Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has fulfilled her ₦10 million education pledge to 12-year-old Ogun State artist, Master Morenikeji Ebunoluwa Joshua, less than a month after being impressed by his artistic talent. The ₦10 million Education Development Trust Fund, presented to Joshua through the Ogun State Government, is to support his education through the tertiary level. The First Lady had announced the pledge on August 18 after spotting Joshua displaying a portrait he had painted of her at the launch of the South-West Zonal National Food Bank Programme at the Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta. Impressed by the quality of…
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The Abia State Police Commissioner, Wilfred Afolabi on Friday, 11 September, 2026, disclosed operatives of the command have arrested a man and three others over an alleged attempt to sell and traffic his 16-month-old biological daughter for financial gain. According to Afolabi, the four suspects were arrested by operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Gender Unit, at a hotel in Obi, Obingwa Local Government Area of the state on on Monday, 7 September, 2026. The state police chief, who Afolabi, who made this disclosure on Friday while addressing newsmen on the achievements of the command since he assumed office…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Lagos State Government has identified structured public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a key strategy for tackling the state’s housing and infrastructure deficits, describing the gaps as both a major social challenge and a significant commercial opportunity. The state Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Folashade Bada Ambrose-Medebem, stated this on Wednesday, 9 September, 2026, while delivering the keynote address at the Julius Berger Luminary Soirée 2026 in Lagos, themed, “The Lagos Proposition | Unlocking Value in a City in Transformation.” Ambrose-Medebem said Lagos’ scale and economic importance required a development plan that was measurable, properly…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Senator Wasiu Sanni Eshilokun has highlighted his constituency interventions in Lagos Central as he seeks re-election to the Senate in the 2027 general elections. The projects include 500 grinding machines, 500 sewing machines, 1,000 generators, 500 deep freezers and 50 tricycles distributed to support livelihoods and small businesses in the Senatorial District. The Senator also facilitated the provision of an X-ray machine for General Hospital, Lagos, while 40,000 school bags and one million exercise books were distributed to Junior and Senior Secondary School students across the district. His constituency…
The Chairman of Imota Local Council Development Area, Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele, on Thursday, 10 September, 2026, joined distinguished royal fathers, political leaders, stakeholders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the Ikorodu Division to warmly welcome the APC Governorship Candidate for the 2027 election and incumbent Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, alongside the party’s Deputy Governorship Candidate, Princess Damilola Sonayon-James, during their visit to the division. The delegation was received at the Ayangburen Palace, Ikorodu, where prominent traditional rulers, council chairmen, political office holders, party leaders, community leaders and other stakeholders from across…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nigerian bishop Taiwo Michael Fakunle has been shot dead by two unidentified assailants at his residence in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 58-year-old cleric was killed on Friday, 4 September, 2026, in Kensington after the attackers reportedly gained access to his home and shot him more than seven times before fleeing the scene. Fakunle, who hailed from Iye in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, had lived in South Africa for nearly two decades, where he served his congregation and built his ministry. He died at the scene, leaving his family, congregation and members of the…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Lagos State Government has charged the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) to move from merely deliberating on Artificial Intelligence to defining the rules governing its use in public financial management. According to a statement, the state Commissioner for Finance, Mr Abayomi Oluyomi, FCA, gave the charge on Thursday, 10 September, 2026 at the 17th Annual Public Lecture and Investiture of the new Executive Committee of the ICAN Lagos State Public Service Chapter, held at Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, where he spoke on the theme “Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence for Accountants in…
The United Kingdom-backed Scaling Access and Learning in Education (SCALE) programme has been launched in Katsina State, with a focus on tackling foundational learning gaps among children in Integrated Qur’anic and Tsangaya Education (IQTE) schools and restoring educational opportunities for over-aged out-of-school children. The initiative, launched at the Katsina State Government House on Thursday, is being implemented by the Education Development Trust (EDT), Teaching at the Right Level Africa (TaRL Africa) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), in partnership with the state government. The programme comes against the backdrop of prolonged insecurity, displacement and school closures across parts of Northern…
A €108 million investment by the European Union (EU) and European Investment Bank (EIB) in Africa’s emerging businesses has succeeded in attracting an additional €400 million in capital, underscoring the growing push to use entrepreneurship as a major engine of job creation and economic transformation on the continent. The investment, deployed through the Boost Africa initiative, has supported early-stage businesses and venture capital funds while helping to build an ecosystem capable of taking promising African companies from startup to regional expansion. The development was disclosed in Abuja on Wednesday by EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, during a…
The Federal Government has condemned the latest attacks by Houthi forces in Yemen on Saudi Arabia, warning that the renewed hostilities pose a grave threat to regional stability and could further endanger civilians and disrupt global energy supplies. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Oluwafemi Adeniyi, said the attacks, which occurred on Monday, September 7, 2026, injured scores of civilians and damaged civil infrastructure in the Kingdom. Nigeria described the development as a serious threat to the security and sovereignty of Saudi Arabia, as well as a potential source of wider instability across the…