By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Lagos State Government has postponed all Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) papers scheduled for Wednesday, 1 July, 2026 following the declaration of the Oro Festival in parts of Ikorodu Division. The postponement, announced in a statement posted on the state’s official X handle on Tuesday, followed consultations with relevant stakeholders. The government said the affected papers would now be written on Tuesday, 7 July, 2026, while all other examination papers would hold as scheduled. According to the statement, the adjustment affects the 2026 BECE, which commenced on Monday, 29 June, 2026, and was approved to…
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The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has unveiled a comprehensive action plan aimed at stabilising and transforming Nigeria’s electricity sector, insisting that meaningful reform will only succeed if every stakeholder in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) accepts collective responsibility for addressing the country’s longstanding power challenges. Speaking at the second quarterly Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) Stakeholders’ Meeting convened by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in Abuja, Tegbe outlined a reform agenda centred on transparency, accountability, infrastructure protection and improved market governance. The meeting, chaired by Dr. Musiliu Oseni, Chairman of NERC, brought together key industry players, including…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has formally taken custody of 6,778.5 kilogrammes (about 6.8 tonnes) of Canadian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, intercepted at the Apapa Port in Lagos in what authorities describe as one of Nigeria’s biggest anti-narcotics seizures in recent years. The seizure, made during joint examinations of two shipping containers by operatives of the NDLEA, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies, is being hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against transnational drug trafficking and a testament to growing inter-agency and international intelligence cooperation. Speaking during the formal handover ceremony…
Nigeria has strengthened its influence in Africa’s human rights architecture following the election of the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Anthony Ojukwu, as Vice-President of the African National Preventive Mechanisms Network (ANPMN). Ojukwu was elected on June 26 during the Fourth Annual Conference of the ANPMN in Kigali, Rwanda, a development seen as a major endorsement of Nigeria’s leadership in the prevention of torture and the protection of the rights of persons deprived of their liberty. The conference, held under the theme, “Women and Children in Detention: Gender-responsive and Child-sensitive National Preventive Mechanism Approaches,” coincided…
By Abel Idowu Olayinka Professor Oyinade Olurin can truly be described as a woman who, in spite of being born with a silver spoon in her mouth, has still become, through her own effort, an achiever and pioneer in her professional field of ophthalmology. Oyinade was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria, on the 2nd of February, 1934 to the well-known family of Chief and Mrs. Timothy Adeola Odutola. Her father was a prominent Nigerian industrialist and philanthropist with a passion for education, who had been honoured with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by King George VI as…
By Chief Niyi Akintola SAN, CON, Life Bencher Of course, every empire will expire, “Kò sí ẹnití oko baba rẹ̀ kòní digboro” is the wise saying of the Yoruba. There is none whose father’s prosperous farm would not later becomes fallow. He who is on the Horse ride should occasionally look down from his Olympian height. I am a proud “Omo mama Alakara” My mum sold akara till she clocked 80 years of age when I had to stop her by moving her to my kid sister’s house in Ikorodu, from my homestead, Omi Adio. My mum was the past…
The Gamji Heritage, a frontline Northern socio-cultural organisation on the ideals of the late Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna of Sokoto, has declared its full support for the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s nationwide financial grant initiative for families and small-scale entrepreneurs in need. In a statement, the President of the Group, Hon. Architect Kabiru Ahmad, commended Mrs Tinubu for her “kind heart in remembering people in need across the country.” He faulted recent criticisms of the programme, noting that the First Lady has run similar support schemes for over 20 years in Lagos and other Southern states without…
The legal battle for the political soul of Takum/Donga/Ussa/Yangtu Federal Constituency of Taraba State has commenced with Hon. Audu Israel Tseaga asking a Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify the primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing serious irregularities. The Independent National Electoral Commission, APC and Rt. Hon. Mark Bako Useni have been listed as defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1128/2026. In adjourning the case for the hearing of the Motion on Notice, Justice Inyang Ekwo granted leave for the originating processes to be served on Rt. Hon. Mark Bako Useni. Hon. Tseaga is challenging the outcome of the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, on Monday, June 29, 2026, arraigned Abdulkarim Muhammad Arome, and his company, Cresco Oil and Gas Limited before Justice O. A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over an alleged N336.993 million fraud involving Lotus Bank. The defendants were arraigned on an amended three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and retention of proceeds of criminal conduct. According to the charges, the offences are contrary to Sections 409 and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, Section 285(1) of the Criminal Law of…
By Henry Okoduwa Youths of Ikosi-Ketu/Isheri staged a 3-kilometre solidarity walk in the early hours of Sunday, 28 June, 2027, drumming support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid and Dr. Obafemi Hamzat’s governorship ambition on the APC platform. The carnival-like procession kicked off at Mile 12 roundabout and moved through Ketu to CMD Road. Participants, clad in branded t-shirts and caps bearing the images of both leaders, danced and chanted solidarity songs, drawing the attention of residents along the route. President Tinubu is seeking a second four-year term, while Hamzat, the current Lagos State Deputy Governor, is the APC’s…