The Benue State Government, through the state ministry of Health and Human Resources on Monday, 22 June, 2026 confirmed that a senior medical doctor working with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria, in the Konshisha Local Government Area of the state, has died following complications from Lassa fever. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul Ejeh-Ogwuche, who confirmed the sad development on Monday in Makurdi, the state capital, said the Benue ministry had activated contact tracing and surveillance measures in response to the case. While disclosing that the deceased reportedly battled the illness for over two weeks…
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An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, presided by Justice Oluyemi Osadebay has ordered the state government to pay N25 million in damages to Mrs Opeyemi Adegboyega over the disappearance of her child from a state-owned juvenile home. Justice Oluyemi Osadebay, held that the totality of the evidence presented by the defendants (the government) was “unbelievable, unconscionable, unsubstantiated, untrue and untenable.” Adegboyega had sued the Ondo State Government over the disappearance of her infant son from the custody of one of the state’s juvenile homes in Akure, which is under the supervision of the Ondo State…
Kano State Government on Tuesday, 23 June, 2026 announced that it has closed down two private health training institutions -IBN SINA College of Health Science and Technology, located at Dakata Kawaji in Nasarawa Local Government Area; and Lifeline College of Health Science and Technology, situated at Dakata Industrial Area over what it described as regulatory violations and failure to meet the minimum standards for operating health training schools in the state, reports thegazellenews.com. The two institutions are located at Dakata Kawaji adjacent to Juma’at Mosque, and Dakata Industrial Area, Bela Road, Tsamiyar Gare, along Mai Sikeli Street. The state Ministry of…
As part of its ongoing immigration enforcement efforts, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has deported a Nigerian national, Ayodeji Ajayi, following multiple criminal convictions,including domestic violence, reports thegazellenews.com. The department, which made this disclosure through a statement posted on its official X account on Tuesday,23 June, 2026 said Ajayi had remained in the country illegally after entering on a student visa nearly two decades ago. “Ayodeji Olamide Ajayi, of Nigeria, entered the United States in 2007 on a student visa and eventually left school, but failed to leave the country,” the agency said, adding that instead of departing the…
The Lagos State Government, through the ministry for Environment and Water Resources on Tuesday, 23 June, 2026 denied claims that it assigned the National Union of Road Transport Workers(NURTW)to take over the duties of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, also known as KAI, or to arrest environmental violators, reports thegazellenews.com. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who made this denial through a statement issued on Tuesday described it as misinformation. The clarification follows recent reports and social media graphics claiming that the government was empowering NURTW members to act as “waste police” or take over KAI’s role…
Nigeria’s push to combine industrialisation with clean energy gathered momentum at the weekend as the Federal Government and the Niger State Government broke ground for what is set to become the country’s largest solar-powered industrial project and the biggest embedded renewable energy installation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project, spearheaded by Abuja Steel Mills Limited, a subsidiary of the African Industries Group, will be powered by a dedicated 200-megawatt solar mini-grid designed to supply electricity to a sprawling industrial park and integrated steel manufacturing complex in Niger State. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe; Minister…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani on Tuesday, 23 June, 2026 disclosed that the command has commenced investigation into a suspicious parcel containing live ammunition delivered to the Managing Director of First Bank, Oluwasegun Alebiosu. Tijani, who made this disclosure while addressing newsmen on Tuesday, 23 June, 2026 at the Command headquarters, said detectives have commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the delivery. The police Chief said the parcel was initially received by the executive’s security guard before it was handed over to him. “The Managing Director reported the matter to the police after discovering two rounds…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe as chairman of the governing board of the National Universities Commission (NUC). He succeeds Emeritus Professor Olufemi Raphael Aina, who resigned his appointment after less than one year in office. President Tinubu appointed Professor Aina in July last year, and the board members were inaugurated in November 2025. Professor Ogundipe, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (2017–2022), is a professor of Botany with expertise in molecular plant taxonomy, biosystematics, ethnobotany, cytogenetics, forensic botany, and ecological conservation. He holds a PhD in Botany from Obafemi Awolowo University and an MBA…
The Chairman of Alimosho Local Government, Hon. Akinpelu Ibrahim Johnson, on Monday, 22 June, 2026, performed the foundation-laying ceremony for a new legislative building aimed at strengthening the operational capacity of the legislative arm of the council and deepening democratic governance at the grassroots. The landmark event, held at the Alimosho Local Government Secretariat, drew government officials, traditional rulers, political stakeholders, members of the press, and residents of the local government area. Speaking at the ceremony, Hon. Akinpelu described the project as a major milestone in his administration’s drive to build a more efficient, responsive, and people-oriented local government system.…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (AMLAN), Kofo Abdusalam Alada, has warned that the world risks a devastating third world war if leaders and legal practitioners continue to undermine justice and international law. Alada spoke on Saturday, 20 June, 2026, at the AMLAN Annual Symposium, which was convened in line with resolutions reached at the International Ahmadiyya Muslim Lawyers Association symposium held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, on February 7. He said the Nigerian gathering was necessitated by growing concerns over what he described as the…