Author: Lawan

• Mocks opposition parties, says primaries crisis exposed fake ‘messiah’ claims Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said the political pathway for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 is clear, dismissing opposition parties as “fragmented entities” incapable of forming a formidable coalition. Speaking to journalists after inspection of projects in Abuja yesterday, Wike mocked the internal squabbles within the opposition camps. He said the recent public admissions by key opposition figures have vindicated his long-standing position that their structures were inherently compromised.Dismissing the existence of any genuine coalition, the minister laughed at rival political groups…

Leaders of Ijaw and Urhobo ethnic groups of Warri Federal Constituency, Delta State, have threatened to petition the National Judicial Council (NJC) against the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, accusing him of defying Supreme Court-ordered Warri Federal constituency delineation. They argued that as a law professor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Amupitan’s actions were compromising the 2027 elections and endangering Nigerian democracy. Addressing a press conference in Warri, yesterday, the leaders raised alarm over external interference in the implementation of the ward delineation report. In a joint statement by the representatives of the Ijaw…

Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has alleged that the recent kidnappings of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State may have been deliberately orchestrated to embarrass President Bola Tinubu and portray the Federal Government in a negative light. Speaking during an interview on Channel TV, Fayose claimed that he suspected political motives behind the incident, arguing that the circumstances surrounding the school kidnappings and the response of the Oyo State Government raises questions.“I sometimes believe that the abduction at Oyo School was orchestrated by the Oyo State Government to blackmail President Tinubu,” Fayose said. The former governor stressed that while…

DSS Arrests Five Arms Couriers Linked to Papiri School Kidnap The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five suspected arms couriers, including two foreign nationals, in connection with the November 2025 mass abduction at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State. In a statement, the DSS said the suspects were responsible for supplying weapons to the gunmen who carried out the attack, during which nearly 300 students and staff members were abducted. According to the service, the operation began with the interception of three suspects along the Zaria-Kaduna Highway while they were allegedly on their way to receive…

Strike: Oyo Public Schools Comply with NUT Directive Teachers in public primary and secondary schools across Oyo State on Monday began an indefinite strike to protest the kidnapp of teachers and pupils of three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of the State. It was reported that armed men on May 15 attacked Community Grammar School, L.A. Primary School, both in Ahoro- Esinele and Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, near Ogbomoso, where pupils and teachers were abducted and two persons killed. Following the incident, the NUT, Oyo State Wing, directed teachers in the state to embark on an indefinite…

The management of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, has expelled 365 students for securing admission with falsified academic documents. This is contained in a statement on Monday in Abeokuta by the institution’s Head of Public Relations and Protocol, Mr Yemi Ajibola. Ajibola explained that the affected students were enrolled in various Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes across its schools. According to the statement, investigations revealed that the students submitted fake National Diploma (ND) results and forged academic transcripts from different institutions. He added that the documents were used to facilitate admission into the polytechnic.The institution’s spokesperson said that the…

The Federal Workers Forum (FWF) has rejected the proposed N100,000 national minimum wage, describing it as inadequate and incapable of addressing prevailing economic realities facing Nigerian workers. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Sunday at the end of a meeting and opinion poll held on Saturday to deliberate on hardship and insecurity across the country. The communiqué was jointly signed by Mr Andrew Emelieze, National Coordinator of FWF, Mr Ayo Ogundele, National Secretary, and Mr Aminu Yerima, National Mobilisation officer of the forum. The forum said federal workers were grappling with worsening living conditions, low wages, unpaid arrears…

Nigeria Loses N211.2bn Annually to Tobacco Use, Group Warns Nigeria loses an estimated N211.2 billion annually to the economic burden of tobacco consumption through direct healthcare costs and indirect losses arising from illness and premature deaths, the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) has said.The Communications Officer of the NTCA, Emmanuel Onwuka, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency on Monday in Calabar. World No Tobacco Day is observed annually on May 31. The theme for the 2026 commemoration is “Unmasking the Appeal: Countering Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction,” highlighting deceptive marketing strategies used to target young people. Onwuka said…

Ogudu-Alapere crash: LASTMA rescues 2 trapped victims The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has rescued two persons trapped in a multi-vehicle crash along the Ogudu-Alapere inward Tollgate corridor in Lagos. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed this in a statement issued by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Taofiq Adebayo, on Sunday in Lagos.Bakare-Oki said the accident involved a 12-tyre DAF articulated truck and a commercial Volkswagen T4 bus with registration number AA 60 YF. He said preliminary investigations revealed that the bus somersaulted following a violent impact, leaving the driver and a passenger trapped…

Ahead of its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) on 1 June 2026, Savannah Energy PLC, the British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects that Matter, has provided a trading update on its Nigerian operations and other markets in Africa for the four months to 30 April 2026, reflecting continued operational progress and a strong focus on cash discipline.It reports that following the completion of the SIPEC Acquisition in March 2025, the production expansion programme underway at its Stubb Creek has delivered an 8% increase in average gross daily production to 3.1 Kbopd for the period, compared to 2.8…