Author: Lawan

Former Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, has announced his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Katsina State, citing poor governance and persistent security challenges as key motivations for his decision. Speaking in an interview with DCL Hausa on Tuesday, Daura said he had concluded consultations regarding his political ambition and would soon disclose the political party under which he intends to run. “I have been making consultations on the platform to use to contest, and the consultations have been concluded. Very soon, I will make the platform known,” he said. The former DSS…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Olugbemisola Odusote as the director-general of the Nigerian Law School. The appointment takes effect on January 10, 2026, for a four-year term. Bayo OnanugaSpecial Adviser to the President,on Information and Strategy, disclosed this in a statement made available newsmen on Tuesday. Dr Odusote, 54, is currently the Deputy Director-General and Head of the Lagos Campus and will become the first woman to lead the institution since its establishment in 1962. She will succeed the current Director-General, Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma, whose tenure expires on January 9, 2026, after eight years…

Justice Ahmad Mahmud of the Federal High Court Sokoto has convicted and sentenced the trio of Ahmad Abdullahi Buhari, Jamilu Bello and Yasir Muhammad Bala to five years imprisonment for Naira mutilation They were jailed on December 10, 2025, after pleading guilty to a five-count charge bordering on the offence of Naira Mutilation contrary to Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007. Count one reads: That you Jamilu Bello, adult, male on 7th July 2025 in Sokoto within the jurisdiction of this court whilst dancing at a birthday party at Fixon Restaurant Sokoto, tampered with the total…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the deployment of the newly promoted Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Mohammed Usaini Gumel and seventeen Commissioners of Police to strategic department, commands and formations across the nation. This was contained in a statement signed by CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, force public relations officer Abuja. The deployments are intended to strengthen operational capacity, effective leadership, enhance public safety, and improve service delivery. In furtherance of this directive, DIG Gumel has been deployed to man the Force Intelligence Department (FID), while CP Aina Adesola is deployed to the Delta State Police Command, CP…

Troops of Sector 1, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY), have recorded another operational success with the rescue of six kidnapped victims in the Kajuru/Kujama general area of Kaduna State. The disclosure was contained in a statement signed by Lieutenant Colonel Shuaib Umar, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army/Sector 1 Operation FANSAN YAMMA. The rescue operation was carried out on 5 January 2026 as part of a coordinated series of military operations across multiple axes within Chikun, Kajuru, Kachia and Kagarko Local Government Areas, including border communities around Kauru. According to the Nigerian Army, the operations were deliberately…

Activities were disrupted on Tuesday at the Ondo State Sports Complex, Akure, as sports stakeholders protested the appointment of Mrs Evelyn Lebi as Acting General Manager of the Ondo State Sports Council. The protesters comprising sports union leaders, coaches and athletes, said the appointment would not advance sports development in the state. Coach Fisayo Bello, Coordinating Chairman of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), said sports in Ondo State was already in “comatose” state and required a competent technocrat to revive it. “We need someone with passion for sports who can take…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 31 ships with petroleum products, food items and other goods will arrive at Apapa, Tin-Can Island and Lekki Deep Sea Ports in Lagos. The NPA, in its “Daily Shipping Position’, on Tuesday disclosed that the vessels are expected from Jan. 6 to Jan. 16. It said the expected ships contained condensate, crude oil, aviation fuel, raw oil, bulk bitumen, wall pallets, general cargo, bulk soya beans, fresh fish, containers, diesel and petrol. The NPA noted that 13 ships and tanker vessels had arrived at the three ports, waiting to berth with diesel, crude oil,…

Ecobank Nigeria Ltd. has completed the early repayment of more than 80 per cent of its 300 million dollar eurobond ahead of its February 2026 maturity.The bank said in a statement on Tuesday that it successfully concluded a tender offer, prepaying about 245 million dollars of the outstanding notes.According to Ecobank Nigeria, the amount represents over 80 per cent of the total issuance of its 7.125 per cent Senior Note Participation Notes due in February. The bank explained that the tender offer, launched on Nov. 27, 2025, allowed eligible noteholders to redeem their holdings ahead of the original maturity date…

Troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP) have successfully rescued a retired senior officer of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Ajanaku (Rtd), following his abduction by unidentified gunmen in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Colonel Ajanaku was kidnapped in the early hours of 5 January 2026 at about 12:45 a.m. from his residence opposite the Salvation Army Church along Rukuba Road, Bassa LGA. Upon receiving a distress call, troops of Sectors 1 and 3 of Operation ENDURING PEACE swiftly mobilised and trailed the abductors along their withdrawal route through the Wildlife Park. The troops, working in collaboration with the Defence…

A 13-year-old student, Master Timothy Daniel Monday, has been allegedly shot dead by a soldier in Akwa Ibom State, sparking calls for a full military and civil investigation into the incident. Timothy, a Junior Secondary School 2 (JSS 2) student of Bensona International School, Borokiri, Port Harcourt, was reportedly killed on Thursday, January 1, 2026, in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. According to a statement by human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, the incident occurred while the victim’s family was attending a crossover service at Mount Zion Church, Ette. Timothy’s sister, Miss Miracle Daniel Monday, who witnessed…