President Bola Tinubu has decided to cut short his two-week work vacation and is expected to return today. This was disclosed via a statement issued by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga titled: “President Tinubu ends vacation ahead of schedule, returns to Abuja tomorrow (today). The statement read: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has concluded his work vacation ahead of schedule and will return to Abuja on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, to resume official duties. “The President departed for France on September 4, 2025, to spend part of his annual holiday and was initially scheduled to divide the period between France and the…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided a factory producing skooches, a blend of cannabis and black currant drink in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja stated that operatives acted on intelligence and carried out the raid on Thursday, September 11. Babafemi said that 6, 029 bottles of the new psychoactive substance and 4,232kg of cannabis were recovered from the factory. He noted that the factory, located in Caritas, Ibeshe area of Ikorodu, had its manager arrested. Similarly, another suspect was on the same…
A fire on Friday gutted A1 Petroleum Filling Station on Isawo Road, off Agric Bus Stop, Ikorodu, Lagos, causing panic among residents and commuters in the area. Reports indicate that the blaze reportedly started from a diesel-laden truck parked within the premises of the station, forcing people to scamper for safety as fears of a possible explosion spread. Videos circulating on social media show officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and other emergency responders racing to the scene to contain the inferno. As of press time, no official confirmation had been given on the cause of the…
Former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has given the reasons why the nation’s resources are stacked in the hands of a few citizens, saying those entrusted with the distribution are bereft of godliness to do the needful and that they see primitive accumulation of wealth as what gives them joy. Delivering the keynote address at the 80th birthday of Bishop Mike Okonkwo of the The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, TREM, in Lagos on Thursday, Osinbajo, who is also a pastor, opined that the church in Nigeria must also wake up to preach the true gospel that the Puritans preached in…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has appointed Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO). Hundeyin’s appointment was contained in a statement by the outgoing spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Muyiwa Adejobi. “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, NPM, Ph.D., has approved the appointment of CSP Benjamin Hundeyin as the new Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO),” the statement read in part. Following his appointment, the IGP charged him to leverage his communications and security experience to bolster the Force’s Public Relations activities and ensure continuous positive relations with the public. Until his…
The Lagos State Government has warned celebrities, influencers, and residents against giving money to touts, saying such gestures only worsen insecurity and environmental challenges. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a Tuesday post on X, said, “Celebrities, influencers, and even well-meaning Lagosians must stop giving money to these miscreants. “Each time you hand them cash, you are not solving their problem; you are encouraging them to stay on the streets, emboldening them to multiply, and reinforcing a cycle of lawlessness.” He added that what many people regard as kindness often makes enforcement harder. “What may…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has appealed to well-wishers to convert birthday gifts and greetings into donations for the completion of the National Library project. The former lawmaker who turns 65 on September 21, 2025, in a video message said she will dedicate the day to God and a cause she described as close to her heart, rather than host a lavish celebration. “By the special grace of God, I will be turning 65 years old on the 21st September 2025, and this happens to be a Sunday. “This is why I have decided to dedicate the day to…
As Nigerian women dominate sports on the continent, they’re facing off not just against top talent abroad but a domestic atmosphere of mismanagement and pay disparities—and even the risk of repression for speaking out. Nigeria is fresh off a win at the finals of Women’s AfroBasket, their fifth-consecutive championship at the continent’s top hardwood tournament, while shortly before, the Super Falcons clinched their 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations football title. The football team’s successes in particular have come in the face of pay disparities compared to their male counterparts—when they get paid at all. The women receive a training…
Nollywood star Iyabo Ojo is now a proud grandmother as her daughter, Priscilla Ojo, and Tanzanian musician, Juma Jux, have welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Rakeem Ayomide Mkambala, in Canada. The news was confirmed by Iyabo Ojo in a post shared on her social media handles on Sunday, August 24, 2025, where she expressed her joy and gratitude for the safe delivery of both mother and child. Priscilla and Juma Jux, who tied the knot earlier this year with wedding ceremonies held between February and May 2025, first announced their pregnancy in July 2025. Just three days…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has unveiled a Media Traffic Mayor, an initiative to augment its officers, in the harmonisation of urban mobility across the state. The LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. According to him, the initiative is designed to fortify and complement the relentless exertions of LASTMA officers in the formidable yet indispensable enterprise of ensuring traffic order, safety and mobility in the state. “This pioneering scheme represents an unprecedented synthesis of media advocacy and operational enforcement, strategically leveraging the communicative authority of the press, to…