President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reaffirmed his directive ordering the withdrawal of police officers from VIP escort duties, warning that any minister, senior government official, or individual seeking additional police protection must obtain his personal approval. Tinubu restated the policy shortly after entering the Council Chambers for the meeting of the Executive Council of the

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Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has revealed that he was physically immobilised for several days after learning of the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Mohammed described the moment as one of the most emotionally devastating experiences of his life. “I was paralysed for days when I heard about the death

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President Bola Tinubu has ordered the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, to immediately commence the training, arming, and deployment of additional forest guards across the country as part of intensified efforts to curb rising insecurity. The directive was announced on Wednesday in a statement by Sunday Dare, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and

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The Accord Party has officially announced Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke as its gubernatorial candidate for the 2026 election. According to the party, Adeleke secured 145 out of 150 delegate votes in the primary election, which held on Wednesday. Five votes were declared invalid. SaharaReporters earlier reported that Adeleke had been cleared as the sole

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A self-acclaimed partner of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Comrade Kennedy Iyere, has been accused of defrauding Nigerian applicants of ₦8 million under the guise of securing their participation in an international fundraising programme in Europe. SaharaReporters learnt from a travel agency source that Iyere allegedly collected the funds from the company and its

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Three members of the same family — a father, mother and their young child — have been confirmed dead following a tragic multi-vehicle accident along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in the early hours of Tuesday. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said the crash occurred at Secretariat inward Otedola Bridge and involved three cars: an

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Former Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado, says his experience probing high-profile corruption cases in Kano revealed that corrupt politicians operate like “cancerous ailments” that require painful but decisive removal for Nigeria to regain its dignity among nations. Magaji stated this in Lagos on Tuesday while

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The Kwara State High Court has dismissed an application seeking a bench warrant to arrest and remand investigative journalist Buhari Olanrewaju Ahmed, publisher of Afrika Eyes, along with activists Comrade Saliu Bolakale and Saidu Musa, over allegations of defamation and injurious falsehood. The trio is being prosecuted following their public condemnation of a violent attack

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A mild drama erupted in the Senate on Wednesday as Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central) protested the withdrawal of his only police orderly. Ningi urged that the presidential directive ordering the removal of police escorts from VIPs be applied uniformly and not selectively target lawmakers. During plenary, he described the action as discriminatory, noting that

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Senator Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works, has assured that the federal government is committed to engaging reputable indigenous contractors for key infrastructure projects across the country. He made the statement during an inspection of the ongoing Abuja-Keffi Road reconstruction, a project awarded in October 2025 to JRB Construction Company Limited, an indigenous firm. The

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