By Segun Adewale, Bauchi The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has donated relief items to families of slain Bauchi police officers. It would be recalled that on November 22, 2025, bandits ambushed and killed five police officers. The slain officers were identified as: DSP Ahmad Muhammad (SID), ASP Mustapha Muhammad (10 PMF), Inspector Amarhel Yunusa (10 PMF), Inspector Idris Ahmed (10 PMF), and Corporal Isah Muazu (AKU). Two others Inspector Isah Musa (SID) and Inspector Yusuf Gambo (SID) sustained varying degrees of injuries. The Commission sympathised with the families of the slain officers and provided them with food and non-food…
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The Ogun State Government has announced that residents caught dumping refuse on roads will henceforth be arrested, corrected with compassion, and assigned community service as punishment. The state Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Ola Oresanya disclosed this while briefing members of the Governor’s Elders Advisory Council during their fourth quarterly meeting held at the Obas’ Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Thursday, 4 December, 2025. Oresanya stressed that the law forbids dumping refuse on roadways, noting that streets are not designated as dump sites. He explained that residents are expected to place their refuse in front of their homes for Private Sector Participants…
Ahead of the 2026 Hajj, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Thursday, 4 December, 2025 has released a comprehensive set of directives for the holy pilgrimage, introducing strict new rules on flight management, pilgrim grouping, medical fitness, and data submission. The measures were announced in a press release titled “NAHCON Directs Airlines to Issue 2026 Hajj Tickets Ahead of Departure,” shared on December 4, 2025 following a meeting with State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards and accredited four Hajj carriers at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The Thursday press release was signed by the Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations,…
Joy and happiness enveloped headquarters of Safana Local Government Area in Katsina on Thursday, 4 December, 2025 as the council Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Sani, distributed 10 vehicles to councillors and empowered 1,322 residents. It was gathered that the empowerment exercise was launched by Gov Dikko Radda on Thursday, 4 December, 2025 in Safana. Radda, who commended the chairman for executing what he described as “the best and most far-reaching empowerment initiative” across the LGAs he had so far visited, also applauded the chairman for what he said was “demonstrating exceptional leadership and commitment to grassroots transformation”. According to Governor Radda,…
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has disclosed that the ministry had formally invited the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to audit all ongoing and completed federal road projects across the 36 states and the FCT. Umahi, who made this disclosure during the reopening of the repaired Keffi Flyover in Nasarawa State on Thursday, 4 December, 2025, said the step was aimed at enhancing transparency, restoring public confidence, and ensuring that payments reflect actual work done. “I wrote to ICPC and submitted all the projects of Mr President and the…
Following days of protests by contractors over mounting debts and stalled project financing, Federal Government on Thursday, 4 December, 2025 moved to calm rising tensions among road contractors, assuring that all outstanding payments will be cleared before December 20, 2025. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, who gave the assurance during the reopening of the repaired Keffi Flyover in Nasarawa State, said President Bola Tinubu had acknowledged the debt backlog and approved the constitution of a special committee to verify and settle all outstanding claims. Thegazellenews.com recalled that contractors handling federal road projects had, in the last few days, staged…
The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule and 15 other lawmakers have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday, 5 December, 2025. Amaewhule announced the lawmakers’ decision during plenary on Friday,5 December, 2025 citing what he described as a “division” within the PDP as the reason for their defection. The Speaker, who told lawmakers he had formally notified his ward chairman of his exit from the PDP, adding that he had already joined the APC, said, “Distinguished colleagues, APC is my new party. I will do all that is…
Following Super Eagles captain, William Troost-Ekong’s announcement of his immediate retirement from international football, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday, 5 December, 2025 paid tribute to the player. The NFF, in a statement released on Friday, 5 December, 2025 described Troost-Ekong as a “dedicated, selfless and humble leader” who served the national team with distinction throughout his decade-long international career. “After a dispassionate evaluation of his 10-year stewardship with the Senior National Team, the Nigeria Football Federation wishes to eulogise William Troost-Ekong following his announcement of immediate retirement from international football on Thursday, 4 December 2025,” the statement read.…
The Osun State House of Assembly on Friday, 5 December, 2025 passed the Osun State Local Government Accounts Administration Bill, 2025, to regulate the opening, management, and operation of local government accounts. The Assembly said the passage of the bill marked a significant step toward strengthening financial governance and transparency across the state’s 30 local government areas and area councils. The Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Olamide Tiamiyu, who made this disclosure through a statement issued on Friday, 5 December, 2025 in Osogbo, the state capital on Friday, noted that the legislation was designed to “regulate the opening, management,…
A suit filed by Osun State Government that sought to compel the Federal Government to release withheld allocations belonging to local government areas in the state has been thrown out by the Supreme Court on Friday, 5 December, 2025. A seven-member panel of the apex court, in a split decision of six to one, held that the legal action brought by the Attorney General of Osun State lacked competence. In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, the court held that the LGCs of Osun state lacked the locus standi to activate the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction on behalf…