By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Senior Special Assistant to the Senate President on Protocols and Event Management, Ms Bisola Munis, has been appointed a member of the Protocol and Event Management Directorate of the PBAT/KOH Campaign Council. Munis’ name appeared on the 36-member list of the directorate released as part of the APC Lagos State Campaign Council structure. Ambassador Kayode Lawal is listed as director of the directorate, while Lanre Babalola is the co-director. Dimeji Sofowora serves as deputy director, Rasaq Balogun as assistant director, Adeola Jokomba as secretary and Dapo Ajibade as deputy secretary. Other members listed include: a…
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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has moved to reconcile aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost in the party’s recent primaries, assuring them that there would be room for all within the party. Abiodun, who spoke on Monday, 21 September, 2026, in Ijebu-Ode during a meeting with APC leaders and stakeholders in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area, directed the immediate establishment of a reconciliation committee to reach out to aggrieved members, address their concerns and give them a sense of belonging. The Governor said the reconciliation effort was critical to strengthening the party ahead of the 2027…
The Nigeria Immigration Service has enrolled 8,552 Nigerians in the diaspora under targeted passport intervention exercises conducted in the United States, Canada, Qatar and the United Kingdom. The Service said the exercises were undertaken in line with its commitment to improving passport service delivery to Nigerians abroad and under the directive of the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. According to the Service, the intervention was designed to bring passport services closer to Nigerians in various cities and was conducted in collaboration with Nigerian diplomatic missions and representatives of Nigerian communities to ensure a coordinated and responsive service delivery process.…
Climate change is fueling population displacement and threatening regional stability across West Africa, experts warned Monday as the Second Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament opened in Accra. The warning was issued at the Second Extraordinary Session and Second Parliamentary Seminar with the theme: “Climate Change as a Driver of Environmental Degradation, Population Displacement and Rising Insecurity in the ECOWAS Region.” The session will run from 21st to 28th September 2026 in Accra, Republic of Ghana. Experts told lawmakers that rising temperatures, extreme weather, drought, unpredictable rainfall, flooding, rising sea levels and land degradation are putting direct pressure on livelihoods,…
In a stark warning ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, the Director-General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Dr. Joseph Ochogwu, on Monday declared that Nigeria must stop treating peace as a seasonal intervention and start funding it like roads and power. Speaking at the IPCR Conference Hall, Abuja, during the Institute’s 2026 International Day of Peace Commemoration Lecture, Ochogwu said the country’s democratic stability and development prospects now depend on deliberate, daily investment in peace, justice, fairness and inclusion. The lecture coincided with the global observance of the International Day of Peace, marked annually on September 21…
The future of West African trade is being negotiated this week not in a summit hall, but on a pitch stage. Sixty of the region’s most promising startups — sieved from more than 6,000 applications — opened a 10-day battle in Abuja on Sunday for the 2nd ECOWAS Startup Awards, a festival that will mix masterclasses, exhibitions and investor deal rooms and climax with a live regional final on September 30. It is the biggest and most commercially driven startup programme ECOWAS has ever staged. The second edition, which runs from September 21 to 30, 2026, started with virtual masterclasses…
Speak Out for Justice Advocacy Ltd/Gte (SOJA) has called for a full, independent and transparent investigation into the death of a 51-year-old Nigerian academic, Dr Ayodele Temidayo Odularu, who was reportedly found dead at her residence in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province on August 16. The rights advocacy organisation made the demand in a statement issued on Sunday by its Founder and Executive Director, Hameed Ajibola Jimoh, amid concerns raised by Odularu’s family over the circumstances surrounding her death. Odularu, a Nigerian academic and researcher associated with the University of Fort Hare, was reportedly found dead at her residence, with…
As Nigeria mourns the unfortunate death of 33 suspected illegal miners in Niger State, Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Professor Ahmed Audi has given assurance that due process, transparency and accountability will be strictly followed in the investigation of 24 personnel of the Corps currently held in custody of the NSCDC, adding that every single personnel found culpable will face the full weight of internal disciplinary measures and the law. As against the initial figure of 21 personnel, the Corps Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, while parading the officers and men at the Corps…
Kano Pillars technical adviser, Daniel Ogunmodede has reacted to his team’s impressive home victory over Doma United. The Sai Masu Gida handed down a 4-1 defeat on Doma United in a Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, matchday four encounter at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano on Sunday, 20 September, 2026. The defeat was Doma United’s first in the NPFL this season, while Pillars are yet to taste defeat. Abdullahi Musa, Rabiu Ali, Ahmed Musa, and substitute Nasiru Salihu got the goals for Kano Pillars Doma United responded after the break, pulling a goal back through Sadiq Rilwan in the 53rd…
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Sunday, 20 September, 2026 alleged that thugs loyal to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, (NDC), looted shops and destroyed campaign billboards in his community in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, reports thegazellenews.com. Keyamo, who made the allegation in a post shared on his official X handle on Sunday, 20 September, 2026 saying the incident happened on Friday, September 18, 2026, also said he wanted the world to see what the NDC’s thugs went to his community in Effurun, Uvwie LGA of Delta State, to do. According to the minister,…