corporate Governance Scorecard launched early this year as a part of its ongoing reform agenda, would…
ActionAid Nigeria has decried that 45 percent of women in Nigeria have experienced cyberstalking. It further lamented that also 10.6 percent is said to have faced doxing, which is revealing a person’s private information online to expose them to harm. UN Women, alongside members of the Development Partners Group on Gender (DPGG) including ActionAid Nigeria, Plan International Nigeria, GIZ, TETRATECH SPRING, and CARE International in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, convened a landmark National Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TF-GBV) in Abuja. Held as a flagship event of the 2025 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based…
The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Abhishek Singh has presented his letter of credence to Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. A statement on Thursday, 4 December, 2025, from the India High Commission read: “The High Commission of India in Abuja is pleased to announce that H.E. Amb Abhishek Singh formally presented his Letter of Credence to H.E. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on 4 December 2025. “President Tinubu graciously received Amb Singh and extended his congratulations and best wishes for the assumption of his duties.” It added that:…
The British High Commission in Abuja has launched two flagship economic reform programmes – the Nigeria Economic Stability & Transformation (NEST) programme and the Nigeria Public Finance Facility (NPFF) – reaffirming the United Kingdom’s long-term commitment to supporting Nigeria’s economic reform and growth agenda. Backed by a £12.4 million UK investment, NEST and NPFF sit at the centre of the UK-Nigeria mutual growth partnership and support Nigeria’s efforts to strengthen macroeconomic stability, improve fiscal resilience, and create a more competitive environment for investment and private-sector growth. Speaking at the launch, Head of Development Cooperation at the British High Commission in…