Author: Lawan

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has constituted a high-powered investigative team to unravel the circumstances surrounding the deaths of suspected illegal miners in its custody in Niger State, amid allegations by survivors that the victims died from suffocation in an overcrowded cell. Commandant General of the NSCDC, Prof. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, ordered the investigation following the deaths of some of the suspects arrested during enforcement operations in parts of Niger State on September 15 and 16. The Corps said the team, headed by the Deputy Commandant General in charge of Intelligence and Investigation, would investigate the condition…

Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dismissed another round of balloting as incapable of resolving what it described as Nigeria’s fundamental political crisis, insisting that the country needs a referendum rather than another change of political leadership. The separatist group said the question confronting Nigeria goes beyond who emerges president in 2027, arguing that Nigerians should first be given an opportunity to determine whether they want to continue under the existing political arrangement or negotiate a different constitutional future. In a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, yesterday, IPOB said the debate should…

Nigerian airlines are grappling with a sharp increase in their operational costs as the price of aviation fuel recently soared by 20 per cent following the escalating war between the US and Iran. This has disrupted crude shipments, while recent attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure by Iran-backed Houthis have opened a new front in an already fragile energy market. A Daily Sun survey of airports across the country shows that more than 18 aviation fuel marketers supply Jet A1, with prices varying significantly from one airport to another. In Lagos, the price ranges from N1,719 to N2,100 per litre,…

A businessman and politician, Kelvin Gabriel, has raised concerns over construction activities around his property on Glover Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, alleging that the development had affected his property and raised environmental and safety concerns. He claimed that construction work on a the neighbouring property had extended close to his compound, a development he said had caused inconvenience to his family. According to him, construction materials had, on some occasions, fallen into his compound, allegedly damaging parts of his building and some of his vehicles. He said the vehicles were subsequently taken for repairs, adding that the incident had resulted in…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has moved to douse controversy over his claim that only six northern governors backed President Bola Tinubu, clarifying that the figure referred to political consultations and alignments before the June 2022 All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary and not support for Tinubu in the 2023 general election. Shettima said northern APC governors rallied behind Tinubu after he emerged as the party’s presidential candidate and played important roles in the campaign that culminated in his victory, expressing regret that his earlier remarks had been interpreted otherwise. The clarification followed widespread reports of Shettima’s remarks in Ilorin on…

‎‎‎‎By Sunday Johnson‎‎“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” This observation, widely attributed to American basketball coach, John Wooden, captures something important about leadership; that the character of a leader is often revealed not by the speech he makes, but by the things he chooses to do when applause is absent.‎‎In General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede, Nigeria appears to have a military leader whose understanding of service goes beyond rank, uniform and command. Since assuming office as Chief of Defence Staff, he has continued to demonstrate that leadership in the Armed Forces…

Deputy Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has accused the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) of misinterpreting and selectively implementing insurance laws, warning that its actions could weaken the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC), cost jobs and discourage investment in agriculture. Agbese, who is also a member of the House Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters, said the matter went beyond a disagreement between a regulator and an institution, arguing that NAIC plays an important role in protecting agricultural investments and providing confidence to farmers, businesses and investors. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Labour Party lawmaker…

Court had declared Iyo Royal Family next to produce Amadabo. The traditional leadership crisis in Ogurama, a Kalabari community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, has deepened following allegations of threats to the life of Prince Ibiba Inko Omoni Williams, who is being presented by the Iyo Royal Family as the Amadabo-Elect of Ogurama. The latest development has revived questions over the implementation of a December 2025 judgment of the Rivers State High Court, which expressly determined the succession rights of the royal families in Ogurama. In its judgment in Suit No. DHC/24/2009, the High Court, delivered by,…

A 56-year-old Nigerian woman, Gladys Adaeze Okafor, has been arrested and charged with allegedly voting illegally in the 2022 midterm elections in the United States after falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen. The United States Attorney, Leah B. Foley, and Jeff Grimming, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England, announced the charges in a statement issued by the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Okafor, who resides in Lynn, Massachusetts, is also alleged to have voted in the 2024 presidential primary election. She was charged with unlawfully voting as an alien…

Amid protests over the concession of King’s College, Lagos, to its Old Boys’ Association, Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has defended the Federal Government’s decision, painting a grim picture of a school system he said had degenerated into dungeons of stench, darkness and decay unfit for training Nigeria’s future leaders. Alausa, who spoke when he received a management team of The Sun Publishing Limited, led by its Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Onuoha Ukeh, said conditions at King’s College and some other Federal Unity Colleges had deteriorated to unacceptable levels and required urgent intervention. Recalling a visit to King’s College about a…