The United States on Monday, 9 February, 2026 cautioned Nigerian travellers against overstaying their visas, warning that breaches could jeopardise travel privileges for other citizens seeking to visit the country for study, business, or family reasons, reports thegazellenews.com. The warning comes as Washington steps up immigration enforcement and enforces stricter travel regulations under the administration of President Donald Trump. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria, which stated this on through a statement posted on its official X handle on Monday, emphasised that adherence to visa regulations is crucial to maintaining access for Nigerians who travel responsibly. “Visa overstays by Nigerian travellers…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027 has received another boost as the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Lagos East chapter, has backed his candidature for the poll, just as the council also appealed that the next governor of Lagos state should emerges from Ikorodu division. The Vice Chairman, Lagos East NYCN, Mr Asoro Abubakar ,stated this on Monday, 9 February, 2026 in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a mega rally organised by the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Monday in Ikorodu, Lagos state. Abubakar, who commended the President for giving Ikorodu Division…
Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have busted a sprawling network of covert warehouses used to stockpile counterfeit and outlawed medicines in Lagos State, reports thegazellenews.com. According to the agency, more than 10 million doses of fake drugs, including critical emergency medicines, were intercepted during the raid, which officials described as “one of the worst counterfeit medicine operations in recent years”. The agency’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement and Chairman of the Federal Task Force on Fake and Substandard Products, Mr Martins Iluyomade, who made this disclosure while addressing newsmen in Lagos, said…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Chairman of Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Jimoh Olawale Saliu, has said the ban on night parties in the council was imposed to curb rising insecurity, drug abuse and youth-related violence that threatened social order, reports thegazellenews.com He stated this in an exclusive interview with thegazellenews.com while explaining the measures his administration adopted shortly after assuming office to restore peace and protect lives across the LCDA. According to Saliu, Apapa-Iganmu was gripped by serious security challenges at the time, including civil unrest, drug addiction, as well as the open sale and consumption of illicit substances, much…
By Chuks Collins, Awka. Sizeable number of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State have petitioned the National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda over what they described as ongoing subtle moves to manipulate the coming scheduled Ward, Council and State Congresses in the state in favour of the incumbent executives. They also resolved to go for an open, all-inclusive, transparent, free and fair Ward, Council and State Congresses in the State. Rising from a key Stakeholders meeting in Awka, Sunday, 8 February, 2026, the aggrieved members in a jointly signed communique and petition informed the National Chairman their stand calling…
By Segun Adewale, Bauchi As part of efforts to boost transportation of goods, persons and economy across the country, the Federal Government has awarded a multi billion Naira contract for the construction of a dual carriageway stretching from Akwanga in Nassarawa State through Plateau State, Bauchi State ending in Gombe State. This was as the Federal Ministry of Works inspected the ongoing rehabilitation of the Bauchi-Dindima Village road along the Gombe axis in Bauchi State, a 35.4-kilometre project valued at N39.9 billion. Speaking while inspecting ongoing rehabilitation of a section of the Bauchi – Gombe Federal highway on Sunday, 8 February,…
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) was recognised for its pioneering role in oilfield development projects at the 9th Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) which held in Abuja last week. The award for “Best Oilfield Development Projects” applauds SNEPCo’s leadership in Nigeria’s deep-water sector, having commenced production in 2005 at Bonga field, Nigeria’s first development in water depths of more than 1,000 meters. There have been further developments in the field including the Bonga Northwest project which came on stream in 2015. The NIES award comes as work progresses on the Bonga North project on which FID was…
The Federal Government is set to tighten oversight and raise performance standards across its portfolio of state-owned enterprises with the launch of the MOFI Excellence Awards, a new accountability-driven initiative scheduled for the second quarter of 2026. The awards, to be introduced by the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), are aimed at institutionalising transparency, discipline and measurable performance in Federal Government-owned enterprises, marking a shift from discretionary oversight to structured, benchmarked governance. MOFI said the initiative is part of broader reforms aligned with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic agenda, which seeks to improve fiscal discipline, unlock value from public assets…
By Yarima Haruna, Birnin Kebbi There was pandemonium in Birnin kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, as operatives of the Federal Operation Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service Zone B Kaduna, attached to the state killed a member of the Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON) in Birnin Kebbi. The deceased, Tukur Alhaji Salihu, 45 was said be in a car when he was shot three times by the Customs officers. He was rushed to the hospital but died at midnight. The deceased who had two wives and seven children, as well as an aged mother and father was buried in…
By Segun Adewale, Bauchi The management of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) has expressed deep sympathy with journalists who sustained injuries in a road accident while covering the commissioning of its projects in Bauchi State. Similarly, the Bauchi State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hon. Hajara Yakubu Wanka, has commiserated with the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi State Council, over the road accident involving 13 journalists in the state. The accident occurred on Friday, 6 February, 2026, when a vehicle conveying 13 journalists from various media organisations was involved in a ghastly crash along the Yashi-Yelwan…