The Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, on Thursday, 2 October, 2025, defended the demolition of illegal structures at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, insisting that the exercise is a technical enforcement of planning laws and not targeted at any ethnic group. The state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Olumide Oluyinka, made the clarification on Thursday, 2 October, 2025 during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, following criticisms that the exercise was discriminatory. “That is not true. We have been to Owode Onirin, Idumota, and Ikeja. It has no…
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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Wednesday, 1 October, 2025 announced the suspension its strike against Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals following a new agreement brokered by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. PENGASSAN President, Comrade Festus Osifo, who made the announcement while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, 1 October, 2025, said the decision was taken out of respect for the federal government. Osifo, however, expressed dissatisfaction with the terms of the agreement, noting that it did not address the union’s primary demand, the immediate reinstatement of over 800 Nigerian workers allegedly sacked…
As Nigeria marks its 65th Independence Anniversary, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSAP-SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, OFR, has urged Nigerians to recommit themselves to the values of love, peace, unity and progress while working collectively to build strong institutions that guarantee justice and inclusiveness. In a press statement released by her Special Assistant on Media, Publicity and Strategic Communications, Desmond Utomwen, the SSAP-SDGs said the milestone provides not only an opportunity to celebrate the nation’s sovereignty but also a moment for sober reflection on the collective responsibility of all citizens in building the Nigeria…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has congratulated President Bola Tinubu and other Nigerians on the occasion of the nation’s 65th Independence Day Celebration. Marking the milestone, Governor Zulum acknowledged the challenges the country has faced over the past six and a half decades but emphasised that Nigeria has consistently emerged stronger. He called for continued unity, mutual understanding, and peaceful coexistence amongst its citizens. The Governor commended President Bola Tinubu for his leadership and continued support to the armed forces and other security agencies involved in counter-insurgency operations in the North East, particularly in Borno State. Zulum, in a…
President of the Republic of Cape Verde, José Maria Pereira Neves is among dignitaries expected to grace the opening ceremony of the 2025/2026 legal year of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS scheduled to hold on Thursday, 2 October, 2025 at the seat of the Court, in Abuja, Nigeria. A statement on Monday, 29 September, 2025, by the Head, Public Information and External Relations of the Court, Elohor Ovadje noted that the session is an important event in the calendar of the Court and affords the Court the opportunity to brief stakeholders on its judicial activities in the past year…
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Binta Bello, OON has led a high-powered special operation at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, during which 24 suspected victims of human trafficking were rescued and arrest of five suspected trafficking agents was made. According to a statement on Wednesday, 1 October, 2025, by the agency’s National Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, among the suspected human traffickers arrested at the airport was a retired Senior uniform Officer with one of the foremost Law Enforcement Agency in the country, who is alleged to be a prominent…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced plan to commence nationwide enforcement against visa overstayers following the expiration of Federal Government’s three-month visa amnesty programme on Wednesday, 1 October, 2025. The crackdown will target foreign nationals who failed to regularise their immigration status during the grace period. A statement by NIS spokesman, Akinsola Akinlabi warned that offenders will face fines, deportation, or lifetime entry bans. Akinlabi said: “With the expiration of the amnesty period, effective October 1, 2025, enforcement actions will commence nationwide against foreign nationals who have overstayed their visa or violated their entry conditions.” According to him, the…
An Oyo State High Court on Friday, 28 September ordered United Bank for Africa not to release funds from 30 accounts opened in the names of Osun State’s local governments by court-sacked APC chairmen and councillors. The interim injunction, in suit number 1/1149/25, was sought by the Attorney-General and Osun State Commissioner for Justice, Oluwole Jimi-Bada, after the Federal Government transferred seized statutory allocations for each of the 30 councils into the disputed accounts on Friday, 26 September, 2025. The case, heard ex parte by Justice A.L. Akintola of Court 5, had Jimi-Bada as the claimant/plaintiff and UBA as the…
This is indeed tough moment for immigrants seeking to settle in United Kingdom as the country’s interior minister, Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood on Monday, 29 September, 2025 proposed tough new rules for migrants seeking to settle in the country, as the ruling Labour party bolstered its fight against the hard right at its annual conference. Migrants looking to remain indefinitely will have to have a job, not claim benefits, and undertake volunteer community work under plans designed to claw back support among voters drawn to the anti-immigrant Reform UK party, whose popularity is soaring. Confronting Reform, led by firebrand Nigel…
The Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, on Monday, 29 September, 2025 endorsed the candidature of Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the February 2026 Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) chairmanship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had last week cleared political parties to commence campaigns ahead of the council polls. Maikalangu, who currently chairs AMAC, secured the APC ticket after polling 51 votes in the primary election held on June 26, 2025. Wike, who spoke on Monday, 29 September, 2025 during the flag-off of road projects linking Tunga Madaki and eight other communities to the…